On Virtue in the Polis, and in its Leadership

The Platonic Symposia of Donald Antenen, Collegium alumnus, will continue this summer under the direction of Dr. Anne Hall, Penn English Professor and moderator of Collegium’s inaugural Coffee with the Classics program.

This summer, in anticipation of the election this fall, the reading group will explore Plato’s Meno, Gorgias, and Protagoras. These three dialogues raise three questions–what is virtue and who teaches it? what is the connection between virtue and human happiness? and what is the connection between virtue and human dignity?

Participants will meet weekly to discuss these dialogues in a convivial setting with light refreshments. Copies of the dialogues will be awarded to committed participants while supplies last. Sessions will begin in mid-June on Penn’s campus and take place on a regular evening agreed upon by the participants.

The group will be organized by Mark Hoover, summer student fellow at the Collegium Institute. If you would like to participate, please contact him by May 31st at hooverm@sas.upenn.edu. You may also sign up for the group by submitting this form.