1st INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC-CHINESE CONFERENCE OF PHILOSOPHY
Virtue and Happiness
Inthe East andthe West
Raphael, “An Allegory” (1504)
Organizers:
- Laboratory of Philosophical Research on the Imaginary, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Philosophein.PolitikaAnthropologika
- Qufu Normal University, China
15, 16 and 17 June 2014
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Conference Room KEDEA,
3rdSeptemvriou str., Thessaloniki
Certificate of attendance
Information:
Virtue and Happiness
In the East and the West
All ethical and theological schools since antiquity have been concerned with man and man’s happiness (eudaimonia) and well-being. In one way or another, the ancient Greek and Chinese ethical systems attempt to save man from the sufferings of our mundane existence and, quite often, of what awaits us in the life to come. They try to show man the way to a kind of internal peace, ataraxia andeudaimonia that grants us with immunity to errors, psychological upheavals, moral lapses and the misfortunes of worldly life. Not only this. What the ethical schools of antiquity, whether of a Chinese or a Hellenic origin, emphasize is that eudaimonia is not a goal achievable by any human being. Man can only eventually become eudaimon(εὐδαίμων), if he consciously tries to control all aspects of human nature and becomes wise, according to certain schools, a god according to others, or in unity with Tao according to Taoism.
Man’s conquest of his weaknesses is a rather complicated issue with which each school deals differently. Some of these schools view human life as a kind of a continuous struggle between our human, weak and vulnerable aspect and our godly aspect at the end of which virtue and wisdom prevail. Some others regard that this struggle, even though it is conducted in the context of our worldly life, continues in infinite time, under the assumption of the immortal soul and the existence of a supreme being such as God. Nevertheless, no matter how we conceive the accomplishment of eudaimonia, the truth is that it is a long and difficult journey which requires conscious internal lifelong efforts, the contribution of external circumstances and, in certain cases, the existence of an omnipotent God, or at least the assumption of his existence.
The Conference will address all such and other similar issues. Both historical and analytical (or systematic) approaches will be adopted. The main aim and concern of the Conference is to bring forward the points of contact between the ancient Greek and the Chinese approaches to virtue and eudaimonia. As a consequence, particular emphasis will be given to all approaches that embark on a fruitful comparison of the two philosophical traditions.
Conference languages: Greek, Chinese, English.
AcademicCommittee:
SocratisDelivoyatzis, Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Laboratory of Philosophical Research on the Imaginary, Editor of the Journal Philosophein.PolitikaAnthropologika, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
KleitosIoannides, President of the Cypriot Society of Philosophy, Researcher
Joannis Markopoulos, Professor of Philosophy, AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki
TheodosiosPelegrinis, Professor of Philosophy, Rector, National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens
RobinWang, Director of Asian and Pacific Studies, Professor of Philosophy, LoyolaMarymountUniversity
ElenaAvramidou, Associate Professor of Philosophy, PekingUniversity.
EleniKalokairinou, Associate Professor of Philosophy, AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki
VassilikiKaravakou, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Macedonia
PanagiotesPantazakos, Associate Professor of Philosophy, National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens
OrganizingCommittee:
SocratisDelivoyatzis:
EleniKalokairinou:
Robin Wang: ,
ElenaAvramidou: ,
Pelagia Karpathiotaki: ,
For further information on academic issues:
(a) Please get in touch with Professors Robin Wang and Elena Avramidou, if you are interested to submit a title and an abstract for a paper on Chinese Philosophy (and/or in Chinese/English language).
(b) Please get in touch with Professors Socrates Delivoyatzis and EleniKalokairinou, if you wish to submit a title and an abstract on Ancient Greek Philosophy (and/or in Greek/English language).
For travel information:
For information about obtaining visas, please get in touch with Professor Elena Avramidou and Ms. PelagiaKarpathiotaki.
(a) Please get in touch with Ms. PelagiaKarpathiotaki, if you are coming from China.
(b) If you are coming from Europe or USA, you are strongly advised to make your own reservations.
Proposed hotels for downtown Thessaloniki (close to the AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki):
Electra Hotel: 9, Aristotelous square
DaiosLuxuxry Living: 59 Nikis Avenue
EgnatiaPalace: 61 Egnatia Av.
City Hotel: 11 Komninonstr.
Zaliki Boutique Hotel: 6, Gr. Zalikistr.
ABC Hotel: 41 Angelakistr.
Le PalaceArtHotel: 12 Tsimiskistr.
El Greco Hotel: 23EgnatiasAvenue
Amalia Hotel: 33 Ermoustr.
Additional information will be available later on in regard to transportation available from SKGMakedoniaAirport of Thessaloniki (Greece) to the centre of the city and also from your hotels to the venue.
1st INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC-CHINESE CONFERENCE OF PHILOSOPHY
Virtue and Happiness
Inthe East andthe West
G.A. Spangerberg, Schule des Aristoteles(1888)
Organizers:
- Laboratory of Philosophical Research on the Imaginary,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Philosophein.PolitikaAnthropologika
- Qufu Normal University, China
15, 16 and 17 June 2014
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Conference Room KEDEA,
3rdSeptemvriou str., Thessaloniki
Certificate of attendance
Information:
Virtue and Happiness
In the East and the West
All ethical and theological schools since antiquity have been concerned with man and man’s happiness (eudaimonia) and well-being. In one way or another, the ancient Greek and Chinese ethical systems attempt to save man from the sufferings of our mundane existence and, quite often, of what awaits us in the life to come. They try to show man the way to a kind of internal peace, ataraxia andeudaimonia that grants us with immunity to errors, psychological upheavals, moral lapses and the misfortunes of worldly life. Not only this. What the ethical schools of antiquity, whether of a Chinese or a Hellenic origin, emphasize is that eudaimonia is not a goal achievable by any human being. Man can only eventually become eudaimon(εὐδαίμων), if he consciously tries to control all aspects of human nature and becomes wise, according to certain schools, a god according to others, or in unity with Tao according to Taoism.
Man’s conquest of his weaknesses is a rather complicated issue with which each school deals differently. Some of these schools view human life as a kind of a continuous struggle between our human, weak and vulnerable aspect and our godly aspect at the end of which virtue and wisdom prevail. Some others regard that this struggle, even though it is conducted in the context of our worldly life, continues in infinite time, under the assumption of the immortal soul and the existence of a supreme being such as God. Nevertheless, no matter how we conceive the accomplishment of eudaimonia, the truth is that it is a long and difficult journey which requires conscious internal lifelong efforts, the contribution of external circumstances and, in certain cases, the existence of an omnipotent God, or at least the assumption of his existence.
The Conference will address all such and other similar issues. Both historical and analytical (or systematic) approaches will be adopted. The main aim and concern of the Conference is to bring forward the points of contact between the ancient Greek and the Chinese approaches to virtue and eudaimonia. As a consequence, particular emphasis will be given to all approaches that embark on a fruitful comparison of the two philosophical traditions.
Conference languages: Greek, Chinese, English.
AcademicCommittee:
SocratisDelivoyatzis, Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Laboratory of Philosophical Research on the Imaginary, Editor of the Journal Philosophein.PolitikaAnthropologika,Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
KleitosIoannides, President of the Cypriot Society of Philosophy, Researcher
Joannis Markopoulos, Professor of Philosophy, AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki
TheodosiosPelegrinis, Professor of Philosophy, Rector, National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens
RobinWang, Director of Asian and Pacific Studies, Professor of Philosophy, LoyolaMarymountUniversity
ElenaAvramidou, Associate Professor of Philosophy, PekingUniversity.
EleniKalokairinou, Associate Professor of Philosophy, AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki
VassilikiKaravakou, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Macedonia
PanagiotesPantazakos, Associate Professor of Philosophy, National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens
OrganizingCommittee:
SocratisDelivoyatzis:
Eleni Kalokairinou:
Robin Wang: ,
ElenaAvramidou: ,
Pelagia Karpathiotaki: ,
For further information on academic issues:
(a) Please get in touch with Professors Robin Wang and Elena Avramidou, if you are interested to submit a title and an abstract for a paper on Chinese Philosophy (and/or in Chinese/English language).
(b) Please get in touch with Professors Socrates Delivoyatzis and EleniKalokairinou, if you wish to submit a title and an abstract on Ancient Greek Philosophy (and/or in Greek/English language).
For travel information:
For information about obtaining visas, please get in touch with Professor Elena Avramidou and Ms. PelagiaKarpathiotaki.
(a) Please get in touch with Ms. PelagiaKarpathiotaki, if you are coming from China.
(b) If you are coming from Europe or USA, you are strongly advised to make your own reservations.
Proposed hotels for downtown Thessaloniki (close to the AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki):
Electra Hotel: 9, Aristotelous square
DaiosLuxuxry Living: 59 Nikis Avenue
EgnatiaPalace: 61 Egnatia Av.
City Hotel: 11 Komninonstr.
Zaliki Boutique Hotel: 6, Gr. Zalikistr.
ABC Hotel: 41 Angelakistr.
Le PalaceArtHotel: 12 Tsimiskistr.
El Greco Hotel: 23EgnatiasAvenue
Amalia Hotel: 33 Ermoustr.
Additional information will be available later on in regard to transportation available from SKGMakedoniaAirport of Thessaloniki (Greece) to the centre of the city and also from your hotels to the venue.
1st INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC-CHINESE CONFERENCE OF PHILOSOPHY
Virtue and Happiness
Inthe East andthe West
G.A. Spangerberg, Schule des Aristoteles(1888)
Organizers:
- Laboratory of Philosophical Research on the Imaginary,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Philosophein.PolitikaAnthropologika
- Qufu Normal University, China
15, 16 and 17 June 2014
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Conference Room KEDEA,
3rdSeptemvriou str., Thessaloniki
Certificate of attendance
Information:
Virtue and Happiness
In the East and the West
All ethical and theological schools since antiquity have been concerned with man and man’s happiness (eudaimonia) and well-being. In one way or another, the ancient Greek and Chinese ethical systems attempt to save man from the sufferings of our mundane existence and, quite often, of what awaits us in the life to come. They try to show man the way to a kind of internal peace, ataraxia andeudaimonia that grants us with immunity to errors, psychological upheavals, moral lapses and the misfortunes of worldly life. Not only this. What the ethical schools of antiquity, whether of a Chinese or a Hellenic origin, emphasize is that eudaimonia is not a goal achievable by any human being. Man can only eventually become eudaimon(εὐδαίμων), if he consciously tries to control all aspects of human nature and becomes wise, according to certain schools, a god according to others, or in unity with Tao according to Taoism.
Man’s conquest of his weaknesses is a rather complicated issue with which each school deals differently. Some of these schools view human life as a kind of a continuous struggle between our human, weak and vulnerable aspect and our godly aspect at the end of which virtue and wisdom prevail. Some others regard that this struggle, even though it is conducted in the context of our worldly life, continues in infinite time, under the assumption of the immortal soul and the existence of a supreme being such as God. Nevertheless, no matter how we conceive the accomplishment of eudaimonia, the truth is that it is a long and difficult journey which requires conscious internal lifelong efforts, the contribution of external circumstances and, in certain cases, the existence of an omnipotent God, or at least the assumption of his existence.
The Conference will address all such and other similar issues. Both historical and analytical (or systematic) approaches will be adopted. The main aim and concern of the Conference is to bring forward the points of contact between the ancient Greek and the Chinese approaches to virtue and eudaimonia. As a consequence, particular emphasis will be given to all approaches that embark on a fruitful comparison of the two philosophical traditions.
Conference languages: Greek, Chinese, English.
AcademicCommittee:
SocratisDelivoyatzis, Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Laboratory of Philosophical Research on the Imaginary, Editor of the Journal Philosophein.PolitikaAnthropologika,Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
KleitosIoannides, President of the Cypriot Society of Philosophy, Researcher
Joannis Markopoulos, Professor of Philosophy, AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki
TheodosiosPelegrinis, Professor of Philosophy, Rector, National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens
RobinWang, Director of Asian and Pacific Studies, Professor of Philosophy, LoyolaMarymountUniversity
ElenaAvramidou, Associate Professor of Philosophy, PekingUniversity.
EleniKalokairinou, Associate Professor of Philosophy, AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki
VassilikiKaravakou, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Macedonia
PanagiotesPantazakos, Associate Professor of Philosophy, National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens
OrganizingCommittee:
SocratisDelivoyatzis:
Eleni Kalokairinou:
Robin Wang: ,
ElenaAvramidou: ,
Pelagia Karpathiotaki: ,
For further information on academic issues:
(a) Please get in touch with Professors Robin Wang and Elena Avramidou, if you are interested to submit a title and an abstract for a paper on Chinese Philosophy (and/or in Chinese/English language).
(b) Please get in touch with Professors Socrates Delivoyatzis and EleniKalokairinou, if you wish to submit a title and an abstract on Ancient Greek Philosophy (and/or in Greek/English language).
For travel information:
For information about obtaining visas, please get in touch with Professor Elena Avramidou and Ms. PelagiaKarpathiotaki.
(a) Please get in touch with Ms. PelagiaKarpathiotaki, if you are coming from China.
(b) If you are coming from Europe or USA, you are strongly advised to make your own reservations.
Proposed hotels for downtown Thessaloniki (close to the AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki):
Electra Hotel: 9, Aristotelous square
DaiosLuxuxry Living: 59 Nikis Avenue
EgnatiaPalace: 61 Egnatia Av.
City Hotel: 11 Komninonstr.
Zaliki Boutique Hotel: 6, Gr. Zalikistr.
ABC Hotel: 41 Angelakistr.
Le PalaceArtHotel: 12 Tsimiskistr.
El Greco Hotel: 23EgnatiasAvenue
Amalia Hotel: 33 Ermoustr.
Additional information will be available later on in regard to transportation available from SKGMakedoniaAirport of Thessaloniki (Greece) to the centre of the city and also from your hotels to the venue.
1st INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC-CHINESE CONFERENCE OF PHILOSOPHY
Virtue and Happiness
Inthe East andthe West
Organizers:
- Laboratory of Philosophical Research on the Imaginary, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Philosophein.PolitikaAnthropologika
- Qufu Normal University, China
15, 16 and 17 June 2014
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Conference Room KEDEA,
3rdSeptemvriou str., Thessaloniki
Certificate of attendance
Information:
Virtue and Happiness
In the East and the West
All ethical and theological schools since antiquity have been concerned with man and man’s happiness (eudaimonia) and well-being. In one way or another, the ancient Greek and Chinese ethical systems attempt to save man from the sufferings of our mundane existence and, quite often, of what awaits us in the life to come. They try to show man the way to a kind of internal peace, ataraxia andeudaimonia that grants us with immunity to errors, psychological upheavals, moral lapses and the misfortunes of worldly life. Not only this. What the ethical schools of antiquity, whether of a Chinese or a Hellenic origin, emphasize is that eudaimonia is not a goal achievable by any human being. Man can only eventually become eudaimon(εὐδαίμων), if he consciously tries to control all aspects of human nature and becomes wise, according to certain schools, a god according to others, or in unity with Tao according to Taoism.
Man’s conquest of his weaknesses is a rather complicated issue with which each school deals differently. Some of these schools view human life as a kind of a continuous struggle between our human, weak and vulnerable aspect and our godly aspect at the end of which virtue and wisdom prevail. Some others regard that this struggle, even though it is conducted in the context of our worldly life, continues in infinite time, under the assumption of the immortal soul and the existence of a supreme being such as God. Nevertheless, no matter how we conceive the accomplishment of eudaimonia, the truth is that it is a long and difficult journey which requires conscious internal lifelong efforts, the contribution of external circumstances and, in certain cases, the existence of an omnipotent God, or at least the assumption of his existence.
The Conference will address all such and other similar issues. Both historical and analytical (or systematic) approaches will be adopted. The main aim and concern of the Conference is to bring forward the points of contact between the ancient Greek and the Chinese approaches to virtue and eudaimonia. As a consequence, particular emphasis will be given to all approaches that embark on a fruitful comparison of the two philosophical traditions.
PROGRAM
Sunday, 15 June 2014
11.00 – 11.30 Registration
11.30 – 12.00Welcoming Addresses
IoannisMylopoulos,Professor at the School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,Rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
TheodosiosPelegrinis,Professor of Philosophy, School of Philosophy, Rector of the National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens
SocratisDelivoyatzis,Professor of Philosophy, School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Director of the Laboratory of Philosophical Research on the Imaginary, Editor of the Journal Philosophein. PolitikaAnthropologika
Chen Guu-Ying,Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Center of Taoism Studies, Department of Philosophy, PekingUniversity
Host: EleniKalokairinou,Associate Professor of Philosophy,School of Philosophy,AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki
Inaugural Session
Chair:VassilikiKaravakou,Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Macedonia,
Elena Avramidou, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Peking University
12.00 -12.45EpimeleiaEautou and an Aesthetics of Existence
SocratisDelivoyatzis,Professor of Philosophy, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki,Director of the Laboratory of Philosophical Research on the Imaginary, Editor of the Journal Philosophein.PolitikaAnthropologika
12.45 – 13.30Confucian Role Ethics: Landscape and Traveling on theRoad to Human Flourishing
Roger T. Ames,Professor of Philosophy,University of
Hawaii
1st Session: The Origins of Virtue and Eudaimonia I
Chair:TheopiParissaki,Emeritus Professor of Philosophy,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Robin Wang,Professor of Philosophy,Director of Asian and Pacific Studies,LoyolaMarymountUniversity
16.00 -16.20Ren” and Happiness in Confucianism
By Fu Yongju, Professor of Philosophy, President of Qufu