Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

Chair: Amber Carpenter

Abstract: This paper discusses a possible debate between Plato and the early Academy, on the one hand, and Aristotle, on the other, concerning the cause of heavenly motion. It also suggests that Aristotle may be among the polemical targets of Plato’s Laws 10 and the Epinomis, particularly in their claim that any theory that neglects the causal priority of the soul over the body is bound to atheism. 

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_{Workshop in Ancient Philosophy Convenors: Alexander Bown (MT), Marion Durand (HT), Ursula Coope (TT).}