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Seneca PhilosophusAn international conference hosted by the American University of Parisand GANPH Gesellschaft für Antike Philosophie16 and 17 May 2011The American University of Paris31 avenue Bosquet, 75007 ParisGrand Salon, 9:00‐19:00Contact: Jula Wildberger (jwildberger@aup.fr)ProgrammeMonday 16 May9:00 Welcome9:15 Ranja Knöbl (Ludwig‐Maximilians‐Universität, München)The economics of innovation and Seneca’s imago vitae10:00 Madeleine Jones (Princeton University)Epistulae morales ad Lucilium: hypocrisy as a way of life10:45 Coffee11:15 Stefano Maso (Università Ca’Foscari, Venezia)Risk and responsibility in Seneca’s educational strategy12:00 Francesca Romana Berno (Università di Roma “La Sapienza”)In praise of Tubero’s pottery: a note on Seneca, Epist. 95, 72‐3; 98, 1312:45 Tommaso Gazzarri (Union College, NY)Gender based differential morbidity and moral teaching in Seneca’sEpistulae Morales13:30 Lunch15:00 Ada Bronowski (New College, Oxford)The difference between the good and being good, a mere subtilitas?On the Stoic distinction between a body and an incorporeal accordingto Seneca15:45 Alex Dressler (University of Wisconsin‐Madison)Senecan supervenience16:30 Coffee17:00 David Kaufman (Princeton University)Seneca, Posidonius and Chrysippus on treating occurrent emotions17:45 Antonello Orlando (Università degli Studi di Torino)Seneca on prolepsisTuesday 17 May9:00 Matheus De Pietro (Universidade Estadual de Campinas; JohannWolfgang von Goethe‐Universität, Frankfurt am Main; AUP)Stoic “harmony” in Seneca’s Epistulae morales and De vita beata9:45 Marcia Colish (Yale University; Oberlin College)Seneca on acting against conscience10:30 Coffee11:00 Ermanno Malaspina (Università degli Studi di Torino)Seneca and politics in De clementia: ancient problems and recentperspectives11:45 Antje Junghanß (Technische Universität Dresden)De Beneficiis, book 4: Seneca on altruism12:30 Stephane Mercier (Université Catholique de Louvain)Seneca on the efficacy of prayer13:15 Lunch14:45 Martin Dinter (King’s College London)Laying down the law: sententiae in Seneca15:30 Linda Cermatori (Università degli Studi di Firenze)Seneca and sculpture: a meaningful topos between philosophy andliterary style16:15 Coffee16:45 Jean‐Christophe Courtil (Université de Toulouse)Torture in Seneca’s philosophical works: literary, political andphilosophical aspects17:30 Massimo Rivoltella (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano)Vanus terror and hunting in Seneca18:15 Jula Wildberger (The American University of Paris)Epicurus and the Structure of Seneca’s Epistulae Morales