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Ancient philosophy workshopEarly Greek philosophy and life sciences9-11 January 2014Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, room 2103Thursday, 9th January9.30-10            Welcome address10-11               Maria Michela Sassi (Università di Pisa) â€“ The matter of mind for the Presocratics11-11.30          Coffee break11.30-12.30     Claire Louguet (Université Lille 3)  Aristotle's criticism of pangenetic theories: a fresh start?15-16               Stavros Kouloumentas (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)  Alcmaeon on health and disease16-16.30          Coffee break16.30-17.30     Daniela Manetti (Università degli Studi di Firenze)  In defence of a "worthless" philosopher: Hippo of CrotonFriday, 10th January10-11               Elizabeth Craik (University of St Andrews) [Hippocrates] On flesh11-11.30          Coffee break11.30-12.30     Hynek BartoÅ¡ (Charles University, Prague) â€“ The concept of pneuma in On regimen15-16               David Sedley (Christ's College, Cambridge) â€“ Empedoclean superorganisms16-16.30          Coffee break16.30-17.30     Constantinos Macris (CNRS, Paris) â€“ The Pythagorean taboo on beans: between religion and dietetics, cosmology and magic-chemical experimentationSaturday, 11th January9.30-10.30       David Sider (New York University)  Anaxagoras on nutrition10.30-10.45     Coffee break10.45-11.45     Miriam Peixoto (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)  Life, birth and death in the physiology of Democritus11.45-12          Coffee break12-13               Lorenzo Perilli (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata)  Outside the Hippocratic Corpus: losers and winners in early Greek scienceThe workshop is funded by the research group of Professor Philip van der Eijk â€œMedicine of the Mind, Philosophy of the Body. Discourses of Health and Well-Being in the Ancient World (funded by the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung), by the Topoi Research Group Mapping Body and Soul (funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and by the Ancient Philosophy and Science Network (funded by DAAD). For registration and queries, please contact the workshop organiser, Stavros Kouloumentas at skouloumentas@gmail.com.http://www.klassphil.hu-berlin.de/avh-professur/news/workshop-early-greek-philosophy-2014