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Essence, Power, and Activity in Classical and Late AntiquityInternational conference8-9 September 2015Faculty of Philosophy, Ryle's room, Oxford&#160;&#160;Invited speakers:Riccardo Chiaradonna (Università di Roma Tre) - Essence, Being, and Activity in Early Neoplatonism: The Anonymous Commentary on Plato's ParmenidesMark Edwards (University of Oxford) - Dunamis in Christian Theology of the Fourth CenturyLaurent Lavaud (Université Paris 1) - What is the Difference between Energeia and Kinesis? A Neoplatonic ControversyJan Opsomer (KU Leuven) - Essence, Power and Activity in Proclus' Philosophy of NatureDavid Sedley (University of Cambridge) - The Metaphysics of the PhaedoMaria Michela Sassi (Università di Pisa) - Ancient Reflections on the Power of Colour of Being Perceived&#160;Discussants: Anna Marmodoro (Oxford), Eirini-Fotini Viltanioti (Oxford), Ghislain Casas (École Pratique des Hautes Étude), Adrien Lecerf (École Pratique des Hautes Étude).This conference is financially supported by the Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies project (funded by the European Research Council), the École Pratique des Hautes Études - Laboratoire d'Études sur les Monothéismes, and the Craven Committee of the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford.