Symposium
An ongoing conversation inspired by the timeless classics of ancient Greece and Rome
Symposium at NC
Symposium will meet in H193 during lunch periods 6, 7, and 8 on Fridays and is open to all North Central students. Bring your own lunch and enjoy a break in the middle of the day with some of the greatest writers of antiquity. Mr. Perkins will provide a few hard copy texts to share, but you are invited to bring your own from any translation you have or from the links listed below.
Dates for Symposium will be:
September 5, 19
October 3, 17, 31
November 7, 21
December 5, 19
Dates for Symposium will be:
September 5, 19
October 3, 17, 31
November 7, 21
December 5, 19
Online Texts
This year we are going to look at a particular text for several meetings rather than switch texts every week.
We will begin with a look at Book 3 of Cicero's work De Officiis, or On Duties. It has to do with ethics and how to know what to do when faced with difficult choices. I will have hard copies available to share, but if you like, you may print out an English text from:
We will begin with a look at Book 3 of Cicero's work De Officiis, or On Duties. It has to do with ethics and how to know what to do when faced with difficult choices. I will have hard copies available to share, but if you like, you may print out an English text from:
http://www.constitution.org/rom/de_officiis.htm#book3
If you find something else you like and would like to read and discuss with us, bring it along!
Ceteros pudeat, si qui se ita litteris abdiderunt ut nihil possint ex eis neque ad communem adferre fructum, neque in aspectum lucemque proferre. (Cicero, Pro Archia 12)
Let others be ashamed if they have so hidden themselves in literature that they can offer nothing from their reading for the common benefit nor can bring forth anything into the light to be seen.
Let others be ashamed if they have so hidden themselves in literature that they can offer nothing from their reading for the common benefit nor can bring forth anything into the light to be seen.