‘The Right to do what one wants’: Ancient democratic conception of freedom and its reception in Plato and the Stoics

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• Dr Bernard Collette, Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College Professeur agrégé, Faculté de philosophie, Université Laval
• Wednesday 24 May 2017, 13:00-14:00
• Combination Room, Wolfson College.

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This talk is open to the public and may be podcast

In Classical Antiquity, Athenian democracy defended a radical form of freedom, referred to as ‘the power to do what one wants’. In this seminar, we shall have a look at the way intellectuals reacted to it and how, thanks to Plato and the Stoics, the Democratic conception of freedom managed to stay alive long after the death of Ancient democracy.

This talk is part of the Wolfson College Lunchtime Seminar Series - Wednesdays of Full Term series.

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