Distinguished Lecture
André Laks
“The kouros’ descent. A methodical reading of Parmenides’ route of search?”
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 · 12:00pm EDT
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André Laks is Professor Emeritus of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Paris-Sorbonne and at Princeton University, now teaching at the Universidad Panamericana, México City.
Abstract
Given that there are only two routes that one can fathom, that of being and that of non-being, and given that one of the two routes, that of non-being, is an absolute non-starter, one would expect that the two sections of the goddess’ exposition, the ontological and the physical, are sections of the same route. Laks explores the conceptual and hermeneutical conditions under which this expectation can be made compatible with the textual evidence, with special attention to the phrase hodos dizêsios, the “route of search.”
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Commentator
Michael Della Rocca, Sterling Professor of Philosophy, Yale University