“What Zeno of Cyrus Started: Why Stoic Thinking on Justice is Important,” a lecture by Richard Sorabji, Global Distinguished Professor, New York University, will be delivered at NYU’s Eisner and Lubin Auditorium, Kimmel Center for University Life, on Mon., Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. His Excellency Mr. Tassos Papadopoulos, president of Cyprus, will be in attendance.

Reporters interested in attending the lecture must RSVP to James Devitt, Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or james.devitt@nyu.edu.

Sorabji, an emeritus professor of philosophy at King’s College London, has authored Emotion and Peace of Mind: From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation, Self: Ancient and Modern Insights about Individuality, Life, and Death, and Aristotle on Memory, among other publications.

The event, which celebrates the establishment of the Cyprus Chair in the History of Theory and Justice, is co-sponsored by the Cyprus Foundation of America.

  • WHAT: Lecture-“What Zeno of Cyrus Started: Why Stoic Thinking on Justice is Important”
  • WHO: Richard Sorabji, Global Distinguished Professor, NYU
  • WHEN: Mon., Sept. 24, 6 p.m.
  • WHERE: NYU’s Eisner and Lubin Auditorium, Kimmel Center for University Life (60 Washington Square South, 4th Floor, at La Guardia Place)

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