You're invited to join the Philosophy Department's Latin Reading Group

[Shannon Dea]

Dear Arts Faculty and Staff members,

Faculty members and graduate students in the Department of Philosophy have
recently formed a Latin Reading Group (LRG).  It meets Fridays from
12:30-1:30 in the Philosophy Reading Room (HH 335).  The group includes
members with various degrees of Latin proficiency (so, even if you haven't
studied Latin since high school, there's a place for you in the LRG).  This
term, we will be reading a 16th century Logic text, *Dialecticae* , by
Petrus Ramus (Pierre Ramée), a prominent French anti-Aristotelian who was
killed in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.  Ramus is known for his
elegant, humanistic Latin, and was influential in his time, although he is
seldom remembered today.  For information on Ramus, see
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12638b.htm.  The version of
*Dialecticae*that we are using is the 1672 Cambridge edition with
commentary by
Guilielmus Amesius, available online at
http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?ACTION=ByID&SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ID=V63651.
We begin this Friday.

Anyone interested in joining the LRG is most welcome to.  Please get in
touch with me by email or at the extension below should you wish to
participate.  As well, please pass this invitation on to any of your
colleagues or graduate students who you think may interested in taking part.

Best wishes,
Shannon Dea
-- 
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
(519) 888-4567 (ext. 32778)
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