On Saturday, 17 October, at 5:00 PM, we invite you to a philosophy and art workshop for adults inspired by two of Plato\u2019s dialogues: Timaeus<\/i> and Critias<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Plato\u2019s dialogues are like a world waiting to be explored. We will begin with two of them, Timaeus<\/i> and Critias<\/i>, in which we discover how the soul and body of the universe were formed and how the ancient city of Athens defeated Atlantis, a great power that sought to subjugate many other cities and lands.<\/p>\n
Starting from two passages from these dialogues, we will try to draw the way Plato imagined the human soul and the city of Atlantis. We will look at and discuss each other\u2019s drawings, then explore how imagination cannot be separated from thought. In another dialogue, Philebus<\/i>, Plato tells us that a scribe and a painter are always at work within the soul.<\/p>\n
These are the ideas at the heart of C\u0103t\u0103lin Partenie\u2019s book, Atlantis and Plato\u2019s Children<\/i> (2025), which seeks to inspire readers to embark on their own journey into Plato\u2019s world. It is a world you must see with your own eyes in order to marvel at it. The book will be available at the Art Encounters Bookshop.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the priests, who was very old, said to him: \u2018Solon, Solon, you Greeks are always children; there is no such thing as an old Greek.\u2019 Hearing this, Solon asked him: \u2018How can you say such a thing?\u2019 And the priest replied: \u2018You are all young in soul, for you have neither an ancient belief passed down through the ages nor a teaching made venerable by time.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Plato, Timaeus<\/i><\/p>\n
About the guests<\/p>\n
C\u0103t\u0103lin Partenie teaches philosophy at the Faculty of Political Science of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest. He studied philosophy at the universities of Bucharest, Oxford, Heidelberg and Glasgow. Together with Petru Cre\u021bia, he translated Plato\u2019s dialogues Timaeus<\/i> and Critias<\/i>. He has edited several volumes, including Plato: Selected Myths<\/i> (Oxford World\u2019s Classics) and Plato\u2019s Myths<\/i> (Cambridge University Press). His book Androginul. Despre suflet \u0219i cetate<\/i> (The Androgyne: On the Soul and the City<\/i>), published by Editura Trei, received the Anthropos Magazine Award. His first novel, Vizuina de Aur<\/i> (The Golden Lair<\/i>), won two awards and has been translated into Romanian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and German. Together with Bogdan Mure\u0219anu, he wrote the screenplay for the short film Paharul cu lapte<\/i> (The Glass of Milk<\/i>), which premiered at the Romanian Film Nights Festival in Ia\u0219i in 2026.<\/p>\n
Bogdan Mure\u0219anu is a writer, screenwriter, film director and producer. He made his literary debut in 2006 with the short story collection Erata<\/i>, before moving into cinema, where he has worked across fiction, animation and documentary.<\/p>\n
He is the creator of Anul Nou care n-a fost<\/i> (The New Year That Never Came<\/i>, 2024), his feature-film debut, which received numerous international awards and ten Gopo Awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. His short film Cadoul de Cr\u0103ciun<\/i> (The Christmas Gift<\/i>) won the European Film Academy Award in 2019. He is a member of the European Film Academy.<\/p>\n
Saturday, 17 October \u00b7 5:00 PM<\/p>\n
Philosophy and art workshop for adults
\nWith C\u0103t\u0103lin Partenie and Bogdan Mure\u0219anu
\nPart of the Picasso en visite<\/i> exhibition<\/p>\n
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