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SUMMARY:Workshop on Medhātithi: Medhātithi across Sanskrit jurisprudence and philosophy of action (keynote: Alessandro Giudice\, Ludwig Maximilian University)
DESCRIPTION:On March 21 2026 the University of Toronto will host a workshop on “Medhātithi across Sanskrit jurisprudence and philosophy of action” (keynote: Alessandro Giudice\, Ludwig Maximilian University) Medhātithi (9th c.) is a key figure in Sanskrit jurisprudence\, who applied reasoning methods from the Mīmāṃsā school of philosophy to the understanding of the most well-known and influential jurisprudential text\, Manu’s Treatise on the Norm (Mānavadharmaśāstra).\n\n  \nThis one-day long workshop will see students of UofT engaging with his philosophy of action and of law and exploring several issues\, from his discussion of why lying is compulsory if a person’s life is at risk to the purpose of fighting once all hopes of victory are gone and up to whether sex might ever be a duty.\n\n  \nThe keynote address will be delivered by Alessandro Giudice\, who is a postdoctoral researcher within the Cluster of Excellence “Cross-Cultural Philology” at the Institute for Indology and Tibetology\, Munich University\, and the author of a recent monograph on Medhātithi\, available OA here: https://www.edizioniets.com/priv_file_libro/5546.pdf.\n\n  \nThe title of the keynote will be: “Medhātithi\, a Wide-Ranging Ninth-Century Scholar: From Law to Grammar\, from Rhetoric to Philosophy.” (12pm\, Toronto time)\n\n  \nFor updates on this event please check Workshop on Medhātithi on Elisa Freschi’s website.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/workshop-on-medhatithi-medhatithi-across-sanskrit-jurisprudence-and-philosophy-of-action-keynote-alessandro-giudice-ludwig-maximilian-university/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 418\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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