Pythagoras Society History
Since 2000ce, The Pythagoras Society's activities are chiefly organised around its annual Symposium. This conference is organized as a working platform for the discussion, study and dissemination of Pythagorean thought and related works. The intention of these conferences is to create a stable research and practice group among the scientific and academic community and society in general. Below is a brief list of the previous years conference and workshop programmes.
The Pythagoras Society Symposium LVIII: 2025 Zurich, Switzerland, 2025
"Signs and Symptoms: Greek Foundations of Semiotics"
PS 2025 included workshops on "Infinite Semiosis: How Signs Point the Way to Self" and "Peircean Approaches to Early Greek Metaphysics"
The Pythagoras Society Symposium LVII: 2024 Sintra, Portugal, 2024
"Blending the One and the Many: Theories of Self in Pythagorean Thought"
PS 2024 included workshops on "Limited vs. Unlimited Self: Finding the Boundaries Necessary for Becoming a Coherent Self" and "Transcendent Self in an Immanent World: Myth Embedded in Number"
The Pythagoras Society Symposium LVI: 2023 Munich, Germany, 2023
"Logos as Word, Thought, Power, and Deed: The Seeds of Western Philosophy"
PS 2023 included workshops on "Derrida's 'Plato's Pharmacy': A Semiotic Re-evaluation" and "Faustian Experiments in Realizing Words as Actions"
The Pythagoras Society Symposium LV: Oslo, Norway, 2022
"Sacred Words and Divine Action: Philosophies of Magic and Religion in Greco-Roman Egypt"
PS 2022 included workshops on "Operative Communication in the Greek Magical Papyri" and "Letters to the Chthonic Realm: Curse Tablets in Theory and Practice"
The Pythagoras Society Symposium LIV: Budapest, Hungary, 2019
"From Philosopher Kings to Tyrants: Platonic Experiments in Government"
PS 2019 included workshops on "Evaluating Governance Models By their Underlying Metaphysics" and "Maximizing Religious Freedom"
The Pythagoras Society Symposium LIII: Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
"The Long Shadow of Olympus: Greek Concepts of Soul"
PS 2018 included workshops on "Seeking the Mysteries of Self: Soul Models as Philosophy" and "Distinct Parts of a Coherent Whole: How the Psyche and Daimon Work Together"
The Pythagoras Society Symposium LII: Glasgow, Scotland, 2017
"An Agora of the Mind: Pythagorean Syncretism and the Roots of Western Thought"
PS 2017 included workshops on "Finding Cultural Clues in Transcultural Deities" and "Tracing the Sources of the System: Pythagorean Influences from Egypt, Babylon, and Persia""
The Pythagoras Society Symposium LI: Sintra, Portugal, 2016
"Thrice-Great: The Merger of Hermes and Thoth in Greco-Roman Egypt"
PS 2016 included workshops on "Alphabetic vs. Syllabic Writing Systems and their Effects on Thought" and "Research Techniques for Understanding Syncretic Gods in the Ancient World"
The Pythagoras Society Symposium L: Paris, France, 2015
"Promethean Gifts: Origins of Self in Greek Philosophy and Myth"
PS 2015 included workshops on "Sources of the Soul in Plato" and "Modes of Being: Orienting the Self toward Eudaimonia".
The Pythagoras Society Symposium XLIX: Dublin, Ireland, 2014
"Crossroads of the Ancient World: The Effects of Cultural Exchange on Greek Thought and Religion"
PS 2014 included workshops on "Phonetic Considerations In Adapting the Phoenician Alphabet" and "Zoroastrian Influences in Greek Thought"
The Pythagoras Society Symposium XLVIII: Helsinki, Finland, 2013
"Beyond the North Wind: Greek Views of the Mystical North"
PS 2013 included workshops and talks on "Polar Myths and Hollow Earths" and "Transcending the Limits of Your World".
The Pythagoras Society Symposium XLVII: Köln, Germany, 2012
"Between Religious Belief & Reason: Pythagoras– Rationalist – Mystic"
PS 2012 included workshops on “Greek Geometry and Architecture” and “The Secularist Beliefs of Religion, Individuality, and Late Antiquity".
The Pythagoras Society Symposium XLVI: Edinburgh, Scotland, 2011
“The Influence of Greek Thought on Modern Science and Mathematics”
PS 2011 included workshops on “Mathematical Concepts and Their Origins”, “Science in Ancient Greece” and “The Mathematical Traveller”.
The Pythagoras Society Symposium XLV: Porto, Portugal, 2010
“The Theatre of Ancient Greece – Mask and Ritual”
PS 2010 included a workshops on “Performance Art as Critical Play in Ancient Greece”, “Esoteric and Metaphysical Beliefs held by Pythagoras and his Followers” and “Pythagorean Modes of Thinking”.
The Pythagoras Society Symposium XLIV: Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2009
“Pythagorean Philosophy and the Scientific Revolution”
PS 2009 included workshops on “Platonic Solids in the Work of De Vinci”, “Copernican Theory of Heliocentrism” and a demonstration of “ Harmonic Ratios as a Basis of Islamic Musical Theory”.