David Konstan's research focuses on ancient Greek and Latin literature, especially comedy and the novel, and classical philosophy. In recent years, he has investigated the emotions and value concepts of classical Greece and Rome and has written books on friendship, pity, the emotions, forgiveness, beauty, and love in its several manifestations. He has also written on ancient physics and atomic theory and on literary theory and has translated Seneca’s two tragedies about Hercules into verse. His most recent book is The Origin of Sin: Greece and Rome, Early Judaism, and Christianity.
Konstan's B.A. was in mathematics; in senior year of college, he began ancient Greek and Latin and went on to obtain a doctorate in classics.  He taught at Wesleyan University from 1967 to 1987, and at Brown University from 1987 to 2010, when he joined the faculty at NYU.
How can we create a bridge between the sciences and the humanities, especially in a time in which humanity faces complex and urgent challenges, particularly in politics and climate?  Professor Konstan joins us in an Agora Discourses and talks about his own journey and ways by which be believes that we can connect the dots.

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