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A remedy for enthusiasm: why modern science could not be Platonic

Where I grew up, priests were not the least bit interested in philosophy, nor the history of ideas. Then I met the Orthodox. Then I met the Rumanian-trained Orthodox priest Doru Costache, author of Humankind and the Cosmo. Doru took an interested in my thoughts on why Western science became Read more

By Bernie Lewin, 4 years19 May 2022 ago
Evening class

Winter Term starting soon

Places are still available in our Winter evening classes starting the week of Monday, 21 June, 2021. If you are new to Plato and philosophy, then we recommend for starters Reading Plato [BOOKINGS CLOSED]. Continuing students are challenged to go deeper into Platonic philosophy by reading Plato’s Sophist [BOOKED OUT]. Read more

By Bernie Lewin, 4 years10 June 2021 ago
Excursion

Platonism & Christianity talk at the Hellenic Museum

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The Hellenic Museum and the Platonic Academy invite you to a talk on the many and varied ways that Plato and Platonism influenced the development of Christianity.

| 11 am, Saturday, 19 June 2021| Hellenic Museum | 280 William St, Melbourne | Pre-booking necessary | Tickets includes Museum entry |

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By Bernie Lewin, 5 years20 May 2021 ago

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