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End of Summer catch-up

We will be celebrating the end of Summer at afternoon tea from 3 pm in Camberwell on the 18 of March. RSVP is essential for attendance. Our special guest speaker will be Helen Nichol from the School of Philosophy. As a devoted and long-standing student of Plotinus, Helen will present her Read more

By Bernie Lewin, 2 years8 March 2023 ago
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The revival of Greek Wisdom in the Renaissance

The seminal influence of Byzantine Platonists on the Western Renaissance is often discounted these days. Join us Thursday evening (7 pm, 14 July) at this Greek Community seminar and find out just how important were these Greek mystics to the revival of the mathematical sciences in the West. UPDATE: watch Read more

By Bernie Lewin, 3 years12 July 2022 ago
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Lullabies for the dying

Open lecture | Existentialist Society (Melb) | 2-4pm, Sat, 2 Oct | zoom UPDATED: recording here For Plato, scientific discourse (logos) is all about making arguments that can be found to be true or false either by reference to experience (empirical science) or otherwise by reference to the formal nature Read more

By Bernie Lewin, 4 years20 September 2021 ago

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