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Philosophy Classes

Introductory course starting 5 November

| Reading Plato from Wed 5 Nov in Carlton + Online | Our foundation course Reading Plato is running again from Wednesday, 5 November 2025. The readings from The Last Days of Socrates follow the drama of Socrates accused, tried and convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens. This course Read more

By Bernie Lewin, 1 week12 August 2025 ago
Philosophy Classes

Platonic Love starting soon

There are still places available for our Winter Term course Platonic Love starting Monday 7 July (in Carlton and online). [BOOKED OUT] Perhaps your caught the stage play version of the Symposium last year. Now you can read the original. We will also be reading another of Plato’s most vivid dialogues, the Phaedrus. Read more

By Bernie Lewin, 2 months30 June 2025 ago
Lecture

Winter Term bookings open

| Platonic Love from Mon 7 July [BOOKED OUT] | Eric Timewell Memorial Lecture Sat 12 July | Signifying Nothing: the invention of zero and the perils of saying what can’t be said The 3rd Annual Eric Timewell Memorial Lecture is a free public lecture at 4pm, 12 July, in Read more

By Bernie Lewin, 3 months31 May 2025 ago

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