| Timaeus, Critias & Philebus | from Wed 4 Nov 2026 | in Carlton +Online| Join us right after Melbourne Cup Day when we start reading Plato’s Timaeus. Perhaps it is the history of astronomy, Medieval cosmology or the origins of European musical harmony that tickles your fancy for Plato’s Read more
| Timaeus, Critias & Philebus | from Wed 4 Nov 2026 | in Carlton +Online|
The psycho-cosmic harmony of Plato’s Timaeus was one precious ember that sustained the flame of European intellectual life through its darkest age. The influence on Christianity, both heretical and orthodox, is somehow so foundational that it is difficult to see it as other than what Christianity is.
(more…)| Plato’s Republic Part 2 [BOOKED OUT]| Starting Tuesday 18 August | Online-only |
If you ever wanted to take a close look at the higher philosophy outlined in Plato’s Republic, then this course [BOOKED OUT] might be for you. It covers the Divided Line, the Allegory of the Cave, the education program for the philosopher rulers, and we finish with the Myth of Er.
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