Platonic Mysticism and Science
Saturday 26 November | in St Kilda (private home) | from 3pm | RSVP essential for attendance.
All students, former students and friends are invited for afternoon tea on Saturday 26 November to celebrate the end of another big year reading Plato.
| Tea, coffee & snacks provided | BYO wine or beer | RSVP for details |
Enrolments are now open for twilight evening classes starting the week of Monday 31 October 2022.
Plato’s Republic Part 2 starts Wednesday, 2 November [BOOKED OUT]. This course covers the more philosophical books of Plato’s Republic. New students are welcome as completion of Part 1 is no prerequisite.
Learning Greek with Plato continues in our Twilight Term, starting 31 October [BOOKED OUT]. If you are new to ancient Greek language then we recommend you wait and enrol in the beginners course, starting again in February 2023.
Reading Plato: an introduction to philosophy will also run again in February 2023.
Last year for the first time in a collaboration with ISP, we decided to offer a course in ancient Greek language . The idea was to open some insight into the fragments of pre-Socratic philosophy by considering the original Greek. The course was open to absolute beginners and started with the Greek alphabet.
We never expected such a “dead language” course to be popular, but it quickly booked-out so that a second class was necessary. This year the course was re-organised, expanded and offered again in two parts, and both parts were again fully booked. After that, a more advanced course was offered and it booked-out.
Why are the ancient Greek language courses so popular?
I guess we must ask the students! But the success of these courses is certainly a credit to the depth of knowledge and enthusiasm of our tutor, Martin Black. An enthusiastic core of Martin’s students will continue Learning Greek with Plato in our Twilight Term, starting 31 October [BOOKED OUT].
If you would also like to try your hand at ancient Greek language, then another beginners group will be starting in February 2023.
The other course offered during our Twilight Term is Plato’s Republic Part II, starting Wednesday, 2 November [BOOKED OUT]. This course covers the more philosophical books of Plato’s Republic. New students are welcome, as completion of Part I is no prerequisite.