BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:88@prometheustrust.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T210000 DTSTAMP:20260206T192423Z URL:https://prometheustrust.co.uk/events/inspiration-an-online-open-sessio n-americas-friendly-time/ SUMMARY:Inspiration - an online open session (Americas friendly time) DESCRIPTION:Plato's understanding of inspiration as being from the Gods is especially indicated by the Phaedrus\, but also\, for example\, in the Sym posium and the Ion. The Platonists of late antiquity explore the issue in several texts\, with Hermeas and Proclus particularly focused on its impli cations.  We will look at passages from Plato and these commentators and explore the relationship between inspiration and reason.  The paper here will be used as our starting point for this exploration.\n\nWe also run th is on the first Monday of the month to fit in with UK/Europe time zones - see below for more information. This session will be run on the platform J itsi Meet. We take particular topics or passages from Plato and other writ ers in the tradition - these are open to anyone interested\, and they attr act a wide range of participants. We usually begin with a short 5 or 10 mi nute introduction to the subject in hand and (when appropriate) a reading of a short text: this leaves a good hour or so to discuss the ideas which arise (this will be posted here and emailed to those who have registered). \n\nThere are no fees payable. The Trust sees the Platonic tradition as a spiritual one: not only a guide for the outer life\, but especially to be treasured for its assistance in the cultivation of the inner self - the so ul - for\, says Plato in the Timeaus\, “we are not terrestrial plants\, but blossoms of heaven.” We understand the tradition to be profound an d cohesive\, and one that repays the long-term effort required to truly em bed oneself in it. Our approach is not exclusive - we value other traditi ons for their insights - nor is it dogmatic or an attempt to proselytise: however we are serious in our attempts to fathom the depths of the traditi on\, to identify its foundations\, and where its teachings seem to run cou nter to accepted thinking to investigate them thoroughly rather than rejec ting them prematurely. Thus our point of focus is on the teachings of the tradition and most especially our own inner response to them.\n\nBy joinin g our studies you are making no commitment beyond that of co-operating wit h us in our exploration of those truths which have inspired a company of m en and women most luminous in their understanding\, and unsparingly genero us in their teaching.\n\nYou can register for the UK timed session via zoo m here. Using this link  will display the time in your time zone. Zoom wi ll then email you the link to join This session is at 19:45 GMT on Monday 9 February.\n\nOur study paper is here: Inspiration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prometheustrust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads /2025/02/Dionysos.jpg CATEGORIES:Open session LOCATION:https://forms.gle/kNEebPrvNX51eFfo7 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR