Our residential weekends take place in the UK. One module is made up of three weekends. For more information on how we run these please read our dedicated page here.
Course theme: Our philosophical experiences and studies are to be understood in the framework of metaphysics and theology – areas of ethics and virtue, epistemology and dialectics, psychology and cosmology, as well as initiation and worship, are all pulled together as a whole only insofar as they embraced by this single framework. For the Platonic tradition metaphysics is also theology because the Gods are understood to be the causes of all things, profoundly united as they are to the One or the Good, the “cause of all beautiful things” as Plato’s second letter puts it, and yet they provide the initial starting point for the differences which ultimately manifests as a divine pleroma – the all.
This module will be our best attempt at exploring a coherent framework, giving ourselves the time and space to explore the nature of unity and being, and the relationships between the eternal and the temporal. We will draw on some basic Platonic dialogues, together with the writings of the late Platonist who did so much to tease out the implications of those dialogues.
The weekends take place 27-29 September, 1-3 November, 6-8 December 2024- costs per weekend range from £175 to £200 (which includes all food and drink and either a non-suite or ensuite bedroom). Bursaries and payment plans are available- payments are due three weeks before each weekend. Refunds only available with enough notice. For more information on how we run these please read our dedicated page here.
Bookings close 20 August 2024. If after you’ve read the dedicated page, get in touch or complete an expression of interest form by following this link.