BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:76@prometheustrust.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260111T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260426T194500 DTSTAMP:20251217T175042Z URL:https://prometheustrust.co.uk/events/proclus-commentary-on-the-parmeni des-book-4-an-advanced-online-course/ SUMMARY:Proclus' Commentary on the Parmenides (Book 4) - an advanced online course DESCRIPTION:This is our online advanced course. To find out more details ab out our online courses please see our dedicated page here. To register ple ase use our google form here.\n\nBook 4 of Proclus’ Commentary on the Pa rmenides. This book covers some of the most difficult problems Parmenides exposes in what is known as the theory of forms as he questions the young Socrates in the middle section of the dialogue. The book offers Proclus’ most comprehensive and subtle responses to these profound questions\; we are confining our studies to the fourth book because the issues presented to the reader are very demanding.\n\nThis is a 8 week course\, taking plac e fortnightly on Sundays at 6pm (UK time)\, starting in January 2026. The eight sessions are timed to run between 6-7.45pm UK time on the following Sundays Sundays 11th &\; 25th Jan\; 8th and 22nd Feb\, 8th and 22nd Mar ch and 12th &\; 26th April (after Easter). We use zoom and share though ts in between sessions on Slack.\n\nIn our Intermediate online course star ting in Autumn 2026 we'll be exploring Platonic Forms/Ideas and their divi ne power to shape\, maintain and continually perfect the manifested cosmo s forms the basis of Platonic teaching. This module will explore the natur e of eternal forms (or ideas) and the way in which the kaleidoscope of cos mos participates in them.\n\nThe advanced studies are especially aimed at those who feel themselves to be reasonably well established in the Platoni c tradition\, and who are committed to that tradition as their primary veh icle of philosophic endeavour. According to the sages of this path philos ophy not only engages the best of our gnostic and life-giving powers\, but also embraces a conscious communion with the higher powers through approp riate devotional practices (as Plato affirms in his Laws at 716d).\n\nThe material we cover is demanding\, and we aim to go into it as deeply as pos sible\, using basic Platonic concepts as a firm foundation for our joint s tudy. The Trust is not in the business of judging individuals and so we le ave it to you to decide whether or not you are likely to benefit by joinin g this level of exploration: if you would like to talk over the kind of le vel we are likely to be pitching the studies at please contact the educati on co-ordinator with the email address in the contacts footer\, who would be happy to email or set up a private zoom session to talk it through.\n\n We do need to emphasize that if you are looking simply to place Platonism in the context of what one might call the universal tradition of humankind \, this is not what the explorations are aimed at – as honourable and a s useful as such endeavours are. Our view is that one should drink deeply of a single coherent tradition and that an appreciation of the universal will spontaneously arise if\, as it should be\, the spirit of tolerance an d openness is cultivated as part of that tradition. This ongoing course is our best attempt at assisting those whose focus is upon the Platonic path .\n\nIf you would like to see other upcoming online courses please click t he online tag under Event type above.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prometheustrust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads /2024/02/PT_Prometheus_Louvre_300pxh.jpg CATEGORIES:Course LOCATION:https://forms.gle/YuCU9CYqzQejJfka8 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR