The Platonic tradition holds that the soul is a mysterious and amphibious creature that must negotiate two worlds, that of eternal being and that of time-bound “becoming”. What kind of experiences arise from these two orders of reality? In what way are they related? How is each order regulated? And how does the soul unfold its nature within the confines of each? Using short extracts from the writings of Plato, Plotinus and Proclus, we will spend our evening exploring these questions and consider the nature of the two worlds as expressing the underlying unific divine powers the tradition understands as Providence and Fate.
This event is free but donations are encouraged, circumstances allowing. We’ll start the session at 6.30pm: tea/coffee and cake will be available just beforehand. No need to book.Please download here a PDF of the extracts we’ll be using: Providence
These evenings include short talks and/or readings from Platonic writings – but we hope they will be genuinely interactive, with all participants invited to contribute to our collaborative search for truth. No previous experience of formal philosophy is required. Every effort is made to make these type of evenings accessible to the newcomer, while allowing the great profundity of the Platonic tradition to step forward and speak to us at whatever level our present understanding sits.