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URL:https://prometheustrust.co.uk/events/simplicius-on-epictetus-an-interm
 ediate-online-course/
SUMMARY:Simplicius on Epictetus- an intermediate online course
DESCRIPTION:This is our online intermediate course. To find out more detail
 s about our online courses please see our dedicated page here. To register
  please use our google form here (includes full list of dates).\n\nSimplic
 ius (sixth century CE)\, one of the very last of the line of ancient philo
 sophers who followed the Platonic tradition wrote a commentary on the Hand
 book of Epictetus as an introduction to the life of a philosophy. Our aut
 umn module will be based around this work which is a fascinating mixture o
 f Stoicism and Platonism.  What Simplicius does is take the basic doctrin
 e of the Stoic Epictetus and reset it in the wider spiritual framework of 
 Platonism.\n\nAcross the three weekends we will be able to consider the co
 re message of Epictetus – that we should act well with regard to “what
  is up to us” but be undisturbed by “that which is not up to us” whi
 le exploring the nature of soul\; its place within the divine scheme\; the
  role of a philosopher in community and in the cosmos\; the derivative nat
 ure of evil\; and the primacy of providence\, and much else besides.\n\nTh
 e Handbook is a practical guide written in different age (first century C
 E) and in a society in many ways very different from ours – which means 
 we will need to work back to the principles which lie behind the advice it
  offers – principles that apply to the essential nature of the human sou
 l when embodied. But this  examination too should encourage a deeper appr
 eciation of the ways of philosophical thought\, as we study the text and t
 alk through the issues involved.\n\nThis is a 7 week course\, taking place
  on Sundays at 6pm (UK time)\, starting in September 2025. We use zoom and
  share thoughts in between sessions on Slack. Full dates are:  21st Sep
 t\, 5th &amp\; 19th Oct\, 2nd\, 16th &amp\; 30th Nov\, 14th December 20
 25.\n\nWe encourage those in the UK to join in with our residential module
 s instead\, bursaries are available.\n\nIf you would like to see other upc
 oming online courses please click the online tag under Event type above.\n
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