Plato presents Socrates in his Apology as a philosophical counterpart to a Homeric hero – and the mythic nature of this Socrates spills over into other Dialogues. What is the alignment of philosopher and hero? What are the initiations through which the philosopher-hero is required to pass?
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 come back at the beginning of December to download a PDF of the paper we’ll be using.
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.
Please click here to download the study paper that we will use for the basis of our exploration of this subject: Hero and the Philosopher