In several dialogues Socrates speaks of his daemon – a voice he hears which guides his life. In this session we look at the nature of daemons in general; Socrates’ description of his interactions with his daemon; and the comments around this subject from several Platonic commentators from antiquity.
This event is free but donations are encouraged, circumstances allowing. We’ll start the session at 6.30pm – please come to the top floor of the pub on arrival. No need to book.
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: The Daemon of Socrate1