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URL:https://prometheustrust.co.uk/events/the-apology-open-session-in-londo
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SUMMARY:The Apology-open session in London
DESCRIPTION:On trial for his life\, Socrates endeavours to defend not himse
 lf but philosophy itself because he sees what he is doing in Athens as a 
 divine task.  He says\, “Now\, therefore\, O Athenians\, it is far from
  my intention to defend myself\, (as someone may think\,) but I thus speak
  for your sake\, lest in condemning me you should sin against the gift of 
 Divinity.  For\, if you should put me to death\, you will not easily find
  such another (though the comparison is ridiculous) whom Divinity has unit
 ed to this city as to a great and generous horse\, but sluggish through hi
 s magnitude\, and requiring to be excited by a certain fly.  In like mann
 er Divinity appears to have united such a one as I am to the city\, that I
  might not cease exciting\, persuading and reproving each of you\, and eve
 rywhere sitting among you through the whole day.”\n\nWe will read passag
 es from the Apology and explore some of the important elements of them.\n
 \nThese evenings include short talks and/or readings from Platonic writing
 s – but we hope they will be genuinely interactive\, with all participan
 ts invited to contribute to our collaborative search for truth. No previou
 s experience of formal philosophy is required.\n\nAdmission is free\, but 
 we do encourage those who are able to donate £5 in order to cover our cos
 ts\, either as cash on the day or donating through this website\n\nMost of
  these evenings are self-contained and every effort is made to make them a
 ccessible to the newcomer\, while allowing the great profundity of the Pla
 tonic tradition to step forward and speak to us at whatever level our pres
 ent understanding sits. Some of these sessions are coupled together\, in 
 order to give us the space to examine more fully particular texts and them
 es\, but even here we will ensure that if those attending have missed the 
 first of the two sessions a recap of what has gone before will help all p
 articipants to pick up the main threads of the theme.\n\nWe will being the
  follow paper of extracts from the Apology: Apology extracts\n\nThe Trust 
 has run similar activities for some 18 years\, and in our experience they 
 allow the most profound questions concerning human life\, the nature of re
 ality\, and our interactions\, to be explored at once both seriously and w
 ith good cheer. Our aim is to provide a forum for honest and straight-for
 ward enquiry\, but which is unafraid to explore inward-moving paths too of
 ten neglected by modern schools of thought.\n\nClick on the London tag und
 er Event type to be taken to all upcoming activities in London.
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LOCATION:London - Cecil Sharp House\, 2 Regent's Park Rd \, London\, NW1 7A
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