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URL:https://prometheustrust.co.uk/events/theme-tbc-an-open-session-in-manc
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SUMMARY:The Apology- an open session in Manchester
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
 \nThis event is free but donations are encouraged\, circumstances allowing
 . We’ll start the session at 6.30pm: tea/coffee and cake will be availab
 le just beforehand. No need to book. We will be using this paper of extrac
 ts from the Apology: Apology extracts\n\nThese evenings include short talk
 s and/or readings from Platonic writings – but we hope they will be genu
 inely interactive\, with all participants invited to contribute to our col
 laborative search for truth. No previous experience of formal philosophy 
 is required. Every effort is made to make these type of evenings accessibl
 e to the newcomer\, while allowing the great profundity of the Platonic tr
 adition to step forward and speak to us at whatever level our present unde
 rstanding sits.
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LOCATION:Bookshop: Bound and Infinite\, 70 Tib Street\, Manchester\, M4 1LG
 \, United Kingdom
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