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URL:https://prometheustrust.co.uk/events/topic-tbc-an-online-open-session/
SUMMARY:Inspiration - an online open session
DESCRIPTION:Plato's understanding of inspiration as being from the Gods is 
 especially indicated by the Phaedrus\, but also\, for example\, in the Sym
 posium and the Ion. The Platonists of late antiquity explore the issue in 
 several texts\, with Hermeas and Proclus particularly focused on its impli
 cations.  We will look at passages from Plato and these commentators and 
 explore the relationship between inspiration and reason.  The paper here 
 will be used as our starting point for this exploration.\n\nWe also run th
 is on the third  Monday of the month to fit in with American time zones -
  see below for more information. We take particular topics or passages fro
 m Plato and other writers in the tradition - these are open to anyone inte
 rested\, and they attract a wide range of participants. We usually begin w
 ith a short 5 or 10 minute introduction to the subject in hand and (when a
 ppropriate) a reading of a short text: this leaves a good hour or so to di
 scuss the ideas which arise (this will be posted here and emailed to those
  who have registered).\n\nThere are no fees payable. The Trust sees the Pl
 atonic tradition as a spiritual one: not only a guide for the outer life\,
  but especially to be treasured for its assistance in the cultivation of t
 he inner self - the soul - for\, says Plato in the Timeaus\, “we are no
 t terrestrial plants\, but blossoms of heaven.” We understand the tradi
 tion to be profound and cohesive\, and one that repays the long-term effor
 t required to truly embed oneself in it. Our approach is not exclusive - 
 we value other traditions for their insights - nor is it dogmatic or an at
 tempt to proselytise: however we are serious in our attempts to fathom the
  depths of the tradition\, to identify its foundations\, and where its tea
 chings seem to run counter to accepted thinking to investigate them thorou
 ghly rather than rejecting them prematurely. Thus our point of focus is on
  the teachings of the tradition and most especially our own inner response
  to them.\n\nBy joining our studies you are making no commitment beyond th
 at of co-operating with us in our exploration of those truths which have i
 nspired a company of men and women most luminous in their understanding\, 
 and unsparingly generous in their teaching.\n\nYou can register for the UK
  timed session via zoom here. Using this link  will display the time in y
 our time zone. Zoom will then email you the link to join This session is a
 t 19:45 GMT.\n\nTo register for the Americas-timed session\, which will at
  19:30 EDT on Monday 16th February\, please click here - we will use teh J
 itsi Meet platform\n\nOur study paper is here: Inspiration
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CATEGORIES:Open session
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ITtU7ULwSe-acJTXTEtgHQ
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