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SUMMARY:Topic: Cosmic Ecology and Plato’s Timaeus - open session online
DESCRIPTION:The ecological crisis facing us and the generations to come ari
 ses directly out of our present worldview – one that has emerged from th
 e philosophies that previous generations consciously or unconsciously adop
 ted. While practical solutions to the crisis need to be implemented with a
  degree of urgency\, we cannot afford to ignore the underlying philosophic
 al dimension to our problems: for whatever solutions we choose\, if they a
 re born out of the same worldview that landed us in our present troubles\,
  they are likely to repeat\, in a slightly different form\, the same circu
 mstances.\n\nWe will look at some of the important affirmations that Plato
  has his main speaker\, Timaeus\, make. We may\, perhaps\, catch a glimpse
  of an ancient worldview – a cosmos that is itself one living animal\, b
 eautiful and full of intelligence. We may even see why the cosmos is calle
 d “a blessed” god: and in so doing we may begin to imagine practical s
 olutions less likely to fall back into the present impasse.\n\nThese eveni
 ngs 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.\n\nHere is this session's discussion doc
 ument: Platos Cosmic Ecology - the Timaeus v2\n\nThese open sessions usual
 ly run twice on the same day to accommodate different time zones. They tak
 e particular topics or passages from Plato and other writers in the tradit
 ion - these are open to anyone interested\, and they attract a wide range 
 of participants. We usually begin with a short 5 or 10 minute introduction
  to the subject in hand and (when appropriate) a reading of a short text: 
 this leaves a good hour or so to discuss the ideas which arise.\n\nRegiste
 r for the UK timed event (7.45 GMT) here.\n\nRegister for the US timed eve
 nt (7.30 EST) here.\n\nWhere a short text is to be discussed you will find
  it available for downloading a few days before the date of the session.\n
 \nThere are no fees payable. The Trust sees the Platonic tradition as a sp
 iritual one: not only a guide for the outer life\, but especially to be tr
 easured for its assistance in the cultivation of the inner self - the soul
  - for\, says Plato in the Timeaus\, “we are not terrestrial plants\, b
 ut blossoms of heaven.” We understand the tradition to be profound and 
 cohesive\, and one that repays the long-term effort required to truly embe
 d oneself in it. Our approach is not exclusive - we value other tradition
 s for their insights - nor is it dogmatic or an attempt to proselytise: ho
 wever we are serious in our attempts to fathom the depths of the tradition
 \, to identify its foundations\, and where its teachings seem to run count
 er to accepted thinking to investigate them thoroughly rather than rejecti
 ng them prematurely. Thus our point of focus is on the teachings of the tr
 adition and most especially our own inner response to them.\n\nBy joining 
 our studies you are making no commitment beyond that of co-operating with 
 us in our exploration of those truths which have inspired a company of men
  and women most luminous in their understanding\, and unsparingly generous
  in their teaching.\n\nYou can register viz zoom by clicking on the link a
 bove or here.
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