Philosophy as a way of life

Although the outlines of Platonic philosophy are reasonably well-known in the modern world, the divine foundation of ancient Platonism is widely neglected. The Platonic axiom “All things are full of the Gods” underpins the link between philosophy and religion in the ancient world – we will explore and discuss this, using extracts from Plato, Plotinus and Proclus.

This event is free but if you can please donate £5 or more in order to cover our costs, either as cash on the day or donating through this website - you'll also find the extracts we'll be drawing from there.

Most of these evenings are self-contained and every effort is made to make them 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. Some of these sessions are coupled together, in order to give us the space to examine more fully particular texts and themes, 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 participants to pick up the main threads of the theme.

The 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 reality, and our interactions, to be explored at once both seriously and with good cheer. Our aim is to provide a forum for honest and straight-forward enquiry, but which is unafraid to explore inward-moving paths too often neglected by modern schools of thought.