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Plotinus Day
Sunday October 13

PLOTINUS DAY   Join us as we study a section from an essay of Plotinus, “If All Souls Are One”. Plotinus is the lead philosopher in the Neoplatonic Tradition.  Originally from Alexandria in Egypt where he discovered the Platonic Teaching under Ammonias Saccas and then came to Rome in the 3rd Century CE to set…

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The Study of Plato
Term 3

THE STUDY OF PLATO (ONLINE) Socrates, the day before his unsuccessful trial for corrupting the youth and impiety, visits the court to receive an official affidavit.  There he meets the teacher, Euthyphro, who is also visiting the court because he wishes to launch an indictment against his own father for the accidental death of a…

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Plotinus’ Enneads Bk4
Term 3

Plotinus is the greatest and most famous of the Neoplatonic philosophers.  Born in Egypt and educated in Alexandria, Plotinus moved to Rome where a circle of dedicated students formed around him and persuaded him to write.

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Plato’s Republic
Term 3

PLATO’S REPUBLIC (CONTINUED) – BOOK 7 (ONLINE) In Book 7 of Plato’s Republic is the famous “Allegory of the Cave”, which Plato describes as a way to “compare our nature, in respect of education or lack of education”.  In Book 7 Plato will also All are welcome | $25 Registration fee (current Senior Students free…

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Plato’s Parmenides
Term 3

Socrates is presented as a young man, below the age of 20, keen on Philosophy, bold, yet untrained.  He puts forward “The Theory of Forms”, but when he is pressed by Parmenides, he is at a loss to defend his position.

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