Philosophy courses are stimulating and enjoyable courses covering the major philosophical trends and contributions made by the great minds of our time.
Keep your mind active, challenge your ideas about the world around us and see the meaning of our existence from different perspectives.
Introduction to Philosophy – Part 1
Join us in this fascinating journey through the History of Western Philosophy. Starting with the pre-Socratic period, Classic Greek Philosophy and Christian Philosophy, from Jesus to the Scholastic medieval philosophy of St Thomas Aquinas. We will find out more about wisdom as perceived and presented by great thinkers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. We will examine the theory of how we come to know about the world, or about anything at all. We will also try to understand how these ideas are influencing our society today.
Fridays 10am to 12noon Leopold Chaligha
12 sessions from 15 September £180/£108 PIN1 Stoke Lodge
Introduction to Philosophy – Part 2
This course will follow on from Part 1, dealing with rationalism including Descartes, Empiricism and philosophy of mind including David Hume, contemporary realism and relativism. Students can join this course without having attended Part 1.
Fridays 10am to 12noon Leopold Chaligha
11 sessions from 12 January £165/£100 PIN2 Stoke Lodge
Introduction to Philosophy – Part 3
Join us in this stimulating course in which we examine major philosophical trends and contributions from great minds of our time. Keep your mind active, challenge your ideas about the universe and see the meaning of our existence from different perspectives. Students can join this course without having attended Part 1 and/or 2.
Fridays 10am to 12noon Leopold Chaligha
10 sessions from 19 April £150/£90 PIN3 Stoke Lodge
Introduction to Philosophy – Part 4 A
This is a fascinating course which will explore influential philosophical conceptions such as the Socratic legacy over the centuries, Postmodernism, Individualism in the context of Theism and Nihilism, Communism and Pluralism. Join the debate about our existential being in the world, its meaning and how these ideas have captured intellectual imagination and shaped human lives across the globe. Keep questioning your knowledge of reality and explore the unknown from various perspectives. Students can join this course without having attended Part 1 and/or 2 and/or 3, but it would be an advantage to have completed part 1 – 3.
Thursdays 10am to 12noon Leopold Chaligha
12 sessions from 14 September £180 / £108 PIN4 Stoke Lodge
Introduction to Philosophy – Part 4 B
Thursdays 10am to 12noon Leopold Chaligha
11 sessions from 11 January £165/£100 PIN5 Stoke Lodge
Introduction to Philosophy – Part 4 C
Thursdays 10am to 12noon Leopold Chaligha
10 sessions from 18 April £150/£90 PIN6 Stoke Lodge
Introduction to Philosophy – Part 5 A
Join us and continue asking the big fundamental questions about life. What is life, what is the meaning of life? What is lived love? Its meaning and implication in our world today? Is climate change going to reshape this? Keep questioning your knowledge of reality and explore the unknown from various perspectives. What is philosophy of technology? Has this given humanity its full freedom or chained minds into tech-enslavement? It would be an advantage for students to have completed part 1 – 4.
Thursdays 7pm to 9pm Leopold Chaligha
12 sessions from 14 September £180/£108 PIN7 Stoke Lodge
Introduction to Philosophy – Part 5 B
Thursdays 7pm to 9pm Leopold Chaligha
11 sessions from 11 January £165/£100 PIN8 Stoke Lodge
Introduction to Philosophy – Part 5 C
Thursdays 7pm to 9pm Leopold Chaligha
10 sessions from 18 April £150/£90 PIN9 Stoke Lodge
NEW Philosophy on Saturdays
Philosophy to help us live well
5 Saturday workshops on different themes
The Philosophy of happiness. Epicurus and Aristotle
In this course we will explore the ideas of two Greek philosophers. We will discuss the themes of pleasure, desire, virtue, the role of the emotions and human flourishing. Saturday, 10am to 4pm Jim Mepham
1 session on 14 October £45/£28 PJM5 Stoke Lodge
How to overcome fears and stop worrying. A Stoic approach.
In this course we will explore the ideas of two Stoic philosophers- Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius.
Saturday, 10am to 4pm Jim Mepham
1 session on 25 November £45/£28 PJM6 Stoke Lodge
How to manage your time. Seneca and Kant
How to manage your time – applying the ideas of two different Philosophers, Kant and Seneca.
Saturday, 10am to 4pm Jim Mepham
1 session on 3 February £45/£28 PJM7 Stoke Lodge
How to take control of your life. Plato and Aristotle.
How to take control of your life – applying the ideas of the Ancient Greek Philosophers – Plato and Aristotle.
Saturday, 10am to 4pm Jim Mepham
1 session on 20 April £45/£28 PJM8 Stoke Lodge
A beginners guide to ethics. The 3 major theories and moral dilemmas.
In this course, you will be introduced to three major ethical theories and discuss how they can help us resolve moral dilemmas and be applied to real life problems.
Saturday, 10am to 4pm Jim Mepham
1 session on 11 May £45/£28 PJM9 Stoke Lodge