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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.


Course booking will open at 10am on Monday 10 July

All our planned courses will be available to view here from Thursday 6 July. Online,
In person and Telephone bookings will then open at 10am on Monday 10 July.
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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   

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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   

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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   

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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

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Introduction to Philosophy – Part 4 B

Thursdays 10am to 12noon     Leopold Chaligha  

11 sessions from 11 January    £165/£100      PIN5      Stoke Lodge 

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Introduction to Philosophy – Part 4 C

Thursdays 10am to 12noon      Leopold Chaligha  

10 sessions from 18 April    £150/£90     PIN6      Stoke Lodge   

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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   

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Introduction to Philosophy – Part 5 B

Thursdays 7pm to 9pm    Leopold Chaligha 

11 sessions from 11 January        £165/£100        PIN8      Stoke Lodge

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Introduction to Philosophy – Part 5 C

Thursdays 7pm to 9pm     Leopold Chaligha 

10 sessions from 18 April            £150/£90          PIN9   Stoke Lodge   

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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   

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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   

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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   

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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   

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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   

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