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• Thu 20 Aug 20 · The Hidden Origins of Rome (New Acropolis, London)

• Wed 11 Mar 20 · Cupid and Psyche: Platonic Tale explored - ascent and union (St Pauls Learning Centre, Bristol)

• Mon 9 Mar 20 · Cupid and Psyche: Platonic Tale explored - ascent and union (Saint Pancras Community Association, London)

• Wed 26 Feb 20 · Cupid and Psyche: a Platonic tale explored - Descent (St Pauls Learning Centre, Bristol)

• Mon 24 Feb 20 · Cupid and Psyche: a Platonic tale explored - Descent (Saint Pancras Community Association, London)

• Wed 12 Feb 20 · Platonic Metaphysical Foundations - "Causes" (St Pauls Learning Centre, Bristol)

• Mon 10 Feb 20 · Platonic Metaphysical Foundations - "Causes" (Saint Pancras Community Association, London)

• Wed 29 Jan 20 · Platonic Metaphysical Foundations - "One and Many" (St Pauls Learning Centre, Bristol)

• Mon 27 Jan 20 · Platonic Metaphysical Foundations - "One and Many" (Saint Pancras Community Association, London)

• Wed 4 Dec 19 · The Apology of Socrates - a reading and discussion (2) (St Pauls Learning Centre, Bristol)

• Mon 2 Dec 19 · The Apology of Socrates - a reading and discussion (2) (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 20 Nov 19 · The Apology of Socrates - a reading and discussion (St Pauls Learning Centre, Bristol)

• Mon 18 Nov 19 · The Apology of Socrates - a reading and discussion (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 6 Nov 19 · A Platonic view of Homer's Odyssey (part 3) (St Pauls Learning Centre, Bristol)

• Mon 4 Nov 19 · A Platonic view of Homer's Odyssey (part 3) (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 23 Oct 19 · A Platonic view of Homer's Odyssey (part 2) (St Pauls Learning Centre, Bristol)

• Mon 21 Oct 19 · A Platonic view of Homer's Odyssey (part 2) (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 9 Oct 19 · A Platonic view of Homer's Odyssey (part 1) (St Pauls Learning Centre, Bristol)

• Mon 7 Oct 19 · A Platonic view of Homer's Odyssey (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 25 Sep 19 · Plato on Justice (St Pauls Learning Centre, Bristol)

• Mon 23 Sep 19 · Plato on Justice (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Tue 17 Sep 19 · Mind: Best Friend or Worst Enemy? (New Acropolis, London)

• Wed 11 Sep 19 · Aldous Huxley and the Perennial Philosophy (New Acropolis, London)

• Wed 21 Aug 19 · Plato's Cave (St Pauls Learning Centre, Bristol)

• Mon 19 Aug 19 · Harmonia in Platonism (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 15 Jul 19 · Philosophy of Play (New Acropolis, London)

• Wed 3 Jul 19 · Education in Plato’s Phaedrus (St Pauls Learning Centre, Bristol)

• Mon 1 Jul 19 · Education in Plato’s Phaedrus (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 19 Jun 19 · The experience of self in Plato’s Phaedrus (St Pauls Learning Centre, Bristol)

• Mon 17 Jun 19 · The experience of self in Plato’s Phaedrus (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 20 Mar 19 · A Platonic look at Homer’s Iliad (Hydra Books, Bristol)

• Mon 18 Mar 19 · A Platonic look at Homer’s Iliad (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 4 Mar 19 · Plato’s Phaedrus and the power of Eros (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 20 Feb 19 · Platonic philosophy and Freewill (Hydra Books, Bristol)

• Mon 18 Feb 19 · Platonic philosophy and Freewill (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 6 Feb 19 · Philosophy and Creativity (Hydra Books, Bristol)

• Tue 5 Feb 19 · The Power of Myth II: 4-week course (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 4 Feb 19 · Philosophy and Creativity (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 23 Jan 19 · Platonc Letters on the Philosophic Life (Hydra Books, Bristol)

• Mon 21 Jan 19 · Platonic Letters on the Philosophical Life (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 17 Dec 18 · Plato on Justice (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 12 Dec 18 · The journey of the Soul in Platonic philosophy (Hydra Books, Bristol)

• Wed 28 Nov 18 · Diotima's Path of Love in Plato's Symposium (Hydra Books, Bristol)

• Mon 19 Nov 18 · The Platonic tradition on Evil (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 14 Nov 18 · Knowledge and Belief in Platonic philosophy (Hydra Books, Bristol)

• Mon 5 Nov 18 · Parmenides On Nature - an initiation? (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 31 Oct 18 · What is reality? Plato's cave (Hydra Books, Bristol)

• Mon 29 Oct 18 · Philosophies of East and West (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 29 Oct 18 · The Platonic tradition on the Providential Universe (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 17 Oct 18 · What is the self? A Platonic exploration (Hydra Books, Bristol)

• Mon 15 Oct 18 · The Gods of the Platonic Tradition 3 (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 10 Oct 18 · Philosophies of East and West (New Acropolis, London)

• Wed 3 Oct 18 · PLatonic Philosophy as a Spiritual Path (Hydra Books, Bristol)

• Mon 1 Oct 18 · The Gods of the Platonic Tradition 2 (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Thu 20 Sep 18 · What is karma? (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 17 Sep 18 · The Gods of the Platonic Tradition 1 (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 13 Aug 18 · Platonic levels of Virtue, and the first step (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 18 Jun 18 · Plato on Tyranny in the Gorgias (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 18 Jun 18 · Plato on Tyranny in the Republic (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 4 Jun 18 · Porphyry on Arete (virtue, or excellence) (The Prometheus Trust, Lydney)

• Mon 21 May 18 · Porphyry on Arete (virtue, or excellence) (The Prometheus Trust, Lydney)

• Mon 14 May 18 · Plato on Ideas (The Prometheus Trust, Lydney)

• Mon 30 Apr 18 · Myths of Life and the Afterlife in Plato's dialogues: The Republic (The Prometheus Trust, Lydney)

• Mon 23 Apr 18 · Myths of Life and the Afterlife in Plato's dialogues: The Phaedo (The Prometheus Trust, Lydney)

• Tue 17 Apr 18 · The Knights Templar: History, Myths and the Order of the Knights of Christ. (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 27 Mar 18 · The Cosmovision of Shamanism (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 26 Mar 18 · Myths of Life and the Afterlife in Plato's dialogues: The Gorgias (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 12 Mar 18 · Orphic Myth in the dialogues of Plato (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 5 Mar 18 · Discover Philosophy Philosophies of East and West (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 26 Feb 18 · Diotima's path of Love in Plato's Symposium (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 26 Feb 18 · Talk: The power of Myth: The Oedipus Myth (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 19 Feb 18 · Talk: The power of Myth: The Oedipus Myth (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 12 Feb 18 · Talk: The power of Myth: The Myth of Cupid and Psyche (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 12 Feb 18 · Proclus on the Republic's tripartite soul (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 29 Jan 18 · Plato's vision: One reality, two worlds, three natures? (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 15 Jan 18 · Living the Platonic Tradition (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 18 Dec 17 · Proclus on Dialectic (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 4 Dec 17 · Plotinus on Dialectic (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 20 Nov 17 · Roots of Platonic Dialectic: Parmenides (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 6 Nov 17 · Philosophy and the art of questioning - Plato’s Euthyphro (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Sun 5 Nov 17 · Karl Popper, Science and Enlightenment: An Idea to Help Save the World (Conway Hall, London)

• Mon 23 Oct 17 · Roots of Platonic Dialectic 1 - Heraclitus (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 9 Oct 17 · Resting from our labours with Myth (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 14 Aug 17 · Plato's Cosmic Ecology – a short exploration of the Timaeus (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 31 Jul 17 · Philosophy in theory and practice – Plato's Seventh Letter - 2 (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Sat 29 Jul 17 · Deep philosophy, deep ecology 4 presentations with Q & A discussion (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 10 Jul 17 · Knowledge in Plato’s Sophist (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 3 Jul 17 · Philosophy in theory and practice – Plato's Seventh Letter (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 19 Jun 17 · Knowledge in Plato’s Theaetetus (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 5 Jun 17 · Plotinus on the Beautiful (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 22 May 17 · The Platonic Tradition looks at Evil (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 8 May 17 · Plotinus on the Beautiful (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 24 Apr 17 · Know Thyself – Plato's first exhortation (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 10 Apr 17 · Orphic Myth and Platonic Philosophy - another look (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 27 Mar 17 · Myth and Philosophy: Socrates as the philosophic Theseus (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 13 Mar 17 · Orphic Myth and Platonic Philosophy (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Sun 12 Mar 17 · Jack Monroe on Greed (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 7 Mar 17 · Philosophies of East and West (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 27 Feb 17 · Plato's Symposium and Diotima's path of love (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 13 Feb 17 · The soul – living knowledge (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Sun 12 Feb 17 · Michael Puett on Chinese Philosophy (Farmopolis, London)

• Mon 30 Jan 17 · Plato's vision: One reality, two worlds, three natures? (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 25 Jan 17 · The Age of Aquarius and the future of humanity (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 16 Jan 17 · The Platonic Tradition (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Sun 8 Jan 17 · Ruby Wax’s Guide to Saner Living (Conway Hall, London)

• Mon 12 Dec 16 · Philosophy and Rhetoric: companions or rivals? (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 28 Nov 16 · The exercise of arete – Porphyry on excellence or virtue (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Thu 17 Nov 16 · World Philosophy Day 2016. Can morality be taught? (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 14 Nov 16 · The Judgment of Paris – a precursor to war? (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 31 Oct 16 · Plato and Aristotle on Friendship and Community (2) (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 17 Oct 16 · Plato and Aristotle on Friendship and Community (1) (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Tue 11 Oct 16 · Philosophies of East and West (New Acropolis, London)

• Sat 8 Oct 16 · Understanding Life: Hypnotism, its pitfalls and other Phenomena (The Crystal, London)

• Thu 6 Oct 16 · The Language of Symbols (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 3 Oct 16 · Plato on Ideas (3) (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 28 Sep 16 · Philosophies of East and West (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 19 Sep 16 · First steps in Platonic dialectic (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 5 Sep 16 · Plato on Ideas (2) (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 22 Aug 16 · Plato's Cave (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 8 Aug 16 · Plato on Ideas (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 25 Jul 16 · Plato's Divided Line - an exploration (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 11 Jul 16 · The Crito (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 27 Jun 16 · Parmenides - the Way of Truth (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 13 Jun 16 · The Crito (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Sun 5 Jun 16 · How David Hume Became the First Modern Humanist (Conway Hall, London)

• Mon 30 May 16 · Plato on Justice - a look at the Gorgias (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 16 May 16 · Porphyry on Arete (Virtue or Excellence) (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Tue 19 Apr 16 · Concentration & Inner Awakening - According to Tibetan Buddhism (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 18 Apr 16 · Porphyry on Arete (Virtue or Excellence) (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Sun 10 Apr 16 · The Initiations of Diotima (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Tue 5 Apr 16 · Curious Connections... censorship and denial of service (Tower of London, London)

• Tue 5 Apr 16 · Curious Connections...the diary is history (Tower of London, London)

• Mon 4 Apr 16 · The Myth of Er (from the 10th book of Plato's Republic) (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 21 Mar 16 · Myths of the soul - philosophic insights from ancient myths 3 (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 7 Mar 16 · Plotinus On the Birth of Love (Ennead III, v, 9) (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Sat 5 Mar 16 · Cohedia: A Mind Expanding Cityscape (Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Beckenham)

• Sun 28 Feb 16 · Is Consciousness an Insoluble Problem? (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 23 Feb 16 · Curious Connections... capital punishment and public opinion (Tower of London, London)

• Mon 22 Feb 16 · Myths of the soul - philosophic insights from ancient myths 2 (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 8 Feb 16 · Iamblichus' Exhortation to Philosophy (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 25 Jan 16 · Myths of the soul - philosophic insights from ancient myths 1 (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Sun 24 Jan 16 · Theodore Zeldin on Life's Hidden Pleasures (Conway Hall, London)

• Mon 11 Jan 16 · Knowledge and belief in Plato's Meno (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Fri 18 Dec 15 · Alternative Christmas Carol Concert with The School of Life (The Crossing, London)

• Sun 13 Dec 15 · Roger Scruton on Love and Sex (Conway Hall, London)

• Mon 7 Dec 15 · “The Magnificent Myth” from Plato's Republic (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Thu 19 Nov 15 · World Philosophy Day 2015 - Life lessons from Great Philosophers (New Acropolis, London)

• Thu 12 Nov 15 · The Mystery of the Great Pyramid (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 9 Nov 15 · The Gods of the Platonic Tradition (3) (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 26 Oct 15 · Plato's Phaedo - Reminiscence of Reality (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 26 Oct 15 · Images of Enlightenment - a visual introduction to the mysticism of Tibet (New Acropolis, London)

• Wed 14 Oct 15 · Discover Philosophy (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 12 Oct 15 · The Gods of the Platonic Tradition (2) (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Tue 29 Sep 15 · Discover Philosophy (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 28 Sep 15 · Plato's Phaedrus - “Following the Gods” (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Thu 24 Sep 15 · Religion, philosophy and spirituality (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 14 Sep 15 · The Gods of the Platonic Tradition (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 3 Aug 15 · Sun, sight, intellect, transcendence (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 6 Jul 15 · Plato's Seventh Letter and the Pursuit of Truth (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Thu 25 Jun 15 · Invisible Egypt (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 8 Jun 15 · The Most Good You Can Do (Conway Hall, London)

• Mon 8 Jun 15 · How to be an Effective Altruist (Conway Hall, London)

• Mon 11 May 15 · Philosophy and Myth (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 27 Apr 15 · Plotinus on Beauty (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 13 Apr 15 · The Platonic Tradition (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 13 Apr 15 · The Redemptive Role of the Feminine (New Acropolis, London)

• Fri 27 Mar 15 · Plato’s Phaedo and the Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur (New Acropolis, London)

• Fri 20 Mar 15 · Plato's Philebus and the Myth of Prometheus (New Acropolis, London)

• Thu 19 Mar 15 · JOHN GRAY AND ALAIN DE BOTTON IN CONVERSATION (Emmanuel Centre, London)

• Mon 16 Mar 15 · Proclus on Know Thyself (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 16 Mar 15 · The First Alcibiades – Know Thyself (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Fri 6 Mar 15 · Plato's Republic and the Fable of Erus (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 3 Mar 15 · Get inspired - discover philosophy (New Acropolis, London)

• Fri 27 Feb 15 · Plato's Phaedo and the Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 16 Feb 15 · Get inspired - discover philosophy (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 16 Feb 15 · Meno's slave – the power within the soul (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Sun 15 Feb 15 · Is Anarchism relevant in today’s world? (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 8 Feb 15 · So, there is no God. Is that so? (Conway Hall, London)

• Fri 30 Jan 15 · Mind - best friend or worst enemy? (New Acropolis, London)

• Thu 22 Jan 15 · Science and reason in an age of unreason (Conway Hall, London)

• Mon 19 Jan 15 · Diotima's Path of Love – the philosophy of desire. (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 15 Dec 14 · Plato's Phaedo – the Mysteries of the Philosophic Death and the Philosophic Life (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Mon 1 Dec 14 · Plato's First Alcibiades (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Tue 25 Nov 14 · How can Humanist & Muslim Londoners live & work with each other? (Conway Hall, London)

• Mon 17 Nov 14 · What is Reality? Plato's Cave (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 5 Nov 14 · Beauty in Art as the Crystallisation of Virtue (The Prince's School of Traditional Arts, London)

• Mon 3 Nov 14 · Philosophy and the Platonic Tradition (Cecil Sharp House, London)

• Wed 22 Oct 14 · The Lakatos Award Lectures (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Tue 21 Oct 14 · Get inspired - discover philosophy (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 20 Oct 14 · Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away (Nunn Hall, London)

• Fri 10 Oct 14 · Pervez Hoodbhoy on Humanism in Pakistan: Problems and Prospects (Friends Meeting House, London)

• Thu 9 Oct 14 · Get inspired - discover philosophy (New Acropolis, London)

• Thu 2 Oct 14 · Heroes within (New Acropolis, London)

• Wed 24 Sep 14 · Get Inspired - Discover Philosophy (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 1 Jul 14 · Deleuze's Migrants and Nomads: the European Union in 2014 (Wolfson Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 26 Jun 14 · Philosophy Challenge (Sheikh Zayed Theatre (New Academic Building, LSE), London)

• Thu 26 Jun 14 · Gary Lachman on Colin Wilson (The Vaults at Dirty Dicks, London)

• Wed 21 May 14 · Metaphysics and the Cosmic Order (The Prince's School of Traditional Arts, London)

• Tue 20 May 14 · Do fish have feelings? (S-2.18 Lucas Lecture Theatre, London)

• Fri 16 May 14 · The Phaedo, the Mysteries of the Philosophic Death and the Philosophic Life (New Acropolis, London)

• Fri 16 May 14 · The Phaedo – the Mysteries of the Philosophic Death and the Philosophic Life (New Acropolis, London)

• Fri 9 May 14 · The First Alcibiades – Know Thyself (New Acropolis, London)

• Fri 9 May 14 · The First Alcibiades, Know Thyself (New Acropolis, London)

• Fri 28 Mar 14 · Meno's slave – the power within (New Acropolis, London)

• Fri 21 Mar 14 · Diotima's Path of Love – the philosophy of desire. (New Acropolis, London)

• Fri 14 Mar 14 · Graham Harman: Objects and the Arts (ICA, London)

• Fri 14 Mar 14 · Plato's Cave – what is reality? (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 11 Mar 14 · Blackham Lecture 2014: Towards a theory of moral education (Moseley Exchange, Birmingham)

• Tue 28 Jan 14 · Rights, Law and Religion in a Liberal Society I (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 15 Jan 14 · Measuring Happiness? (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Wed 11 Dec 13 · Was Karl Marx always Wrong? (Museum of London, London)

• Mon 18 Nov 13 · Faith on the Frontiers: On the Frontiers of Atheism (St Martin-in-the-Fields, London)

• Wed 13 Nov 13 · The Ethics of the Cognitive Sciences: privacy and respect for persons (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Sun 10 Nov 13 · Science and the Rise of Atheism (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 8 Sep 13 · When is certainty justifiable? (Conway Hall, London)

• Wed 14 Aug 13 · What is Astrology for? Insights into the Astrology of Dane Rudhyar (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 25 Jun 13 · What kind of things are numbers? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Sat 8 Jun 13 · Can science solve every mystery? (Conway Hall, London)

• Sat 8 Jun 13 · Can science solve every mystery? (Conway Hall, London)

• Wed 5 Jun 13 · Is Literature Good for Us? Presented by Rebecca Goldstein (Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, Oxford)

• Wed 29 May 13 · Book Talk - ‘Introducing Slavoj Žižek’ with Christopher Kul-Want (Housmans Bookshop, London)

• Tue 28 May 13 · Sartre on the Transcendental I (Wolfson Theatre, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields)

• Tue 28 May 13 · What Is Gender? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Tue 21 May 13 · Faith, Reason and the Reading of Texts (Heythrop College, University of London, London)

• Wed 8 May 13 · Truth and Rationality (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Wed 1 May 13 · Error, Lies and Adventure: the pursuit of adventure (Wolfson Theatre, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields)

• Sun 28 Apr 13 · Sunday Lecture - Adventures with the Enemies of Science (SPES, London)

• Thu 18 Apr 13 · Weird Science: An Introduction to Anomalistic Psychology (SPES, London)

• Sat 6 Apr 13 · 101 People To Meet Before You (Or They) Die (SPES, London)

• Sat 30 Mar 13 · Tricks of the Mind - Centre for Inquiry UK conference 2013 (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 26 Mar 13 · The Philosopher Amongst the Stars (Western Tutorial College, bristol)

• Tue 19 Mar 13 · The Philosopher in the Sould (Western Tutorial College, bristol)

• Sun 17 Mar 13 · Sunday Lecture: Money, Austerity and the Financial Crisis (SPES, London)

• Thu 14 Mar 13 · Mystery and Play: God in Mysticism and Play (Westminster Abbey, London)

• Tue 12 Mar 13 · The Philosopher in the World (The Prometheus Trust, Lydney)

• Mon 4 Mar 13 · The Philosopher Amongst the Stars (New Acropolis, London)

• Thu 28 Feb 13 · Drama and Dialogue (Westminster Abbey, London)

• Thu 21 Feb 13 · On Shame (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Mon 18 Feb 13 · The Philosopher in the Soul (New Acropolis, London)

• Thu 7 Feb 13 · Design in Nature (New Theatre, London)

• Mon 4 Feb 13 · The Philosopher in the World (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 29 Jan 13 · Is A Scientifically Literate Public Feasible Or Desirable? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Tue 11 Dec 12 · Rousseau and the State of War (Wolfson Theatre, London)

• Thu 6 Dec 12 · With Good Reason: a debate on the foundations of ethics (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 22 Nov 12 · "No Enemies -No Hatred" - Liu Xiaobo and The Struggle for Democracy in China (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 22 Nov 12 · The Challenge of Platonism (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 19 Nov 12 · On Cosmopolitanism (Wolfson Theatre, London)

• Thu 8 Nov 12 · In the Zone: Spontaneity and Mental Discipline in Sport and Beyond (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 6 Nov 12 · Managing Uncertainty (London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Wed 31 Oct 12 · Consumption and the Philosophy of Denim (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Tue 30 Oct 12 · The Ethics of Human Enhancement (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 25 Sep 12 · Landscape (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Tue 28 Aug 12 · What is a Legitimate Enhancement in Sport? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Tue 7 Aug 12 · Can We Evolve Our Spirituality? (St John's, Edinburgh)

• Fri 27 Jul 12 · Errors (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Wed 20 Jun 12 · Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Wed 30 May 12 · On Immortality (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Tue 8 May 12 · Damascius - Dialectic and Divine Riddles (Bath Roayl Literary & Scientific Institution, BATH)

• Tue 1 May 12 · Faith and the Constitution (Westminster Abbey, London)

• Tue 24 Apr 12 · What Form Of Education Should We Offer Prisoners? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Tue 24 Apr 12 · Porphyry - the Compassionate Philosopher (Bath Roayl Literary & Scientific Institution, BATH)

• Tue 24 Apr 12 · Faith, Gender and Equality (Westminster Abbey, London)

• Tue 17 Apr 12 · Faith, Reason and Science in the Public Arena (Westminster Abbey, London)

• Tue 10 Apr 12 · Iamblichus - the Divine Philosopher (Bath Roayl Literary & Scientific Institution, BATH)

• Tue 3 Apr 12 · Damascius - Dialectic and Divine Riddles (New Acropolis, London)

• Wed 28 Mar 12 · Artist talk: Conrad Shawcross in conversation with Ziba Ardalan (Parasol unit, London)

• Tue 27 Mar 12 · Proclus - A Man for All Reasons (Bath Roayl Literary & Scientific Institution, BATH)

• Tue 20 Mar 12 · Porphyry - the Compassionate Philosopher (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 13 Mar 12 · Plotinus - The Philosopher (Bath Roayl Literary & Scientific Institution, BATH)

• Sat 10 Mar 12 · Evolutionary Enlightenment in ACTION (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Tue 6 Mar 12 · Iamblichus - the Divine Philosopher (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 28 Feb 12 · Apuleius - Tales of Truth (Bath Roayl Literary & Scientific Institution, BATH)

• Tue 28 Feb 12 · What Does It Mean To Die Well? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Sun 26 Feb 12 · Sunday Lecture: Bad Science Beyond the Western World (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 21 Feb 12 · Proclus - A Man for All Reasons (New Acropolis, London)

• Sun 19 Feb 12 · Sunday Lecture: Naturalism and the Moral Ought (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 7 Feb 12 · Plotinus - The Philosopher (New Acropolis, London)

• Sun 5 Feb 12 · Sunday Lecture: Existentialism, Atheism and Humanism (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 2 Feb 12 · Religion for Atheists (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 31 Jan 12 · What Would Be A Socially Just Solution To The Current Economic Crisis? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Sun 29 Jan 12 · The Power of Myth (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 24 Jan 12 · Apuleius - Tales of Truth (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 24 Jan 12 · Astrology & Health (New Acropolis, London)

• Sun 15 Jan 12 · The Cult of Confidence (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 18 Dec 11 · Philosophy Now 20th Anniversary (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 11 Dec 11 · What is Religious Belief? An Atheist's Perspective (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 8 Dec 11 · Consciousness & Cosmos: From the Innermost to the Outermost (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Tue 29 Nov 11 · Are Public Intellectuals Important? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Mon 28 Nov 11 · Arab Nationalism, Islamism and the Arab Uprising (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Sun 27 Nov 11 · How Matter Came to Life: a modern day creation story (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 24 Nov 11 · 300 Years of Hume (Anatomy J Z Young Lecture Theatre, London)

• Sat 19 Nov 11 · How do you know I'm not a Zombie? (Bishopsgate Institute, London)

• Thu 17 Nov 11 · World Philosophy Day 2011 (New Acropolis, London)

• Wed 16 Nov 11 · World Philosophy Day 2011 (New Acropolis, London)

• Sun 13 Nov 11 · Kierkegaard On Courage - before and after God (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 13 Nov 11 · Kierkegaard On Courage - before and after God (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 10 Nov 11 · Deeper than Darwin: The Further Evolution of Consciousness (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Sun 6 Nov 11 · Ethical Doubt about a Market in Live Donor Organs (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 30 Oct 11 · Taking Free Speech Seriously (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 25 Oct 11 · What Does It Mean To Give A Reason? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Sun 23 Oct 11 · Why Shouldn't I Lie? (Conway Hall, London)

• Sat 22 Oct 11 · What are you Thinking About? (Bishopsgate Institute, London)

• Sun 16 Oct 11 · Cultivating the Virtues (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 13 Oct 11 · Harmony and Evolution (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Sun 9 Oct 11 · Soul Dust and the Magic of Consciousness (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 2 Oct 11 · Philosophy and the art of living (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 27 Sep 11 · How Much Money do we Need to Lead a Good Life? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Sun 18 Sep 11 · Humanism and the Idea of Europe (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 30 Aug 11 · How Much Does Style Matter (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Sat 30 Jul 11 · Midsummer Renaissance Festival (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Tue 28 Jun 11 · Do Organisations Have Minds? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Sun 19 Jun 11 · Psychoanalysis, Emotions, and Living a Good Life (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 12 Jun 11 · Free Thought, Free Expression, and Legal Coercion (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 5 Jun 11 · Aspects of Atheistic Determinism (Conway Hall, London)

• Wed 1 Jun 11 · Soyinka's Bacchae at the National Theatre (National Theatre Archive, London)

• Wed 25 May 11 · Spiritual Intelligence and Integral Theory (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Sun 8 May 11 · Intellectual Black Holes (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 26 Apr 11 · What Is Cooperation? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Sun 17 Apr 11 · Brainwashing Under Freedom: Noam Chomsky's Propaganda Model of the Western Mass Media (Conway Hall, London)

• Mon 11 Apr 11 · Spiritual Self Confidence (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Wed 30 Mar 11 · Intellectual self-knowledge in Augustine (School of Advanced Study, University of London, London)

• Tue 29 Mar 11 · What Is The Role Of Religion in US Political Life? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Sat 26 Mar 11 · Awakening to Your Highest Self (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Tue 15 Mar 11 · Single Vision - The intelligible heart of philosophy (New Acropolis, London)

• Wed 9 Mar 11 · The Prospect of Harm to Civilians in the Ethics of War Part 2 (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Tue 8 Mar 11 · The Good Life - The vital heart of philosophy (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 8 Mar 11 · The Prospect of Harm to Civilians in the Ethics of War Part 1 (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Sun 6 Mar 11 · Speciesism and Painism: A Modern Morality (Conway Hall, London)

• Sat 5 Mar 11 · The Spiritual Path Is Now More About Us Than Me (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Tue 1 Mar 11 · Essential Theology - The radical heart of philosophy (New Acropolis, London)

• Sun 27 Feb 11 · The Teutonic Shift from Christian Morality – Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 22 Feb 11 · The Greatest Sacrifice - the philosophical life as an offering to the Goddess of Wisdom (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 22 Feb 11 · Is Work Central To Being Human? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Sun 20 Feb 11 · Science, humanities, religion: how many conflicts? (Conway Hall, London)

• Sat 19 Feb 11 · The Four Walls of My Freedom (Wolfson Theatre, London)

• Tue 15 Feb 11 · What's it all about? A first look at Platonic Dialectics (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 8 Feb 11 · “The Cup of Hemlock and the Cup of Wisdom - the philosophical Socrates behind the historical mask” (New Acropolis, London)

• Sun 6 Feb 11 · The Moral Mind (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 6 Feb 11 · The Evolution of Enlightenment (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Wed 19 Jan 11 · Eating Animals (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Sun 16 Jan 11 · Why Humanists Forgot the Future (Conway Hall, London)

• Wed 12 Jan 11 · The Meaning of Life (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Fri 31 Dec 10 · Creating the Future on New Year’s Eve (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Thu 9 Dec 10 · Don't Eat Animals: An Intelligence Squared Debate (Kensington Town Hall, London)

• Tue 7 Dec 10 · Economic Sciences as Mostly a Procrustean Bed (LSE Campus, venue TBC to ticket holders, London)

• Wed 1 Dec 10 · Psychoanalysis Outside of the Clinic (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Sat 27 Nov 10 · Ordered Minds with Disordered Brains: from Evidence to Insight (St. Philips Church, London)

• Tue 23 Nov 10 · Lecture series: Did the 1970s Women's Liberation Movement achieve all of its aims? (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 23 Nov 10 · Varieties of Neoliberalism (Wolfson Theatre, London)

• Fri 19 Nov 10 · Can we rise above a warming planet? Climate change, democracy and human nature (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 18 Nov 10 · World Philosophy Day 2010 (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 16 Nov 10 · Lecture series: Did the 1970s Women's Liberation Movement achieve all of its aims? (Conway Hall, London)

• Sat 13 Nov 10 · Women Forging the Future (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Thu 11 Nov 10 · Galileo and the Infinite Universe: science, heresy, and the Inquisition (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 11 Nov 10 · Evolutionary vs Integral: Going Deeper (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Tue 9 Nov 10 · Lecture series: Did the 1970s Women's Liberation Movement achieve all of its aims? (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 7 Nov 10 · The Spirit Level Delusion (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 2 Nov 10 · Lecture series: Did the 1970s Women's Liberation Movement achieve all of its aims? (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 28 Oct 10 · Ethics and the Dark Side of Science: Conway Memorial Lecture 2010 (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 24 Oct 10 · The Meaning of Friendship (Conway Hall, London)

• Sat 23 Oct 10 · Criminal Intent and Responsibility: Exploring Conscious and Unconscious Motivation (Royal Society of Medicine, London)

• Tue 19 Oct 10 · Where there's a will there's a way (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 18 Oct 10 · The Quest for Meaning (LSE Campus, venue TBC to ticket holders, London)

• Sun 17 Oct 10 · The Appropriate Limits of Free Expression (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 17 Oct 10 · A Different Way to Change Ourselves and the World (ttHE REMBRANDT HOTEL, KNIGHTSBRIDGE)

• Sun 10 Oct 10 · Englishness and the Intelligentsia: Should Philosophers lead good lives? (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 7 Oct 10 · Philosophy: where are we now? (ICA, London)

• Thu 7 Oct 10 · If minds are not just brains, what might they be? (Kensington Central Library Lecture Theatre, Kensington)

• Wed 6 Oct 10 · The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on human nature, social progress an (Old Theatre, London)

• Sat 2 Oct 10 · Conscious Eating and Well-Being Half-Day Seminar (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Sun 26 Sep 10 · Problems for Humanists? (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 21 Sep 10 · Materialism, the Mind and the Brain (Philosophy Cafe, Cardiff)

• Mon 20 Sep 10 · Buddhism for every day (New Acropolis, London)

• Sat 18 Sep 10 · Practical Spirituality for the 21st Century (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Fri 17 Sep 10 · A Different Way to Change Ourselves and the World (ttHE REMBRANDT HOTEL, KNIGHTSBRIDGE)

• Tue 27 Jul 10 · Cosmetic Neuroscience (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Sun 11 Jul 10 · Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 4 Jul 10 · Why Secularism? (Conway Hall, London)

• Wed 30 Jun 10 · Do Thought Experiments Tell Us Anything? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Tue 29 Jun 10 · Was Jung a Mystic? The Occult World of C.G. Jung (The October Gallery, London)

• Tue 8 Jun 10 · How to Discriminate (London Jewish Cultural Centre, London)

• Tue 8 Jun 10 · The art of soul life: Pysche and Eros (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 8 Jun 10 · On the Soul in the Platonic Tradition (New Acropolis, London)

• Sun 6 Jun 10 · One day Workshop on Plato's Phaedo (The Pierian Centre, Bristol)

• Sun 30 May 10 · Evolutionary vs. Integral: a Leading Edge Dialogue (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Thu 27 May 10 · The Descent and the Ascent of the Soul (New Acropolis, London)

• Thu 27 May 10 · On the Soul in the Platonic Tradition (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 25 May 10 · Partisanship (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Sun 23 May 10 · One day Workshop on Plato's Phaedo (SES, Londom)

• Tue 18 May 10 · Philosophy and education (Philosophy Cafe, Cardiff)

• Mon 17 May 10 · The Nature and Faculties of the Soul (New Acropolis, London)

• Mon 17 May 10 · On the Soul in the Platonic Tradition (New Acropolis, London)

• Sun 9 May 10 · How Atheists Can Take Ethics Seriously (Conway Hall, London)

• Wed 5 May 10 · Crisis in the Body and in the Body Politic (The Counting House, London)

• Sun 2 May 10 · Jesting Pilate: The Problem Of Religion And Truth (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 27 Apr 10 · Just a theory – can there be certainty in science? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Sun 25 Apr 10 · Post-Religious Education - A Sketch of a Subject (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 20 Apr 10 · A Cook's Tour of Philosophy (London Jewish Cultural Centre, London)

• Tue 13 Apr 10 · The Unconscious knows no "No" (London Jewish Cultural Centre, London)

• Tue 30 Mar 10 · Does education need theories? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Tue 30 Mar 10 · Our Living Sun: The Missing Piece in the Cosmic Jigsaw (The October Gallery, London)

• Thu 25 Mar 10 · The New Enlightenment (St John's, Edinburgh)

• Wed 17 Mar 10 · The Neuroscience of Morality (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 16 Mar 10 · Neuroscience and Philosophy (Philosophy Cafe, Cardiff)

• Mon 15 Mar 10 · Why Work? Marx and Human Nature (Marx Memorial Library, London)

• Sun 14 Mar 10 · Conservation, Science and Ethics - (Un)holy trinity? (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 11 Mar 10 · Who do we think we are? Religious and national identities (The Museum of London, London)

• Sun 7 Mar 10 · Religion Without Belief - Is it possible and does it matter? (Conway Hall, London)

• Sun 28 Feb 10 · Philosophy for a Better World: A plea for Ecohumanism (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 23 Feb 10 · Intellectual Black Holes (Psychology Seminar Series, Goldsmiths' College, London)

• Tue 23 Feb 10 · Is there an art to living? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Wed 17 Feb 10 · Michelangelo's Finger; a talk by Raymond Tallis (Conway Hall, London)

• Tue 16 Feb 10 · Yogic and Buddhist Philosophy in Relation to Psychic Awareness (The October Gallery, London)

• Mon 15 Feb 10 · Renewing the Left's ideology: what should be the principles and goals of the centre-Left today? (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, London)

• Thu 11 Feb 10 · Law and Morality (The Museum of London, London)

• Tue 9 Feb 10 · How Many People Really Believe in Astrology? (Psychology Seminar Series, Goldsmiths' College, London)

• Wed 3 Feb 10 · The Spirit of Diogenes and the Essence of Simplicity (Treadwell's Books, London)

• Tue 2 Feb 10 · Understanding Delusional Thinking: A Scientist-Practitioner Perspective (Psychology Seminar Series, Goldsmiths' College, London)

• Mon 1 Feb 10 · Think – Before it’s too late (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Wed 27 Jan 10 · Hypochondriac Lives (Bedford Square, London)

• Tue 26 Jan 10 · The Future of News (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Tue 19 Jan 10 · How Parapsychologists Nullify Null Results (Psychology Seminar Series, Goldsmiths' College, London)

• Mon 18 Jan 10 · Modernity and the Meaning of Life (Wolfson Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 14 Jan 10 · Does God Believe in Human Rights (The Museum of London, London)

• Sun 10 Jan 10 · The Psychology of Anomalous Experience (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 17 Dec 09 · Philosophy and You (The Pierian Centre, Bristol)

• Tue 15 Dec 09 · Philosophy and You (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 15 Dec 09 · Xmas Open Debate (The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff)

• Thu 10 Dec 09 · Philosophy and the Gods (The Pierian Centre, Bristol)

• Wed 9 Dec 09 · Death Control: The Last Taboo (The Museum of London, London)

• Tue 8 Dec 09 · Philosophy and the Gods (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 8 Dec 09 · Supernatural Belief: Me or Memes? (Psychology Seminar Series, Goldsmiths' College, London)

• Sat 5 Dec 09 · What's so good about democracy? (University of Dundee, Dundee)

• Thu 3 Dec 09 · Philosophy and the Soul (The Pierian Centre, Bristol)

• Tue 1 Dec 09 · Philosophy and the Soul (New Acropolis, London)

• Sun 29 Nov 09 · Plato's Symposium (SES, Londom)

• Thu 26 Nov 09 · Philosophy and Politics (The Pierian Centre, Bristol)

• Thu 26 Nov 09 · The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (Hong Kong Theatre, London School of Economics &Political Science, London)

• Wed 25 Nov 09 · Managing Risk and Behaviour in Financial Markets (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Tue 24 Nov 09 · Happiness: The Failure of a New Science (Psychology Seminar Series, Goldsmiths' College, London)

• Tue 24 Nov 09 · Philosophy and Politics (New Acropolis, London)

• Sun 22 Nov 09 · Plato's Symposium (SES, Londom)

• Sat 21 Nov 09 · Infinite Potential: The Legacy of David Bohm (Queen Mary, University of London, London)

• Tue 17 Nov 09 · Philosophy and Ecology (New Acropolis, London)

• Thu 12 Nov 09 · Philosophy and Ecology (The Pierian Centre, Bristol)

• Tue 10 Nov 09 · Philosophy and the Platonic Tradition (New Acropolis, London)

• Tue 10 Nov 09 · Something Wicked This Way Comes: Sleep Paralysis (Psychology Seminar Series, Goldsmiths' College, London)

• Fri 6 Nov 09 · Tuesday 'Meditation + Evolution' Evenings (EnlightenNext, Islington)

• Thu 5 Nov 09 · Philosophy and the Platonic Tradition (The Pierian Centre, Bristol)

• Tue 3 Nov 09 · Philosophy as a Spiritual Discipline (New Acropolis, London)

• Thu 29 Oct 09 · DOES THE NATURAL WORLD POINT TO GOD? ALISTER MCGRATH AND STEPHEN LAW (Conway Hall, London)

• Thu 29 Oct 09 · Philosophy as a Spiritual Discipline (The Pierian Centre, Bristol)

• Wed 28 Oct 09 · Mind, Time and Evolution: A Celebration of Henri Bergson (1859-1941) (Colet House, London)

• Tue 27 Oct 09 · Should All Politicians Be Utilitarians? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Tue 27 Oct 09 · The Good Daughter: When an Adult Recovers “Memories” of Parental Child Sexual Abuse (Psychology Seminar Series, Goldsmiths' College, London)

• Thu 8 Oct 09 · The Egyptian body of knowledge (All Souls Clubhouse, London)

• Thu 1 Oct 09 · Egyptian Mythology (All Souls Clubhouse, London)

• Tue 29 Sep 09 · Are there risks we can't afford to take? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

• Tue 25 Aug 09 · Is rhetoric a dirty word? (The Wheatsheaf, London)

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