Meetings continue fortnightly to read from Plato’s Republic out loud. This approach echoes the oral tradition that lives through Orpheus, Pythagoras and Plato. Sharing our perspectives as we journey through the dialogue, we are exploring themes such as justice, initiation, death, and the human soul. Reading starts at 18:00, doors open at 17:30. We welcome […]
Charles Peirce was a scientist, mathematician, Pragmatist philosopher, and leader of a group of Harvard scholars known as the Metaphysical Club, which included the psychologist William James. His thought is dense and has been little understood in the 20th century, Bertrand Russell called him “one of the most original minds of the later nineteenth century […]
Although modern rationalist scholarship has been reluctant to acknowledge how much Orphic material underpinned the philosophy of Plato, references to Orphic myth and cult teachings can be found throughout his writings. The Orphic Derveni manuscript is a relatively recent find which has ensured that Orphism is now more fully recognized as playing a part in […]