FREEDOM

FOUNDATION COURSES

Details

Starts: Tue, 4th of Feb 2025

Break: 10th – 17th of Mar 2025

Ends: Tue, 22nd of Apr 2025

Cost: $219 per person

Venue

Alfred Street, Norwood

Address: Google Map
18 Alfred Street
Norwood SA 5067

Freedom

Practical Philosophy continues after the Introductory Course – The Wisdom Within, with classes that advance and guide students to open their awareness more fully and connect more deeply within themselves. Each Foundation Course covers a single theme that builds on the material introduced in The Wisdom Within. Foundation courses are offered in no particular order, at different times of the year.

This foundation course, Freedom, will be offered starting Tuesday, 4th of Feb 2025. The course consists of one session per week for 10 weeks, on Tuesday evenings from 7:00pm. Each session provides short tea break in the middle. After the first 5 weeks there will be a 2 weeks break followed by another 5 weeks. The cost for this 10-week course is $219. Enrol before 22nd Jan 2025 and enter the “Early Bird” code for only $199. For healthcare or pensioner card the price is only $159.

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Refund Policy:

  • Students may cancel their enrolment, for any reason, before the end of the second week of term, irrespective of whether they have attended a class. The enrolment fee will be refunded, less a $15.00 administration charge.

  • If COVID-19 related regulations change after the course has started:

    • A partial refund will be offered or the option to defer to a later date.
    • An option to switch-over and participate online via the Zoom Meetings platform.

About the course

Are you free? Free from what? Do you want to be free? What’s stopping you? An Indian wisdom tradition lists ‘wonder‘ as one of nine motive forces. Also Socrates said Philosophy begins in wonder so let’s start our exploration there and wonder about the topic of Freedom.

We will practice the principles of a dialectic conversation and address freedom of speech. We will look at what Homer had to say about Freedom and we will also consider what the Chandogya Upanishad, Steven Hawking and Shakespeare had to say about this topic.

Overview

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity. Topics explored include:

  • Truth brings about freedom, Freedom and the play of life​.

  • What is freedom of speech? Freedom of discussion. The use of Platonic dialectic.

  • The different levels of speech, valuing freedom, are you a free person?