After completing the Introductory and Foundation courses, you are invited to continue your adventure in practical philosophy. Further courses are offered, which serve to expand and deepen students’ appreciation of the search for wisdom.

Practical philosophy is not so much a subject of study as it is a way of life, and these courses provide the opportunity for ongoing exploration. There are many students around the world who have been attending the School’s courses for several decades!

The next course is starting the week Monday 9th September.

Starting Monday 9^th September 6:30pm – Ongoing Courses Online (Zoom)

The Online Ongoing Courses are a follow-on from our Foundation Courses and we explore other great themes e.g. the word ‘absolute’ is from the Latin word soluere which means ‘to loosen’. It gives us the words ‘absolve’ and ‘absolution’. When things are ‘absolved’ or receive ‘absolution’, they are set free.

This is why the word ‘absolute’ has come to mean unlimited, infinite, and complete.

Combining these two meanings, the word ‘absolute’ signifies that which is unlimited, infinite and complete and that which brings freedom.

These online courses consist from one session per week for 10 weeks, each session lasting 2 hours. After the first 5 weeks there will be a 2 weeks break followed by another 5 weeks. The price is $149 per person and the concession (Healthcare or Pensioner card) price is only $99.

Starting Tuesday 10^th September 6:30pm – Ongoing Courses Face-to-face

The Online Ongoing Courses are a follow-on from our Foundation Courses and we explore other great themes e.g. ‘Socrates states that “he who orders, ‘know thyself’, bids us know the soul”, but goes on to say that one who knows only what is of the psyche “knows the things that are his [possessions/”baggage”], but not himself.” (Alcibiades 1, 130, OE ff.). In ignorance, we identify with that which we observe: our bodies, our minds, our natures. Since we believe we are them, we feel bound by them, and feel that whatever is happening to them, is happening to us. The more we practise discrimination, the stronger it will grow in us. The stronger discrimination becomes, the more often we will experience our true nature and enjoy the creation as the great play that it is.

These face-to-face courses consist from one session per week for 10 weeks, each session lasting 2 ^1/2 hours with a 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 19^th Aug 2024 and enter the “Early Bird” code for only $199.If you have a healthcare or pensioner card the price is $159.