by Amanda Reid | 16 Feb, 2021
‘Philosophy is the purification and perfection of human life. It is the purification from the irrationality of matter and from the mortal body, and the perfection as the regaining of our proper well-being and a return to the divine likeness.’ These are the opening...
by Amanda Reid | 8 Feb, 2021
Western Christian church decoration tends to place the accent on the creativity of a painter. In the Sistine Chapel, for example, a team of Renaissance painters, including Botticelli and Perugino, created a series of unbelievably beautiful frescoes including The Life...
by Amanda Reid | 4 Feb, 2021
For both Plato and Aristotle, the company we keep is of the utmost importance. For Plato friendship is the consequence of the shared Eros in the pursuit of The Good; while for Aristotle the most valuable of friendships is to be found in the sharing of mutual virtues....
by Amanda Reid | 25 Jan, 2021
In this series of sessions entitled Looking into the Light, Philip Carr-Gomm interviews a number of religious thinkers, making use of the power of conversation to enlighten, educate, perhaps even amuse and entertain, while focussing on the issues that really matter....
by Amanda Reid | 8 Dec, 2020
A 6-week course Zoom course starting Saturday 13th March 2021 Despite the pronouncements of scientists to the contrary, mainstream science is in denial about consciousness, regarding it as a by-product of brain mechanisms that somehow emerge. When challenged to...
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