The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism

The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism is a forum for research on the broad and living tradition of Platonism from ancient Athens to the modern day. Here you can find information about our activities, news from our associates, and the details of our talks, seminars, and conferences.

Director's Welcome

A word from Prof. Douglas Hedley

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Three men read while a woman writes numerals. Engraving by C Cort, 1565, after F Floris, c 1557. Created 1565.

Our Research

Explore our current and past projects and the work of our resident scholars.

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News

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11 Jun 2026

Talk | Piotr Szalek, 'Platonism and Intentionality in Early Modernity' | 15th June 2026

Locke and Malebranche

1 Jun 2026

Talk | Gregory MacIsaac, 'Ralph Cudworth and Plato's Theatetus' | 8th June 2026

D. Loggan, Ralph Cudworth (1684)

20 May 2026

Conference | The World Soul | 18th-20th June 2026

Robert Fludd, Anima Mundi (1617)

18 May 2026

Seminar | Friedrich Schelling's Philosophy of Art | 26th-29th May 2026

Joseph Karl Stieler, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1835)

18 May 2026

Talk | Jan Kerkmann, 'From Idea to Experience: Goethe’s Philosophy of Nature' | 25th May 2026

Goethe, Ginkgo Biloba (1815)

18 May 2026

Talk | Alex Illingworth, 'Periphyseos and Uranopolitia' | 26th May 2026

Caspar David Friedrich, Hutten's Tomb (1823-4)

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