The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism
New Volume | Douglas Hedley and Daniel J. Tolan, 'Participation in the Divine'
6 January 2025
The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism is proud to announce the publication of a new volume exploring the philosophical history of the concept of participation from antiquity to modernity: Participation in the Divine , edited by Prof. Douglas Hedley and Dr Daniel J. Tolan. The concept of participation in a...
20 December 2024
On Tuesday 28th January 2025, the Centre will host a launch event for Mateusz Stróżyński's new volume, Plotinus on the Contemplation of the Intelligible World: Faces of Being and Mirrors of Intellect . This event can be joined remotely via the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83321325592 Further details to follow.
Seminar | Neoplatonic Texts: Plotinus' Ennead I.8
7 October 2024
This term, the Centre's Neoplatonism reading seminar will study Ennead I.8, in which Plotinus discusses the nature and origin of evils. This seminar will take place on Thursdays, 9-10:30 (UK time). For more information and how to join, please contact Ben Davidson ( bcd31@cam.ac.uk ).
Seminar | Hadi Fakhoury & Douglas Hedley: Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit
7 October 2024
The Phenomenology of Spirit is perhaps the most decisive text in the history of German idealism. It was in this text that Hegel achieved, albeit in a provisional form, the structure of his mature thought that has come to be known as Absolute Idealism. It was this Absolute Idealism that furnished a point of critique for...
Book Launch | Anthony O'Hear, 'The Prism of Truth | 14th October 2024
4 October 2024
On Monday 14th October, the Centre will host a launch event for Prof. Anthony O'Hear's new volume, The Prism of Truth: Reflections on Myth . Further details of the volume can be found here: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666781014/the-prism-of-truth/#:~:text=After... . This event will take place in the Lightfoot Room of the...
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