The School of Philosophy, Melbourne
presents the eighth of the
Lifestyle and Culture Lectures
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 @ 7pm
Direct Experience of Reality
Are We Awake or in a Dream?
by David Horan
Can philosophy lead us from the unreal to the real rather than merely filling our heads with more words?
Can the guidance of Plato and Plotinus turn our gaze away from the world of shadows and mere appearances to the light of the true and the unchanging?
This lecture will explore these questions and will also present a number of short practical exercises which may help us to transform the words of the great and inspiring philosophic teachings into direct experience.
David Horan presented From Heaven to Earth: Plato's Philosophy and the World We Live In in 2009, Plato's Five Forms of Government in 2010 and Philosophy & Certainty in 2011,and this next lecture proves to be just as insightful, engaging and challenging!