Darren Harper

Existentialism was one of the most influential intellectual movements of the 20th century.  This day course will look at the post WWII generation of existentialists, including Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Albert Camus, and consider rich literary and philosophical legacy they have left. This is the second of two courses unfurling the mystique of existentialism.

Much of the world’s philosophy has historically been ignored by the West. Yet, if philosophy is the love of wisdom, there is no doubt that the philosophy of other cultures can enrich us further still.  This half-day course will explore the Upanishads, the Vedic texts which are the foundation of Hindu philosophy.

Much of the world’s philosophy has historically been ignored by the West. Yet, if philosophy is the love of wisdom, there is no doubt that the philosophy of other cultures can enrich us further still.  This half-day course will explore the two main schools of Chinese philosophy, Confucianism and Taoism, and then consider their value to modern Western society.

Existentialism was one of the most influential intellectual movements of the 20th century. This day course will introduce the 19th century foundations of existentialism, referring to the lives, literature and philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche. This is the first of two courses unfurling the mystique of existentialism.

Existentialism was one of the most influential intellectual movements of the 20th century. This day course will look at the WWII generation of existentialists, including Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Albert Camus, and consider the rich literary and philosophical legacy they have left. This is the second of two courses unfurling the mystique of existentialism.

Much of the world’s philosophy has historically been ignored by the West. Yet, if philosophy is the love of wisdom, there is no doubt that the philosophy of other cultures can enrich us further still.  This half-day course will explore the Upanishads, the Vedic texts which are the foundation of Hindu philosophy.