The Phaedrus is arguably the most beautiful of Plato’s dialogues. This comes as no surprise, since the subject of the dialogue is Beauty in all its varieties, at every level of the cosmos.

In this 3-session series led by community philosopher David Nowakowski, we'll explore beauty and some of the various other themes that come up in the process, including madness, immortality of the soul, memory & learning, and more!

SERIES DATES: Every other Tuesday (6:30pm-8pm) Feb. 25th - March 25th. So...Feb. 25th, March 11th & March 25th.

Learn more, see what our reading material will be and where to get it, view & download our reading & discussion plan...and RSVP here:

SERIES READING MATERIAL INFORMATION
In order to keep our group literally on the same page, we'll be using a new paperback edition of Plato's dialogue, published by the Prometheus Trust in January 2025. This includes a translation of the Phaedrus (which we'll be reading all of, divided across our three sessions), plus six introductory essays by Tim Addey and our workshop facilitator, David Nowakowski, that will offer some additional context and guidance to those interested in deepening their study (not required for our sessions, but they will be recommended as supplements at various points). In addition to providing those essays, if we're all working from the same edition, it will make it easy for us to read sections of the dialogue aloud together during our evening sessions, with everyone working from the same translation and the same page numbers, so we can easily find our place and stay together.

PREPARATION FOR THIS SERIES
It's important that everyone in our group get a copy of the book in advance of the first session, so we can read at least the first sections of the dialogue prior to that session and be ready to discuss them with the group.