11 week evening course in Maidstone Kent

Practical Philosophy

Courses in practical wisdom for everyday living.

Practical life skills with enough toughness to last a lifetime.

Rediscover Love

Philosophy aims to set you free. Free from pressures and worries, free from limiting ways of thinking, free to grow and be yourself.
Take your first steps to freedom with our philosophy course.

This popular course is practical rather than academic and draws on sources of wisdom from East and West, past and present.

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Local face-to-face evening courses available in Maidstone Kent.

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Practical Wisdom

Courses in happiness for everyday living. Meet with like minded individuals.

Introductory offer £50

11- week course only £50 (Normally £80). Limited spaces. 

Explore Life To The Full…

The Kent course offers a practical means to discover fully who we are, understand how to relate to the world we live in and see what gets in the way of being happy, peaceful and free.

Students are invited to see life as a place to test the words of the wise through practical and mindful exercises.

11 weekly sessions

The eleven weekly sessions explore central human questions through discussion, practical observation, conversation and reflection in good company.

New students will join the group that started in September 2023

The theme for the group will be Love. See opposite column for more detail.

* Meditation

If there is demand, there will  be an additional session to find out more about mantra-based meditation.

Self-enquiry through practical philosophy

Themes included in the course:

The important subject of love. What is love, how is it gained and how is it lost? Different aspects: love, friendship, desire. Is love universal or limited? Does everyone have pure love within their nature?

Pure love expressed through the creation. The effect of pure love being governed by wisdom, attachment or delusion. Thomas à Kempis: the nature of love in overcoming all limits.

The expansion and strengthening of pure love. Constancy in love. Shakespeare’s sonnet: Let me not to the marriage of true minds. Love is the natural in-between. Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy.

Directing love to the true essence. Viktor Frankl. The absence of love and its effect. The Upanishad’s view of love.

 

 Limiting love to a small circle. Ramatirtha’s story. The desire to control. Meeting people as if for the first time.

The nature and effect of gratitude. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. Where is love experienced? A model of the structure of mind and heart.

Rumi: love poetry. Mikahil Naimy: Book of Mirdad.

His influence on CBT. Vice Admiral Stockdale, held in captivity in Vietnam in 1965, survived by remembering Epictetus. Ficino on love.

The relationship between law and love. The commandment to love one another. Freedom of law and love together. Do we work for love, duty or reward? What is it to work with love? Kahlil Gibran. Alexander Solzhenitzyn – the realm of the last inch.

How are love and knowledge related? Can we work with both of them together? Khalil Gibran. Review.

How it works

A tutor presents philosophical questions and ideas, and leads a discussion based on what arises in the group. 

Being practical rather than academic, the emphasis is on personal knowledge and experience.

Students are encouraged neither to accept nor reject the ideas put forward, but to test them in practice for themselves, in the light of their own experience.

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The Maidstone Introductory Course will start Tuesday 30th April. Enrol today

Start Dates & Times

  • Tuesday 30th April. 2024
  • Time: 7:15pm - 9:15pm
  • There will be a refreshment break
  • Limited Spaces
  • Introductory fee £50 (Normally £80)

Location

  • MAIDSTONE: Invicta Grammar School, Huntsman Lane, Maidstone ME14 5DS
  • All Health & Safety guidelines followed

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Maidstone Location

Invictor Grammar School, Huntsman Lane, Maidstone ME14 5DS

Frequently asked questions

The course is practical in the sense that it takes philosophical ideas and shows how they can be of direct use in our everyday lives. The intention is to stimulate enquiry and through this expand the way we look at the world and ourselves.

Online by clicking ‘Enrol Today’ or email PracticalPhilosophyKent@gmail.com

If you register online, you will receive a confirmation email with your day of attendance. If you register by any means other than online, you will receive a receipt confirming your registration.

Yes, we have a local venue at Maidstone & Tonbridge Kent. There are also many other local venues in other parts of the UK where you can attend the course face-to-face.

No, all you need is an open and enquiring mind. The course is intended for everyone, regardless of education, occupation, race, political or religious belief.

First you need to enrol on a course. The in-person courses are available in Maidstone & Tonbridge Kent and at many other local venues up and down the UK. Local Maidstone & Tonbridge maps can be found on this page.

If you have any questions simply email us PracticalPhilosophyKent@gmail.com

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Invicta Grammar School Maidstone Practical Philosophy Course
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Invicta Grammar School, Huntsman Lane, Maidstone ME14 5DS

Practical Philosophy Weald Tonbridge Kent
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Humanities Building, Weald of Kent Grammar School, Tudeley Lane TN9 2JP

UK LOCATIONS

We have local face-to-face courses available across the UK. Our introductory courses can be attended online or at the following locations: London, Guildford, Midlands (Birmingham), SE London (Croydon), North East (Brighouse, Doncaster, Huddersfield, Leeds, Loughborough, Nottingham, Saltaire, Sheffield, York), North West (Stockport, Chorley, Wirral), St Albans, Scotland (Glasgow, Edinburgh), Peterborough, Cambridge, Oxford, Sussex, Wessex, Berkshire, East Anglia, Kingston
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