Category: Stoicism

Tickets are now available for our virtual conference on philosophy, 21st May.

Hi everyone,

I’m delighted to announce that the Plato’s Academy Centre will be holding its inaugural conference online on 21st May, to commemorate the birthday of Plato. We have an amazing program of speakers for you, including leading experts on Greek philosophy, including Plato, Aristotle, Epicureanism, and Stoicism. Everyone is welcome to join us. If you’re interested in how ancient philosophy can help us today, this is the event for you!

Book now as a limited number of tickets are available! As this is a nonprofit organization, payment is by donation, an amount of your choosing (or free if you prefer not to donate at all — just get in touch). All proceeds go to promoting the Plato’s Academy Centre’s goals of bringing Greek philosophy to a wider international audience.

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Go to our EventBrite listing for the full program of speakers and other essential details.

Look forward to seeing you there,

Donald Robertson
President of the Plato’s Academy Centre

I don’t understand. I’ve never said anything about anyone “having the capability to be a Nazi because we are human” — are you sure you’re referring to this article?

Sure but your point basically seems to be that he denies supporting the alt-right whereas my point, I think, already moves the debate beyond that. He’s being insincere, or at least inconsistent, when he denies supporting them. He poses with them, repeats their talking points, supports their leaders, and has received very large sums of money from his supporters in the alt-right. When you say the “far left” have misrepresented Peterson, that seems like an ad hominem fallacy. I”m definitely not far left myself, and neither are most of the people who I’ve seen pointing out Peterson’s links to alt-right extremism, which are surely right there in plain view for everyone to see.

This is addressed in the article, where I included a photo of him posing, for instance, with alt-right activists. He stated on Twitter that he was receiving funding from the alt-right outlet Rebel Media. (Looks like that ran to six figures.) That’s the opposite of distancing yourself from them, surely. You can also find many other examples of his association with the alt-right and failure to disavow them but the fact he’s already publicly stated that he was receiving money from them is a pretty good place to start.

Thanks for the review!

We’re delighted to announce that the Plato’s Academy Centre has now published its brand new email course on the Socratic Method. You can…

We’re delighted to announce that the Plato’s Academy Centre has now published its brand new email course on the Socratic Method. You can enroll today completely free of charge!

Enroll Now

This course consists of six weekly emails, which contain lessons on the use of the Socratic Method of Questioning and critical thinking skills. It’s designed to help you learn how to think like a Greek philosopher, and will contribute to the virtual community we’re building for the Plato’s Academy Centre. You can learn more about the project on our website. Please feel free to share the link on social media.

We’ve also just launched our new Facebook community for the Plato’s Academy Centre, which you’re welcome to join.

Hope you enjoy and please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Donald Robertson