Midlands School Of Practical Philosophy

General information

What would a wise man or woman do?

Imagine being in this scenario?

You check your watch and you’re late. You get to your car to find that you have a parking ticket! And you’re overdrawn at the bank.

Do you weep? Do you swear? Or both? Do you kick yourself? Or kick the car? Are you calm and rational?

What do you do in similar challenging situations in life?

Our course foundation practical philosophy course looks at how we decide what we do and how we make sure our decisions are conscious and wise.

Course dates are at the end of this page.

The course is designed to show how the words of great philosophers of East and West provide real answers for today’s challenges. The aim is to bring the subject of philosophy alive, gaining a sense of its richness and practical value in daily life. This helps expand our conscious appreciation of ourselves and the world around us. Philosophy literally means ‘the love of wisdom’. We all have an inner wisdom that can be accessed with practice.

Foundation Practical Philosophy is a 1 year course split into 3 terms. Each term is a 10 week course. These are held in 3 different locations and you can start the courses in January, May and September. The choice is yours when you choose to start. You can enrol for 1 term or for a year. The course is not a theoretical or academic course, it is practical. Many students comment on how the practicalness of the courses have helped them find stillness, clarity and peace of mind in all aspects of life, even in the most challenging of situations.

FOUNDATION COURSE:
Topics include

The nature of wisdom
Self-discovery and self-knowledge
Different levels of awareness and wakefulness
The power of attention and the present moment
What it means to live justly
The nature of beauty
The light of reason
The nature of energy and how best to use energy
Finding unity in diversity
The desire for truth

There is no attempt to cover all philosophical systems, but there is plenty for anyone interested in the big questions of life and understanding the world around us.

The course includes ideas put forward by:

Socrates
Plato
Confucius
The Bible
Buddha
Epicurus
Emerson
Vivekananda
Shantananda Saraswati (a modern exponent of the philosophy of unity or Advaita).

You can attend courses at:

Midlands School of Philosophy
137-139 Hagley Road
Birmingham B16 8UA

Practical Philosophy Stourbridge
Friends Meeting House, 37 Scott’s Road, Stourbridge, DY8 1UR

Practical Philosophy Sutton Coldfield
Quakers Meeting House, Kenelm Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 6HD

For more details call 0121 454 2540