Course Outline
The course draws on some of the world’s great philosophic teachings. 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 the world around us. The course includes ideas put forward by Socrates, Plato, Confucius, the Bible, Buddha, Epicurus, Emerson, Vivekananda and Shantananda Saraswati, a modern exponent of the philosophy of unity or Advaita.
