Moordown Community Centre, Coronation Avenue, Moordown Bournemouth BH9 1TW
With Emeritus Professor of Ancient Thought Christopher Gill.
Is Stoicism compatible with a modern humanistic outlook, and can it help us live better, happier lives today?
In the popular imagination, a Stoic is someone who represses their emotions, but Stoic philosophy is much richer than this misconception suggests. Believing that material things alone are insufficient to guarantee happiness, the Stoics placed great value on wisdom, justice, moderation, courage, and living in harmony with our communities and the natural world around us.
Christopher Gill will outline the Stoics’ key ideas on virtue, happiness, and social development, and explain how Stoic practices can improve our life satisfaction, and help us flourish as human beings.
Christopher Gill is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Thought at the University of Exeter, and has played a leading role in ‘Stoicism Today’ which presents Stoicism to a modern audience as an aid to human flourishing. His publications related to Stoicism include a translation with introduction and commentary of Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations Books 1-6, and a complete modern translation with commentary of Epictetus’s Discourses entitled Epictetus: Discourses, Fragments, Handbook
“Join us for a stimulating exploration of Stoic principles and practices, and learn how they can help us live better, happier lives”
Free entry (donations appreciated). Everyone welcome!
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