Philosophy 3: Love
Exploring the very essence of love and how we relate it to the world around us. Learn what great minds had to say about love, what love is, how it is gained and how it is lost.
Tuesday evenings at 7.15pm, from 23 September 2025
This course will be delivered in a hybrid format of six online and five in-person sessions. Plus an in-person Practice Day on Sunday 19 October.
- In-person sessions run from 7.15pm until 9.30pm
- Online sessions are held via Zoom, 7.15pm - 8.45pm
In-person course venue: Sixth Form Centre, St Albans Girls' School, Sandridgebury Lane, St Albans, AL3 6DB. The venue has ample free parking. Tea, coffee, and biscuits included.
23 September - Online intro session
30 September - In person
07 October - Online
14 October - In person
21 October - Reading week, no session
28 October - Online
04 November - In person
11 November - Online
18 November - In person
25 November - Online
02 December - In person
09 December - Online
ALSO INCLUDED: In-person Retreat/Practice Day!
When: Sunday 19 October, 9.30am - 4.00pm
Where: Waterperry House and Gardens, near Wheatley, Oxford (60 minutes from St Albans)
- A practical and quiet day of mindful work/practice in kitchen, house, or garden, plus an elective study session
- Coffee/tea and vegetarian lunch all included
- Organised in conjunction with three other branches of the Philosophy School in the south of England
- Ample, free parking
Course fee
All eleven sessions plus Study & Practice Day - Normal price: £110
SPECIAL OFFER: SAVE 20% = just £88 when you enrol by 16 September
(Link takes you to the enrolment page on our national website)
Note: Please only enrol on this course if you have previously done one or more terms of practical philosophy with the School of Philosophy. If not, we would recommend our introductory course.
Course topics
- The importance of love. How it is gained and how it is lost.
- Love as it is expressed in creation. The nature of love overcoming limits.
- The expansion of love. The things that conceal love
- What it is that is loved. The nature of gratitude
- "Love thy neighbour" The subtle realm of mind
- The importance of connecting mind with the senses
- The causes of duality and hostility. The unity of knowledge and love
- Lack of love and giving. The importance of stillness
- The relationship between love and law. Freedom of love and law together
- Love and work. Love guided by wisdom
- Mindful Work
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