17th October - Cosmic Fire

Our first meeting of the academic year explores fiery ancient philosophy. We are delighted that Liz Smith will be introducing the set readings, which are linked to here:

• Patricia Curd (ed.), A Presocratics Reader (2011), chapter 5 on Heraclitus of Ephesus.
•       Brooks Haxton, ‘Fragments of Heraclitus’, New England Review 22 (2001), 15-19.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, ‘That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and of the comfort of the Resurrection’ (1918).
• Optional further reading: ‘Heraclitus’, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, particularly section 4, ‘Cosmology’.

We look forward to seeing you then!