The Stoic Mindset: Cultivating Courage – GI 24 141 (Face to Face)
26 February 2025 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm GMT
Tutor: Darren Harper BA (Hons), PGCE, DipBSoM
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What does courage mean to you? Is it something we are born with, or is it something we can nurture? Courage was one of the four cardinal virtues for the ancient Stoics, and its cultivation was an essential part of the Stoic path. In this day course we will contemplate, through group discussion and guided meditation, our understanding of courage. We will consider what it meant to the ancient Stoics, and then we will explore ways in which we can cultivate it for modern living.
There will be a 1-hour break for lunch.
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About the Speaker
Darren Harper
Darren holds a BA (Hons) English & Creative Writing (1st class), a PGCE in Lifelong Learning, and has been an adult education teacher for 10 years. Darren has a 1st class honours degree in English & Creative Writing in 2012 with the University of Cumbria. I then went on to do a PGCE and taught GCSE English and A Levels at Carlisle College before becoming a self-employed adult education teacher.
Darren has have been an adult education teacher for about 10 years. Having previously served in the Royal Navy, Darren now travels around the UK teaching Philosophy, Philosophy & Literature, Global Philosophy, Philosophy for Life and Stoicism, amongst other related subjects. Though based in Northumberland, he teaches regularly in Cumbria and Newcastle upon Tyne, London, Guildford, Bristol and Penzance. Additionally, Darren teaches residential courses in Cumbria, Northamptonshire, Perthshire, Wiltshire and Somerset.
More recently, as my interests develop, I tend to focus on Global Philosophy and Stoicism. My research into Global Philosophy has rekindled my interest in Meditation, and so in 2023 I qualified as a Meditation Teacher with the British School of Meditation, gaining a Distinction. I am also beginning to explore the Philosophy of Spirituality, and am building a range of courses offering a secular and philosophical approach to spiritual ways of thinking, and spiritual ways of being.
Darren's first book, Encounters and Reflections: An Introduction to Philosophy, was published in 2022.
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