Thurs 22 Feb: Ancient Healing & Parmenides-7.15pm-Brendan O’BYRNE

February 25, 2018 by mythiclinks

Thurs 22 March 2018: SPEAKER: Dr. Brendan O’BYRNE– Philosopher, TCD Plato Center

An Ancient Holistic Healing Tradition– Parmenides and early Greek Culture –

Chariot of Apollo

Parmenides was one of the most important early Greek philosophers, who lived about 100 years before Plato. He was noted for his ideas about being and unity. What is not so well known is the fact that he was the founder of an holistic healing cult based around a practice called incubation. This talk will consider the evidence for this, and offer a speculative answer as to the question about the connection, if any, between his philosophy and his cultic activities.