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    Learn about Ancient Egypt’s belief systems, rulers and cultural achievements with our history short courses online & in Sydney! Delve deeper into the world of Ancient Egypt and uncover the ideas, rituals and individuals that shaped one of history’s most fascinating civilisations. In this engaging course, you will explore the powerful role of religion, the complexity of Egyptian writing systems, and the dramatic stories of rulers who defined Egypt’s golden age. Join this course to...

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    Ancient Egypt: Gods, Power and Legacy

    <p>Learn about Ancient Egypt’s belief systems, rulers and cultural achievements with our <a href="/courses/philosophy-history/history">history short courses</a> online &amp; in Sydney!</p>

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    2026-10-13 Tue 13 Oct 2026 - 2026-11-03 Tue 3 Nov 2026
    4 sessions, 6 hours total
    6pm - 7:30pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
    Online via Zoom
    Matthew Jones
    $169 Limited inc GST / $135.20 / $143.60 / $152.10 / $152.10
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    Explore Stoicism and the art of living well with our philosophy short courses online! What does it mean to live a good life? How should we respond to uncertainty, adversity and success? Developed by thinkers including Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, Stoicism offers a practical philosophical framework for examining these enduring questions and considering how we respond to the complexities of life. In this Introduction to Stoicism course, you'll explore the origins, key...

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    Philosophy Course: Introduction to Stoicism

    <p>Explore Stoicism and the art of living well with our <a href="/courses/philosophy-history/philosophy">philosophy short courses</a> online!</p>

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    2026-10-14 Wed 14 Oct 2026 - 2026-12-02 Wed 2 Dec 2026
    8 sessions, 16 hours total
    6pm - 8pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
    Online via Zoom
    Chris Baghos
    $293 Limited inc GST / $234.40 / $249.10 / $263.70

    Explore the ethical implications of animal minds with our philosophy courses online! If animals can think, learn, remember, and experience the world around them, how should that influence the way we treat them? This thought-provoking course explores the ethical, moral, and social questions that arise from our growing understanding of animal cognition and sentience. Drawing on philosophy, contemporary scientific research, and real-world case studies, you'll examine questions of...

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    The Animal Mind - Ethics, Sentience & Society

    <p>Explore the ethical implications of animal minds with our <a href="/courses/philosophy-history/philosophy">philosophy courses</a> online!</p>

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    2026-10-15 Thu 15 Oct 2026 - 2026-11-05 Thu 5 Nov 2026
    4 sessions, 8 hours total
    6pm - 8pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
    Online via Zoom
    Grace Huo
    $179 Limited inc GST / $143.20 / $152.10 / $161.10 / $161.10

    Learn to answer fundamental questions about life with our philosophy short courses online & in Sydney. “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” This course will offer a survey of the major topics and figures of Existential philosophy, from Friedrich Nietzsche and Søren Kierkegaard to Emil Cioran and Simone Weil. Students can expect to find all the usual themes covered here: Nihilism, the Death of God, Anxiety, Freedom, Responsibility, Authenticity,...

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    Existentialism Course: God, Freedom & the Ambiguity of Self-Consciousness

    <p>Learn to answer fundamental questions about life with our <a href="/courses/philosophy-history/philosophy">philosophy short courses</a> online &amp; in Sydney.</p>

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    2026-10-19 Mon 19 Oct 2026 - 2026-12-07 Mon 7 Dec 2026
    8 sessions, 16 hours total
    6pm - 8pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
    Online via Zoom
    Paul Toro
    $323 Limited inc GST / $258.40 / $274.50 / $290.70 / $290.70

    Learn to answer fundamental questions about life with our philosophy short courses online & in Sydney. Over this five-week Philosophy course, you will be given an overview of the key insights made by some of the most influential modern Philosophers. This course will help you to discover the thinkers that have had a major impact, not only on the field of Philosophy but also on all of the social sciences, and the intellectual development of western society generally. This Philosophy...

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    Philosophy Course: The Great Modern Philosophers

    <p>Learn to answer fundamental questions about life with our <a href="/courses/philosophy-history/philosophy">philosophy short courses</a> online &amp; in Sydney.</p>

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    2026-11-17 Tue 17 Nov 2026 - 2026-12-15 Tue 15 Dec 2026
    5 sessions, 10 hours total
    6:30pm - 8:30pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
    Online via Zoom
    Andrew Theophanous
    $263 Limited inc GST / $210.40 / $223.60 / $236.70
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    Learn philosophical perspectives on the world's great religions with our philosophy short courses online! For thousands of years, the world's great religions have explored some of humanity's deepest questions. Why are we here? What happens after death? Do we have free will? What is the nature of consciousness, morality, and the divine? This thought-provoking course examines how the major religious traditions have approached these enduring philosophical questions and the ideas that...

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    Learn thinking and philosophical skills with our philosophy short courses online & in Sydney. In this Philosophy course, you will examine the theories of the great political philosophers from Plato through to Hobbes, Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, Marx, and into the great modern thinkers such as John Rawls and Habermas. In this philosophy course, you will learn about the nature of society, of the state, of government, of citizens and the interaction between them all. This beginners...

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    Learn to answer fundamental questions about life with our philosophy short courses online & in Sydney. Postmodernism is a term as much maligned as it is misunderstood. Caricatured as a literary movement led by trendy French intellectuals responsible for the downfall of Western Civilisation, this course will instead offer an introduction to postmodernism as a philosophy of difference, play, creative rebellion, and pluralistic experiments in the art of living. Discussion will focus...

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    Explore the fascinating question of animal minds with our philosophy courses online! When a crow solves a puzzle, a dog recognises a familiar face or an octopus explores its environment, what can we really conclude about what they are thinking, feeling or understanding? How do we distinguish cognition from instinct, training or observable behaviour — and what counts as evidence for a mind in the first place? In this thought-provoking course, you'll explore philosophical questions...

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    Learn to answer fundamental questions about life with our philosophy short courses online & in Sydney. Philosophy means 'the love of wisdom' and the search for knowledge. Philosophy concerns itself with the fundamental questions of our existence and the nature of the universe as a whole. This course focuses on the nature of consciousness or mind and its relation to the human body, the nature of the material and biological universe, whether human beings have a soul, whether there is...

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