Autumn 2010 Weekend Study Retreat
October 22-24, 2010
Lake Lawn Resort
Delavan, Wisconsin
Love and persuasion may be inherently contradictory: one irrational and impulsive, the other logical and methodical; but they may also be mutually complementary. Do love and persuasion inhibit or inhabit each other? Plato explores the complexity of this relationship in his great dialogues Symposium and Phaedrus: all the characters employ rhetoric to justify desire, and their eloquence seems inspired by Eros.
This complex relationship between love and persuasion seems to reflect a holistic understanding of the human being, not prominent in other Platonic dialogues — the path to eternity does not start with the rejection of the body, but with its appreciation. The chariot of the soul is pulled by a white and a dark horse — and the latter, despite its unruliness, seems to be the driving force of the whole. This weekend study retreat is an opportunity to think critically about the forces that drive us, and draw us, toward one another.
Registration Information
Course Code: BWLPIP
Section: 10A1
Friday, October 22, 6:30 pm to Sunday, October 24, 12 noon
$245 Early registration ends October 8
$275 Regular registration
Tuition includes lectures and discussions, coffee/tea at lectures, two receptions, and Saturday evening dinner.
Tuition for individual days:
Friday $70 (reception included)
Saturday $155 (dinner included)
Sunday $50
Participants are responsible for their own meals and accommodations unless otherwise noted. Room reservations and payment must be made directly with Lake Lawn Resort (800/338-5253). Be sure to mention the University of Chicago-Graham School Autumn Retreat in order to receive the group rate of $99 per night. The group rate is available through October 8, 2010.
For resort information and driving directions, visit lakelawnresort.com.
