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Navigating a Complex World: What is True, Beautiful, and Worth Doing?

Thu 16 Oct - Thu 18 Dec 2025

10 Weeks

WEA Sydney

Michael Pyne , Michael Taylor , Sandy Killick , Sonya Thompson , Hugh Tranter , Anne Harbers , Georgina Kenyon , Lanning Bennett , Dominique Millar , Michael Hauptman

When	Where
Thu 16 Oct 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 23 Oct 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 30 Oct 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 6 Nov 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 13 Nov 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 20 Nov 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 27 Nov 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 4 Dec 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 11 Dec 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 18 Dec 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney

In an age of rapid change, uncertainty, and moral complexity, how do we make sense of what really matters? This wide-ranging series of talks explores timeless and timely questions through philosophy, humour, science, literature, and lived experience. From the ethics of everyday life to the beauty of the body, from Jewish humour and Gross National Happiness to cognitive bias and hindsight, each session invites fresh thinking on how we perceive the world and our place in it. Join us as we ask - with past and present thinkers - what it means to live wisely, beautifully, and well.

DELIVERY MODE

Face-to-Face

COURSE OUTLINE

What can Gross National Happiness can Teach Us? (Sonya Thompson)
Ethics is Alive & Well in the Modern Age (Anne Harbers)
Hindsight - how do humans use it to navigate complex times? (Sandy Killick)
The Universe in a Grain of Sand - What are the parallels between scientific and artistic inquiry? (Georgina Kenyon)
The conflict between science and religion (Michael Taylor)
History of Ideas from Literature and their relevance to today (Hugh Tranter)
Socrates on the True, the Beautiful and the Worth Doing? (Dominique Millar)
Do We See the World as It Really Is – Cognitive Bias and the need for Critical Thinking (Lanning Bennett)
Wisdom of Youth and the Folly of old age (Michael Pyne)
A history of Jewish humour (Michael Hauptman)

WEA Sydney

72 Bathurst Street

Sydney 2000

Sessions

When	Where
Thu 16 Oct 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 23 Oct 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 30 Oct 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 6 Nov 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 13 Nov 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 20 Nov 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 27 Nov 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 4 Dec 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 11 Dec 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney
Thu 18 Dec 2025 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00)	Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney