Where most people begin
Practical Philosophy 1: Wisdom
How much of what you do is habit? Ten weeks on the questions that decide a life: how we know, how we should live, and what it means to pay attention.
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Three ways to begin.
Most run for around ten weeks, at a time that suits you, in London or online. Begin where you are, and stay for as long as it serves.
A different kind of economics
Economics with Justice: Introductory
What is an economy for? An introduction to economic thought grounded in justice, stewardship, and the common good.
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The Horizons programme
Horizons
Specialist courses, each on its own subject, from Sanskrit and poetry to Stoic philosophy and sacred geometry. Many continue over several terms, and all are open to newcomers and continuing students alike.
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What students say.
Three voices from people who have studied with the School.
Student
The School is gently encouraging people towards their awakening.
Student
Nearly twenty years of attending, and it has improved my life significantly.
Student
A great way to get quickly to the great questions of living life well.
THE POWER OF SERVICEWhere the teaching
Where the teaching
becomes visible.
Service means giving time freely, without seeking reward, from tutoring to the everyday work that keeps the School running. A short film from students on what it gives, and what it asks.
THE FOUNDATIONS
Begin where you are.
Enquiry, practice, community, and justice. One journey, entered from any direction.
· Enquiry
Make lifemake sense
Practical philosophy studied, practised, and lived for nearly 90 years
· Practice
Grow every day
Valuing real-life experience over theory
· Community
Find yourselfin good company
Practise philosophy with philosophers
· Justice
Pursue thecommon good
How do we ensure freedom and prosperity for all?
WHAT’S ON
Upcoming events
Open evenings, public lectures, and special events. All are welcome.
Series
Summer Evenings 2026
An enriching selection of interactive philosophic presentations, in person at 11 Mandeville Place and simultaneously on Zoom.
6 August to 10 September 20267:00pm11 Mandeville Place & Online
AdmissionIn person from £15 · Online from £5Find out more
Special EventHGF Open Day - The Land Trap and the Growth Paradigm- 12 Sept 2026
Henry George Foundation Open Day. The Land Trap and the Growth Paradigm: Liberation from the Tyranny of Ideas. In-person at 11 Mandeville Place, London W1U 3AJ and online via Zoom. In association with the School.
Saturday 12 September 20269.30am to 5.30pmMandeville Place, London & Online
AdmissionIn person from £12 · Online from £6Find out more
MEETINGS WITH DONALD LAMBIE
An idea, offered and tested. Never imposed.
The School Leader on what practical philosophy is for.
FORMED THROUGH ENQUIRYA practice
Read the School's history
A practice
with a long memory.
Nine decades, three traditions, one sustained enquiry.
he School was founded in London in 1937 as an enquiry into economic justice. Over the decades that followed, its work widened to include the philosophy of Plato and the Stoics, and from 1965, the practice of Advaita Vedanta under Shri Shantananda Sarasvati.
A small London study group has become a community across continents, organised around the same sustained acts: study, practice, and weekly return.
What else is on.
An evening lecture, a language tradition, and a season of residential retreats. Each open in its own time.
A LECTURE
The Annual Language Lecture
An evening of fresh translation.
Each year a scholar presents newly translated work from the Sanskrit tradition to a public audience. In 2026, Warwick Jessup launched Dispassion. All are welcome.
Annual · London and onlineSee what is on
A LANGUAGE
Sanskrit for Philosophy Students
The language behind the philosophy.
Introductory Sanskrit for students on Philosophy courses with no prior knowledge. Those with some knowledge may join the appropriate level of the Foundation Course.
Ongoing · for studentsSee the course
A RETREAT PROGRAMME
Residential Retreats
A house, a garden, and time enough.
A programme of residential retreats at Waterperry House in Oxfordshire, Nanpantan Hall in Leicestershire, and Brinscall Hall in Lancashire. Courses in philosophy, the arts, and contemplative practice. Open to those attending for the first time and to returning students.
Three houses across EnglandSee all retreats
A school in places.
Mandeville Place is the School's headquarters. Three houses across England hold its retreat life. A wider network of UK branches and associated Schools overseas carries the work around the world.
THE SCHOOL'S HEADQUARTERS
Mandeville Place
The headquarters of the School since 2002.
A Marylebone townhouse a few streets north of Oxford Street. Classrooms, a library, and a small conference hall. Most London courses and public events are held here.
11 Mandeville Place, London W1U 3AJ
The Houses
Three houses across England hold the School's retreat life.
LOCATIONS
The work continues in locations across the UK, and in associated Schools abroad.