Hilary term Hilary term Hilary term is the second academic term of the Universities of Oxford and Dublin and also Deepdene School near Portslade in East Sussex. It runs from January to March and is so named because the feast day of St Hilary of Poitiers, 14 January, falls during this term. All terms are dated from this day in the following way: The term originated in the legal system. The courts of England and Wales and the Courts of Ireland divide the legal year into four terms: Hilary, Easter, Trinity and Michaelmas. At the University of Oxford, following the resolution made
Socratic Club that have no authority?). She claimed that he had mistakenly equated non-rational causes with irrational causes and confused the concepts of cause, reason, and explanation. John R. Lucas later helped in a rerun of this debate, which ended up vindicating Lewis. Victor Reppert's book, "C.S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea", further supports Lewis's original argument. Trinity Term, 1949 Michaelmas Term, 1949 Hilary Term, 1950 Trinity Term, 1950 Michaelmas Term, 1950 Hilary Term, 1951 Michaelmas Term, 1951 Hilary Term, 1952 Trinity Term, 1952 Michaelmas Term, 1952 1953 1954 Though the Oxford Socratic Club disbanded, several Socratic Clubs now exist in colleges and universities.