A new year lots of exciting things to learn and talk about.First reading of the year will be Plato’s ‘Republic’. We will be discussing books 1-2. Here is the link- Topic: Plato: republic 1-3Time: Jan 18, 2025 07:00 PM BrisbaneJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86313853168… Meeting ID: 863 1385 3168Passcode: 355109 — One tap mobile+15074734847,,86313853168#,,,,*355109# US+15642172000,,86313853168#,,,,*355109# US — […]
Lets continue with Plato’s Republic. We will be discussing books 3 and 4. Here is the link Topic: Plato: republic 3-4Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86313853168… Meeting ID: 863 1385 3168Passcode: 355109 — One tap mobile+15074734847,,86313853168#,,,,*355109# US+15642172000,,86313853168#,,,,*355109# US — Dial by your location• +1 507 473 4847 US• +1 564 217 2000 US• +1 646 931 3860 US• […]
Continuing our reading of the Republic by Plato. Topic: Plato republic books 5-6Time: Feb 15, 2025 07:00 PM BrisbaneJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85669908080… Meeting ID: 856 6990 8080Passcode: 260748 — One tap mobile+13462487799,,85669908080#,,,,*260748# US (Houston)+13602095623,,85669908080#,,,,*260748# US — Dial by your location• +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)• +1 360 209 5623 US• +1 386 347 5053 US• […]
Our host for Plato’s ‘Republic’ is away (Judith). So we will discuss Pierre Hadots ‘Selected writings’ chapter 11 only, ‘Physics as Spiritual Exercise or Pessimism and Optimism in Marcus Aurelius’. Topic: Pierre HadotTime: Mar 1, 2025 07:00 PM BrisbaneJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87978979579… Meeting ID: 879 7897 9579Passcode: 892330 — One tap mobile+13017158592,,87978979579#,,,,*892330# US (Washington DC)+13052241968,,87978979579#,,,,*892330# US […]
Continuing our reading of Platos ‘Republic’ books 7 & 8 is the topic for this discussion led by Judith Stove. Topic: The Republic Books 7 & 8Time: Mar 15, 2025 07:00 PM Brisbane Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84029887782… Meeting ID: 840 2988 7782Passcode: 530144 — One tap mobile+15642172000,,84029887782#,,,,*530144# US+16469313860,,84029887782#,,,,*530144# US — Dial by your location• +1 564 […]
Eva Brann- looks like my Grandma which is good enough for me. Also, she wrote a book on Heraclitus so she actually trumps my Grandma.For this meetup you will need to read part 1 and 2. This is an interesting subject- basically the historical invention of the will! Topic: Eva Brann- UnwillingJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85049686575… Meeting […]
We will discuss letters 1 and 2, and if we have time 3 and 4.The love letters of Abelard and Heloise can be found here https://sacred-texts.com/chr/aah/aah02.htm… Here is the link for the zoom meeting Topic: Abelard and HeloiseTime: Jul 5, 2025 07:00 PM BrisbaneJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85241664517… Meeting ID: 852 4166 4517Passcode: 465216
“The Last Messiah” (Norwegian: “Den sidste Messias”) is a 1933 essay by the Norwegian philosopher Peter Wessel Zapffe. One of his most significant works, this approximately 10 page long essay would later be expanded upon in Zapffe’s book, On the Tragic, and, as a theory describes a reinterpretation of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Übermensch. Zapffe believed that […]