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  • Let’s Read: Selected Writing s of Pierre Hadot: Physics as Spiritual Exercise- Chpt 11

    Zoom

    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 […]

  • Cancelled: Brisbane Stoics March 2025 Meetup: Gender, Power, and Responsibility

    New Farm Library 135 Sydney Street, New Farm, Queensland, Australia

    ***This event has been cancelled due to the upcoming weather event. Stay safe everyone***   Hi everyone, Join us this March as we explore the dynamics of gender, power, and responsibility—a topic suggested by our community during February’s meetup. Looking forward to a great discussion and seeing you there! We meet in the meeting room […]

  • Let’s Read: Plato – The Republic – Books 7 & 8

    Zoom

    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 […]

  • Brisbane Stoics April 2025 Meetup: Gender, Power, and Responsibility

    New Farm Library 135 Sydney Street, New Farm, Queensland, Australia

    Hi everyone, Join us this April as we explore the dynamics of gender, power, and responsibility—a topic suggested by our community during February’s meetup. Looking forward to a great discussion and seeing you there! We meet in the meeting room opposite New Farm Library from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. Afterwards, we head to the […]

  • Brisbane Stoics May 2025 Meetup: Philosophy and Techne

    New Farm Library 135 Sydney Street, New Farm, Queensland, Australia

    Hi everyone, The topic will be ‘Philosophy and Techne’. At the meeting we will discuss some ‘Techne’ and ‘spiritual exercises’, such as the the ‘view from above’, ‘Prosoche’ and the ‘Praemeditatio Malorum’. Regarding ‘Techne’ here is a brief explanation – From a Stoic perspective, techne and philosophical teaching serve different functions, though both involve disciplined […]

  • Brisbane Stoics June 2025 Meetup: On Community

    New Farm Library 135 Sydney Street, New Farm, Queensland, Australia

    Hi everyone, Our June 2025 meeting is Sunday 8th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am at the New Farm Library meeting room. Afterwards we continue the conversation over coffee at a nearby cafe. Our discussion this month will be on the theme of community. Bring along any of your favourite readings or your own ideas for […]

  • Let’s Read – Abelard and Heloise: Love Letters

    Zoom

    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

  • Brisbane Stoics July 2025 Meetup: On Death

    New Farm Library 135 Sydney Street, New Farm, Queensland, Australia

    Our June 2025 meeting is Sunday 8th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am at the New Farm Library meeting room. Afterwards we continue the conversation over coffee at a nearby cafe. Our discussion this month will be on the theme of death. Bring along any of your favourite readings or your own ideas for discussion. Looking […]

  • Let’s Read – Peter Wessel Zapfe: The Last Messiah

    Zoom

    “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 […]