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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
“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 […]
Hi everyone, Our August 2025 meeting is Sunday 10th, 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 leisure and work. Bring along any of your favourite readings or your own […]
Hi everyone, Our September 2025 meeting is Sunday 14th, 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 virtue and power. Bring along any of your favourite readings or your own […]
Hi everyone, Our October 2025 meeting is Sunday 12th, 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 virtue and power. This month, special guest Judith Stove will be presenting on […]
Hi everyone, This month, we will be looking at philosophy as a way of life. After our insightful meeting last month on Marcus Aurelius and his legacy, we now turn to how we can put this philosophy into practice and apply it as a way of life. We’ll explore some theory and discuss how to […]
Michael Evans has written for the Military and in this article talks about how Stoic philosophy might be an important addition to the moral and mental conditioning of the modern Western soldier. There is a free download of the article here- https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol64/iss1/4/ Here is the zoom link for the online meeting- Topic: Captains of the […]