Yorgo Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Hello, we are a group of reading and discussion enthusiasts. We run small casual read-togethers of several Great Books. Our discord server is here Below is a non-exhaustive list of our reading groups: Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil: Orgazined by Andrew, a New Yorker who majors in biochemistry and German Literature. Andrew works as a lab technician and German tutor. This group meets on Discord's voice chat on Fridays at 15.00 GMT. Stirner's The Unique and its Property: Organized by Timothy, who has a background in Hegelian philosophy. The group reads four pages together every session. Currently, they are in §1.3. "The Free". This group meets on Discord's voice chat at 20.30 GMT on Wednesdays. Marcus Aurelius's The Meditations: Organized by Luciano, a senior software engineer. Luciano is Dutch but currently lives on the Greek island of Lesbos. Luciano previously hosted the group on Epictetus's Enchiridion. This group currently is in Book IV. This group meets on Sundays at 17.00 GMT on Zoom. Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: Organized by Humphrey, a philosophy student at Newcastle University. Humphrey also runs his own IRL book club. This group currently is in Book III. Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling: Organized by "Leno" a grad student of engineering. He previously hosted the group on Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus. This group is currently on page 21 of the Princeton translation. This group meets on Zoom on Saturdays at 16.00 GMT. Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching: Organized by Alex, a History major, specialized in Early Christianity. This group currently is in Chapter 34 of the Red Pine translation. Alex also organizes a group on Chinese poetry. This group meets on Saturday very early in the morning (1 am GMT) on Discord's voice chat. B. Russell's The Problems of Philosophy: Organized by Ezra, a mathematics student in his early 20s. This group's first meeting is this Saturday at 20.00 GMT. Koch's The Feeling of Life Itself: Organized by "Nottola" a software engineer. "Nottola" is from Spain but currently lives in Rome. This group meets on Google Meet on Mondays at 19.30 GMT. I also organize three groups (Ontology, Meaning of Life, and Plato's Republic). All of them are on Zoom (Thursday 20.00 GMT, Saturday 16.00 GMT, and Sunday 20.30 GMT respectively), on this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2018595025. I studied history in the UK (MPhil Cantab, DPhil Oxon) and I can read Attic. Apart from philosophy, we also monthly discuss non-fiction books (past books include 1984, Notes from the Underground, Brave New World, The Trial by Kafka et al). We also have a film club, we watch an art movie together every Friday at 20.00 GMT. Past movies include: Battleship Potemkin, Arsenal by Dovzhenko, Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Cranes are Flying. All welcome! you'll_never_get_to_heaven and Duns Eith 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 Hello again, here's this week's schedule (21-27 February) MONDAY • 6.00 am GMT "Peter Singer on Global Suffering" with Yorgo • 19:30 GMT - Philosophy of Mind with Nottola WEDNESDAY • 20.30 GMT- Stirner with Timothy THURSDAY • 20:00 GMT - Ontology with Yorgo: Plotinus FRIDAY • 15:00 GMT - Nietzsche with Andrew Beyond Good and Evil • 20:00 GMT - Film group: Ivan the Terrible (part II) • Midnight of Friday to Saturday (1 am GMT) - Taoism with Alex SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT - Plato reading: The Republic, Book X • 16:00 GMT - Existentialism reading: Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling • 18:00 GMT - Aristotle with Humphrey Nicomachean Ethics • 20:00 GMT - Problems of Philosophy with Ezra SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT - Stoicism with Luciano reading: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 20:30 GMT -Meaning of Life reading: TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 Hello, this is our schedule for the 1st week of January (28 February - 6 January) - link at the top post MONDAY • 19:30 GMT - Philosophy of Mind (pls confirm with Nottola first) WEDNESDAY • 20.30 GMT- Stirner with Timothy, The Unique and Its Property THURSDAY • 20:00 GMT - Ontology with Yorgo: Plotinus on The Immortality of the Soul FRIDAY • 15:00 GMT - Nietzsche with Andrew: Beyond Good and Evil • 20:00 GMT - Google Cinema with Yorgo: Ivan's Childhood (USSR, 1962) • Midnight of Friday to Saturday (1 am GMT) • Taoism (pls confirm with @Taolex first) SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT - Plato's Republic, Book X • 16:00 GMT - Existentialism Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling • 18:00 GMT - Aristotle with Humphrey: Nicomachean Ethics • 20:00 GMT - Russell's Problems of Philosophy with Ezra SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT - Stoicism with Luciano: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 20:30 GMT -Meaning of Life with Mauricio: Wittgenstein's Tractatus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 Hello again, this is the schedule for the 2nd week of March (7 March - 13 March) MONDAY • 19.30- Philosophy of Mind (pls confirm with Nottola first) WEDNESDAY • 20.30 GMT- Stirner with Timothy, The Unique and Its Property THURSDAY • 20:00 GMT - Metaphysics with Yorgo: Secondary Literature on Augustine FRIDAY • 15:00 GMT - Nietzsche with Andrew, Beyond Good and Evil • 20:00 GMT - Google Cinema with Yorgo, Ivan's Childhood (USSR, 1962). (Last Friday's meeting had to be cancelled, so we repeat with the same movie) SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT - Plato Plato's Republic, Book X (last meeting!) • 16:00 GMT - Existentialism Kierkegaard's, Fear and Trembling • 18:00 GMT - Aristotle with Humphrey, Nicomachean Ethics • 20:00 GMT - Russell's Problems of Philosophy with Ezra (pls confirm with Ezra first) SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT - Stoicism with Luciano, The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 20:30 GMT -Meaning of Life with Luciano and Yorgo: Seneca "Life Guided by Stoic Philosophy" (from Cottingham's anthology) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duns Eith Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 This is very cool. I wish I had time for many of these. Yorgo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 Reading Groups for the 3rd week of March (14 March - 20 March) WEDNESDAY • 18.00 GMT - Solaris Part I • 20.00 GMT- Stirner with Timothy The Unique and Its Property THURSDAY • 20:00 GMT - Metaphysics with Yorgo Augustine (excerpts from his works) FRIDAY • 15:00 GMT - Nietzsche with Andrew Beyond Good and Evil SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT - Plato TBD • 16:00 GMT - Existentialism Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling • 18:00 GMT - Aristotle with Humphrey Nicomachean Ethics • 20:00 GMT - Problems of Philosophy with Ezra SUNDAY • 17:00 GMT - Stoicism with Luciano The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 20:30 GMT -Meaning of Life with Sergio: Orthodoxy by Chesterton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 Reading Groups for the 4th week of March (21 March - 27 March) WEDNESDAY • 19.00 GMT - Stirner with Timothy The Unique and Its Property THURSDAY • 20:00 GMT - Metaphysics with Yorgo Gregory of Nyssa (To those who have slept) FRIDAY • 15:00 GMT - Nietzsche with Andrew (confirm the hour with Andrew pls) Beyond Good and Evil • 18:00 GMT - Solaris by Tarkovsky (Part II) SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT - Plato's 7th Letter • 18:00 GMT - Aristotle with Humphrey Nicomachean Ethics Book VI • 20:00 GMT - Problems of Philosophy with Ezra (pls confirm with Ezra first) Russell's Problems of Philosophy (last meeting of this group) SUNDAY • 17:00 GMT - Stoicism with Luciano The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 20:30 GMT -Meaning of Life with Sergio Plato's Phaedo with Ezra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 Reading Groups for the last week of March (28 March - 3 April) WEDNESDAY • 19.00 GMT- Stirner with Timothy The Unique and Its Property THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT - Metaphysics with Yorgo The Carolingian Renaissance and Eriugena (from Copleston) FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT - Nietzsche with Andrew Beyond Good and Evil • 17:00 GMT - Film: Spoorloos (Netherlands, 1988) SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT - Platonism: Julian's Hymn to Helios and Beard Hater • 18:00 GMT - Aristotle with Humphrey Nicomachean Ethics Book VI SUNDAY • 17:00 GMT - Stoicism with LucianoThe Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • TBD - History of Science Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 Reading Groups for the second week of April (4- 10 April) WEDNESDAY • 19.00 GMT- Stirner with Timothy The Unique and Its Property THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT - Metaphysics Extract from Eriugena + the problem of universals from Copleston's book FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT - Nietzsche with Andrew Beyond Good and Evil • 19:00 GMT - Film: The Fate of a Man (USSR, 1959) SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT - Platonism: Continuation of our convo on Julian (PM me for precise info on the readings) • 18:00 GMT - Aristotle with Constantine Nicomachean Ethics Book VI SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT - Stoicism with Luciano The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 18:00 - History of Science (Reading TBD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 Reading Groups for the third week of April (11 - 17 April) WEDNESDAY • 19.00 GMT- Stirner with Timothy: The Unique and Its Property THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT - William of Ockham FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT - Nietzsche with Andrew: Beyond Good and Evil • 19:00 GMT - Film: The Wind Rises (Japan, 2013) SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT - Iamblichus,The life of Pythagoras • 18:00 GMT - Aristotle with Constantine: Nicomachean Ethics (6.8-6.11) SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT - Stoicism with Luciano: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 18:00 GMT - Charles D. Lindberg,The Beginnings of Western Science The link to the server can be found in the very first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 Reading Groups for the fourth week of April (18 - 24 April) WEDNESDAY • 19.00 GMT- Stirner with Timothy: The Unique and Its Property THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT - William of Ockham on the problem of Universals (part II) FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT - Nietzsche with Andrew: CANCELLED FOR THIS WEEK • 19:00 GMT - Film: The Passion of Joan of Arc (France, 1928) SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT - Iamblichus (text TBD) • 18:00 GMT - Aristotle with Constantine: Nicomachean Ethics SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT - Stoicism with Luciano: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 18:00 GMT - Charles D. Lindberg,The Beginnings of Western Science. We discuss the chapter on Aristotle. The link to the server can be found in the very first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 Reading Groups for the 1st week of May (2 - 8 May) WEDNESDAY • 19.00 GMT- Stirner with Timothy: The Unique and Its Property THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT - The Ontological Argument: We'll look at the original text and Gaunilo's reply FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT - Nietzsche with Andrew • 19:00 GMT - Film: 8 1/2 (Italy, 1963) SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT - Timaeus • 18:00 GMT - Aristotle with Constantine: Nicomachean Ethics SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT - Stoicism with Luciano: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Two new groups will start in May: Hobbes's Leviathan and Feminism. The link to the server can be found on the first paragraph of the very first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted May 7, 2022 Author Share Posted May 7, 2022 Reading Groups for the 2nd week of May (9 - 15 May) WEDNESDAY • 15.00 GMT Hobbes's Leviathan: First meeting of the group • 19.00 GMT Stirner with Timothy: The Unique and Its Property THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT Islamic Philosophy FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT Nietzsche with Andrew • 19:00 GMT Film: 8 1/2 (Italy, 1963). We watch the second part of Fellini's classic. SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT Timaeus: this is the third meeting of our group • 18:00 GMT Aristotle with Constantine: Nicomachean Ethics SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT Stoicism with Luciano: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius The link to the server can be found on the first paragraph of the very first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted May 14, 2022 Author Share Posted May 14, 2022 Reading Groups for Week 19 (16 - 22 May) WEDNESDAY • 15.00 GMT Hobbes's Leviathan: Chapter 11 "Of the difference of Manners" • 19.00 GMT Stirner with Timothy THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT Islamic Philosophy: Averroes's Commentary on Plato's Republic FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT Nietzsche with Andrew • 19:00 GMT Film Night: Paprika (2006, Japan) SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT Plato's Timaeus • 18:00 GMT Aristotle with Constantine: Nicomachean Ethics SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT Stoicism with Luciano: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 18:00 GMT History of Science: The Middle Ages pt I The link to the server can be found on the first paragraph of the very first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted May 21, 2022 Author Share Posted May 21, 2022 Reading Groups for Week 20 (23 - 29 May) TUESDAY • 19.30 GMT Simone de Beauvoir, Selections from the Second Sex WEDNESDAY • 15.00 GMT Hobbes's Leviathan • 19.00 GMT Stirner with Timothy THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT Islamic Philosophy: Avicenna's Argument for the existence of God FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT Nietzsche with Andrew • 19:00 GMT Film Night: Dog Day Afternoon (USA, 1975) SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT Plato's Timaeus • 18:00 GMT Aristotle with Constantine: Nicomachean Ethics SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT Stoicism with Luciano: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 18:00 GMT History of Science: The Middle Ages pt II The link to the server can be found on the first paragraph of the very first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) Reading Groups for Week 21 (May 30 - June 5) TUESDAY • 19.30 GMT Simone de Beauvoir, Selections from the Second Sex WEDNESDAY • 15.00 GMT Hobbes's Leviathan with Citrine • 19.00 GMT Stirner with Timothy THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT Islamic Philosophy: Avicenna's Argument for the existence of God (part 2) FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT Nietzsche with Andrew • 19:00 GMT Film Night: The Godfather (USA, 1972) SATURDAY • 14:00 GMT Plato's Timaeus • 18:00 GMT Aristotle with Constantine: Nicomachean Ethics SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT Stoicism with Luciano: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 18:00 GMT History of Science: TBD The link to the server can be found on the first paragraph of the very first post. Edited May 28, 2022 by Yorgo Liam Harris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 On 5/31/2022 at 8:05 PM, Liam Harris said: The lecture on Simone de Beauvoir must be incredible! Thank you! Thank you Liam! Yes, it went pretty well. We hope to have another event on de Beauvoir in the summer, I'll let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 Reading Groups for Week 23 (June 6 - June 12) WEDNESDAY • 15.00 GMT Hobbes's Leviathan with Citrine • 19.00 GMT Stirner with Timothy THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT Islamic Philosophy: Avicenna's Argument for the existence of God (part III) FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT Nietzsche with Andrew SATURDAY • 14:30 GMT Plato's Timaeus • 17:30 GMT Aristotle with Constantine: Nicomachean Ethics • 19:00 GMT Movie Night: The Godfather (USA, 1972) SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT Stoicism with Luciano: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 18:00 GMT History of Science: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems The link to the server can be found on the first paragraph of the very first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 Summer schedule for our Movie Nights We meet on Saturdays (15.00 EST) on Discord - the link can be found in the first post. June 11: Waking Life (USA, 2001) June 18: Belle de Jour (France, 1967) June 25: Tokyo Story (Japan 1953) July 2: Man with a movie camera (USSR, 1929) (will be preceded by the 6 min long "Vincent" by Tim Burton) July 9: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France, 1964) July 16: Taste of Cherry (Iran, 1997) July 23: Stalker (USSR, 1979) July 30: Blue Velvet (USA, 1986) August 6: La Jetée (France, 1962) and Kieslowski's Dekalog: One (Poland, 1988) August 13: Viridiana (Mexico and Spain, 1961) August 20: Godfather II (USA, 1974) August 27: Persona (Sweden, 1966) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 Reading Groups for Week 24 (June 13 - June 19) WEDNESDAY • 19.00 GMT Stirner with Timothy THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT Aztec Metaphysics FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT Nietzsche with Andrew SATURDAY • 14:30 GMT Plato's Timaeus • 17:30 GMT Aristotle with Constantine: Nicomachean Ethics • 19:00 GMT Movie Night: Belle de Jour (France, 1967) SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT Stoicism with Luciano: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 18:00 GMT History of Science: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems The link to the server can be found on the first paragraph of the very first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted June 19, 2022 Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 Week 25: June 20 to June 26 • 19.00 GMT Stirner with Timothy THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT Aztec Metaphysics FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT Nietzsche with Andrew SATURDAY • 14:30 GMT Plato's Timaeus • 17:30 GMT Aristotle with Constantine: Nicomachean Ethics • 19:00 GMT Movie Night: Tokyo Story (Japan, 1953) SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT Stoicism with Luciano: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 18:00 GMT History of Science: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems The link to the server can be found on the first paragraph of the very first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 Week 25: June 20 to June 26 Week 26: June 27 to July 3 • 19.00 GMT Stirner with Timothy THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT Native American Religion FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT Nietzsche with Andrew SATURDAY • 14:30 GMT Plato's Timaeus • 17:30 GMT Aristotle with Constantine: Nicomachean Ethics • 19:00 GMT Movie Night: A man with a movie camera (USSR, 1929) SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT Stoicism with Luciano: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 18:00 GMT History of Science: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems The link to the server can be found on the first paragraph of the very first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 Week 27 (4-10 July) TUESDAY • 19.30 GMT Hannah Arendt's Human Condition (a first meeting to discuss the day, time and other practical details of future meetings) WEDNESDAY • 19.00 GMT Stirner with Timothy THURSDAY • 19:00 GMT Native American Religion (Discussion based on Deloria's book God is Red) FRIDAY • 14:00 GMT Nietzsche with Andrew SATURDAY • 14:30 GMT Plato's Timaeus • 17:30 GMT Aristotle with Constantine: Nicomachean Ethics • 19:00 GMT Movie night: TBC SUNDAY • 16:00 GMT Stoicism with Luciano: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius • 18:00 GMT History of Science: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems The link to the server can be found on the first paragraph of the very first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 Stoicism won't take place on July 10 but will resume normally on July 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorgo Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 July 9: Brothers Karamazov (USSR, 1969): a great opportunity to discuss Dostoyevsky's work and its reception in the USSR. July 16: Taste of Cherry (Iran, 1997): Palme d'Or for Kiarostami. July 23: Stalker (USSR, 1979): the slowest and possibly the best movie you'll ever watch. July 30: La Promesse (Belgium, 1996): the film on working class racism that made the Dardenne Brothers famous. August 6: Dekalog: One (Poland, 1988): the first of Kieślowski's movies on the Ten Commandments. August 13: Viridiana (Mexico, Spain, 1961): recently re-voted as Spain's best movie ever; a criticism of religion that has been called "blasphemous" by the Vatican. August 20: Godfather II: - August 27: Persona (Sweden, 1966): Bergman's existentialist masterpiece. September 3: Short Silent Film Night: films TBD September 10: El Norte (UK, USA, 1983): an independent film about Guatemalan refugees to the USA. September 17: Winter Sleep (Turkey, 2014): adapted from a Chekhov story it explores class relations in modern Turkey. September 24: Touki Bouki (Senegal, 1973): included in Sight and Sounds top 100 movies, it's a movie about the dream of travelling. October 1: L'Atalante (France, 1934): Arguably the best film of all times. October 8: Blue Velvet (USA, 1983): a controversial neo-noir, one of David Lynch's best. October 15: La noire de ... (Senegal, France, 1966): one of the first African films to get critical attention, it's a denunciation of racism. October 22: Perfect Blue (Japan, 1997): a thriller by the director of Paprika for Halloween. October 29: Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Japan, 1986): Japanese cyberpunk horror to continue our Halloween theme. ... November 19: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France, FRG, 1964): a romantic musical with Catherine Deneuve that won Palme d'Or. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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