Edinburgh Existentialist Philosophy Reading Group

Going straight into two short fiction reads after Nietzsche's Gay Science.

This is the first. Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich. We will spend one week discussing this before moving on to the second short read the following week.

We usually head to the pub after our discussion.

Second of our short reads before we move to the orientation session for Kierkegaard's Works of Love next week.

This is a short story by Ursula Le Guin and can be found online here: https://files.libcom.org/files/ursula-k-le-guin-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas.pdf

We will spend one session on this.

We usually head to the pub after our discussion.

Works of Love - Kierkegaard Orientation Session

We’ll kick off our reading in week one with an orientation session, that’s intended to encourage discussion around these & related themes:

* how / where does this book fit into the wider canon?
* ⁠how is related to the other books we’ve read so far?
* ⁠what else have we read by this author or on this theme (either as a group, or outside)?
* ⁠what’s at stake here? what are the themes & goals & methods?
* what’s our pace & schedule for reading the book? how should we best split it across the weeks - ie set readings or more flexible, how many weeks should we take overall, eg flexible or set end date?
* ⁠⁠⁠what version or translation does everyone have? are there big differences? do we have a favourite or a recommendation?

Hopefully by thinking about these things in a semi-structured way in the first session, we’ll all be aligned & have the most positive & enjoyable reading experience as we work through the text.

We usually head to the pub after our discussion.

Locations ongoing:
Teaching Room 2 law school until 21st may.
28th May 1.37 (so different room) patersons land
4 June- 3 Sept 1.27 patersons land

Works of Love - Kierkegaard session 1

After the orientation session we will have a better idea of schedule etc. As detail emerges this will be updated.

We usually head to the pub after our discussion.

Locations ongoing:
Teaching Room 2 law school until 21st may.
28th May 1.37 (so different room) patersons land
4 June- 3 Sept 1.27 patersons land