What we’re about
The goal to better understand how to live a good life through a book discussion group.
The questions
- What is a “good life”?
- How do others advocate for finding happiness, contentment and serenity?
- Practically, how should one best manage career, family, friendships, community?
- What can one learn from others about managing one’s life in their 40s, 50s and 60s?
- What are different concepts of the meaning of life?
- How does one age vibrantly and gracefully?
List of past readings here.
Paul Baier is the group organizer at paul.baier (at) gmail.com
Upcoming events (2)
See all- #91: More introduction to philosophy: SkepticisumPanera Bread, Waltham, MA
For August, we are continuing our reading of Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Edward Craig. We are reading Chapter 6, "Of 'isms'", which introduces some other areas of philosophy. To go along with it, we are also reading some of the work on Skepticism written by Sextus Empiricus, around 200 CE. Our main text for that is the book How to Keep an Open Mind: An Ancient Guide to Thinking Like a Skeptic as selected and translated by Richard Bett. Alternatively, an older translation is available at the Internet Archive.
Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction is available in many libraries and bookstores and easily purchased online. How to Keep an Open Mind is harder to find in libraries, but also easy to get online.
- #91: More introduction to philosophy: details TBAPanera Bread, Waltham, MA
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For September, we are continuing our reading of Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Edward Craig. This month, we are studying Chapter 7, "Some more highlights: a personal selection'", which introduces some other areas of philosophy.Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction is available in many libraries and bookstores and easily purchased online. How to Keep an Open Mind is harder to find in libraries, but also easy to get online.
