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
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#93: More introduction to philosophy & selections from Nietzsche's Ecce Homo
Panera Bread, 1030 Main St Unit 15, Waltham, MA, USThe reading for October has two parts:
- Continuing our series from Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, we're looking the part of Chapter 7 about Friedrich Nietzsche
- Selections from Nietzsche’s book Ecce Homo:
- Preface
- Why I Am So Wise
- Why I Am So Clever
- Why I Write Such Good Books
We use Amazon links for reference, but recommend using a library or purchasing from an independing booksore.
The recommended translation is
Ecce Home, trans. Duncan Large (Oxford)
https://www.amazon.com/Ecce-Homo-Becomes-Oxford-Classics/dp/0199552568/A reasonable alternative is:
Ecce Homo, trans. Hollingdale (Penguin)
https://www.amazon.com/Ecce-Homo-Becomes-Revised-Classics/dp/0140445153There’s also an older (mid-century) translation by Walter Kaufmann, which might be easier to find in libraries. The one by Large is still recommended.
There are also older ones in the public domain that can be found online. The language in those can be a little harder to follow.
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