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See all- Plutarch Parallel Lives: Pompey the GreatLink visible for attendees
Look out everyone big shot are on the horizon starting this week with the life of Pompey the Great followed by Alexander the Great and Caesar.
Pompey played a significant role in the transformation of Rome from republic to empire. Early in his career, he was a partisan and protégé of the Roman general and dictator Sulla; later, he became the political ally, and finally the enemy, of Julius Caesar.This is a reading group in which we read from Plutarch's Parallel Lives about the virtues and faults of great leaders from ancient Greece and Rome. At the end of each life, we rate them for their leadership quality, virtues, entertaining reading, and legacy.
For our leader scoreboard, check out this Google doc:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K66HPHPO_elctuHjCLAWnv5w_3HCY8YbxEK4SgCa_Gg/edit#gid=0I'll be reading from Loeb Classical Library Edition which can be found here:
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Pompey*.htmlor in print:
https://www.amazon.com/Plutarchs-Lives-Modern-Library-Classics/dp/0375756760
Generally, any edition will do.
For questions please send me a message or post to meetup.
Zita - Immanuel Kant - Critique of Pure ReasonLink visible for attendees
Hello!
Join us for a close reading of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, one of the most influential works in Western philosophy. Every two weeks, we will progress through the Critique, exploring its profound insights. Kant's work challenges us to rethink the nature of reality and our ability to comprehend it, laying the foundation for modern philosophy. Each session will deepen our appreciation for this masterpiece, which has shaped centuries of philosophical thought and continues to be essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the profound questions of existence.
How to Participate:
We will open each section with an overview by one of the hosts, then after the overview we will break into three groups:
- Close Reading: People who have completed the reading and are selected to join for a a close reading where each comment made by a participant should be related to a specific B-number from the Kant reading. Attendees in the group must have their cameras on too.
- Exploratory Discussion: If you've completed the reading and prefer a casual conversation about the general concepts you may join this group.
- Observational Discussion: If you didn't do the reading but watched the presenter overview you are welcome to join the observational discussion to talk about these concepts.
📅 Schedule Overview:
The schedule may change as we progress we will keep attendees updated if we need to take time off or move dates / times. But please see link below for readings to read in advance:
🔗 Click Here for Information on Assigned Readings.✏️ Study Notes:
Here is another link with my study notes folder that may help:
Link to Ryan's Study Notes Folder📚 Editions / Translations
Please choose a translation that works for you, I recommend the Cambridge edition of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Note, we will be reading the second edition and not reading the first edition. The Cambridge version I have recommended contains both the first and second edition, we will skip over the first edition and read only the second edition. If you have the means please buy a copy of the text to support the owners of this material. If you do not have the means then there are free versions available online of questionable origin, such as:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BBiQbqv4EJOlYaLvuk0GVxfKy4G2m5uS/view?usp=sharing👥 Event Details: Open to all! Visit our FAQ section for more about our group and meeting format.
📬 Contact Us: Have questions or want to give feedback? Reach out to us via our meetup page.
We're thrilled to embark on this journey of discovery and philosophical inquiry with you. Let's deepen our understanding of Kant's thought together!
Best Regards,
Ryan - Kant's Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics Week 2Olympic Towers Atrium, New York, NY
We will read Immanuel Kant's Prolegomena To Any Future Metaphysics over five weeks. Written two years after The Critique of Pure Reason, the Prolegomena serves as a summary of the arguments in his longer work, with some new arguments given. The main question in this work is whether metaphysics is at all possible? Can it be anything like a science? Along the way he examines how pure mathematics and the science of nature is possible and uses these investigations to draw similarities and differences with metaphysics. For those interested in reading the Critique of Pure Reason, this work serves as a good primer before diving into all of the details of Kant's longer work. In the end he summarizes by giving his answer as to how metaphysics is possible. I will be reading this copy here and you can find a free copy here. For the second week we will read the First Part Of The Transcendental Problem.
Participants should read the entire reading before attending this in person meeting. We follow a mindful conversation approach, details on this along with a general FAQ on how we run the meetup can be found here.
For questions please send me a message or post to meetup.
Best,
Brian
- Acid Horizon presents Acephale NYC in conversation with Stuart KendallPublic Records , Kings County, NY
Join us for live event, an afternoon of mind invigorating philosophical/political conversation.
Acid Horizon returns to Brooklyn for a conversation with Stuart Kendall a historian of thought and media and design theorist his books include "The Ends of Art and Design", "Georges Bataille: a biography", "Gilgamesh", and many edited and translated volumes.Acid Horizon is a philosophy and theory podcast born during the global Coronavirus lockdowns in Spring of 2020. An unexpected rupture in the order of things brought together the podcast’s vast network of members and supporters. The aim of the collective is to organize a global cohort of friends and comrades engaged in immersive philosophical research and local political action. Acid Horizon joins us in-person for Durations’ first ever lecture program.
Location: Public Records, 233 Butler Street, Brooklyn, NY
(Boerum Hill)Reserve your spot here
Tickets are $15.45
If you intend to come please also register on Meetup so we can find each other.
