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Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (week 6)
Maiden Lane Public Atrium, 180 Maiden Ln, New York, NY 10038, USA, New York, NY, USJoin us for weekly discussions of G. W. F. Hegel's 1807 dialectical quest through consciousness and subjectivity to reason and absolute knowledge, The Phenomenology of Spirit.
Required reading for this meeting: Freedom of Self Consciousness: B. Stoicism, Skepticism, and The Unhappy Consciousness (Pages 119-146) : A.V. Miller edition
I plan to use the A.V. Miller edition though you can use a different edition. A digital pdf can be found here: https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/georg-w.-f.-hegel-phenomenology-of-spirit-a.-v.-miller-translation.pdf
The Phenomenology is a difficult text and I highly recommend to read along side Hegel (though not required) the accessible secondary lit, “The Logic of Desire” by Peter Kavage. It can be found here:
https://a.co/d/02jcheHrWe'll be meeting at the 180 Maiden Lane Public Atrium on the ground floor of the building downtown.
6 attendees
Homer’s Iliad: A Slow Reading and Panel Discussion
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Please join to watch our panelists discuss Homer's Iliad. Note, there is no way to participate or interact in this, it is a live view-only webinar where you can watch pre-selected panelists discuss the reading.
### 📖 About Homer's Iliad
Composed nearly three thousand years ago, the Iliad remains astonishingly relevant. Through the story of Achilles and the Trojan War, Homer explores enduring questions about anger, honor, friendship, mortality, leadership, suffering, and the search for meaning in the face of death.
The poem is incredibly important as:
- The starting point of the Western literary tradition and the most influential epic ever written
- A timeless meditation on glory, suffering, mortality, and what it means to live a meaningful human life
- A source of inspiration for countless writers and thinkers, from the tragedians of ancient Greece to modern philosophers and novelists
Although the poem is set during the Trojan War, it is not primarily about battles. Rather, it is a study of human character under extreme circumstances. Homer examines how individuals respond to loss, ambition, loyalty, grief, and fate. The result is a work that continues to speak powerfully across cultures and centuries.
### 📖 About The Panelists
Panelists were selected via an application process before the start of this reading series. Selection was based on their academic background, articulation skills and willingness to commit to the reading. If you want to join the panel mid-way you can still apply here:
https://forms.gle/cX6Ct1Txnkg3hSzy5It will take me a week or so to reach out to you and meet you to see if you are a good fit for the Panel. If you do join, you'll need to catch up on the reading and commit to joining each week.
### 📖 Participation
This event will combine a slow reading of the text with a recurring panel discussion.
Each week for 24 weeks, participants will read approximately one book of the Iliad (roughly 20–30 pages). During the meeting, the panel of readers will discuss the assigned text.
Audience members can observe via Zoom Webinar. Audience members cannot interact or participate other than viewing the webinar.### 📚 Reading Schedule
Panelists will read the text slowly and carefully, approximately one book per week, over roughly six months. This isn't a live reading, the panelists will need to read in advance. Panelists will spend about an hour per week completing the reading in advance of each discussion.
I will be using Robert Fagles’ translation of the Iliad (Penguin Classics), with Bernard Knox’s introduction and notes. You can read any translation you like, it may be fun to have differing versions. A reading schedule is here.### 📬 Contact
Have questions or feedback? Feel free to send me a Meetup message.
Kind Regards,
Ryan11 attendees
Logic and Conversation by Paul Grice
Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY, USLogic and Conversation is Paul Grice’s landmark essay on how communication works beyond the literal meaning of words. Grice argues that successful conversation depends on an unspoken spirit of cooperation, guided by conversational principles that allow us to infer what speakers really mean. His influential theory of conversational implicature transformed philosophy of language, linguistics, and cognitive science, showing that much of everyday communication relies not on what is explicitly said, but on what is implied.
Join us to discuss this classic essay!
Required Reading
Whole essay (about 18 pages) *short page count, but very dense*free pdf download here. Click the first slow downloads option. (If you don't want pdf, just search the format you would like. Mobi for kindle or epub for other devices)
Rules for Our Group
1. Be Courteous
Respectful disagreement is totally acceptable; Condescension is not.
2. Be Concise
Keep comments brief, on topic, and allow space for others to join in.
3. Do the Reading
If you have not done the reading for the week you are welcome to attend and listen to the discussion, but out of respect for those who have read, you will not be permitted to participate in the discussion.Finally, Please update your RSVP if you are no longer able to attend the event.
- inaccurate RSVPs make it difficult for coordinators to plan successful events
- inaccurate RSVPs prevent waitlisted individuals from attending
*Multiple no shows may result in losing RSVP privileges for future events.
For more info and FAQ on the group click here.
Can't wait to discuss these ideas with all of you!
-Zach35 attendees
The Blue & Brown Books by Ludwig Wittgenstein (week 1)
Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY, USThese works are unfinished sketches for "Philosophical Investigations", which became one of the most important and influential philosophical works of modern times. The Blue Book is a set of notes dictated to Wittgenstein's Cambridge students in 1933-1934: The Brown Book was a draft for what eventually became the first part of Philosophical Investigations. Together these sketches offer an excellent introduction to Wittgenstein’s philosophy due to their more accessible and conversational style.
Join us to discuss these classic books over the course of 4-weeks!
Week 1 Sat 11/28 @12:30pm Daffodil room inside Pier 57
Week 2 Sat 12/5 @12:30pm Seahorse room inside Pier 57
Week 3 Sat 12/12 @12:30pm Seahorse room inside Pier 57
Week 4 Sat 12/19 @12:30pm Seahorse room inside Pier 57Required Reading
Pages 1–46 Stop at the sentence "There is a temptation for me..."Note about the reading: We've opted to divide the reading load evenly over the 4-weeks instead of having an incredibly lopsided reading load from week to week. This causes some awkward stopping places. Please refer to the page numbers in the Harper edition listed below.
I will be reading the paperback available here
free pdf download here. Click the first slow downloads option. (If you don't want pdf, just search the format you would like. Mobi for kindle or epub for other devices)Rules for Our Group
1. Be Courteous
Respectful disagreement is totally acceptable; Condescension is not.
2. Be Concise
Keep comments brief, on topic, and allow space for others to join in.
3. Do the Reading
If you have not done the reading for the week you are welcome to attend and listen to the discussion, but out of respect for those who have read, you will not be permitted to participate in the discussion.Finally, Please update your RSVP if you are no longer able to attend the event.
- inaccurate RSVPs make it difficult for coordinators to plan successful events
- inaccurate RSVPs prevent waitlisted individuals from attending
*Multiple no shows may result in losing RSVP privileges for future events.
For more info and FAQ on the group click here.
Can't wait to discuss these ideas with all of you!
-Zach18 attendees
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