Nagel, "The View from Nowhere"

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Come out and join our reading and discussion of Chapter 4 (The Objective Self) of Nagel’s “The View from Nowhere”.

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Attendance is limited to seven persons. This is a function of the limits of the space available, and a desire to nurture effective discussion. Please remember to change your RSVP status if you are unable to attend (things happen, right?)

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The Nagel book is available for download (http://cl.ly/3e1d1R3a2m3b) at a local library (http://www.worldcat.org/title/view-from-nowhere/oclc/12899337&referer=brief_results) or for purchase at amazon. (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195056442?tag=persodetec-20)

Format

After spending some time introducing ourselves, we will go around and open ask for general comments on the reading; then starting with the first section, we will ask which sections (or paragraphs they found interesting/challenging/discreditable…) and read/discuss those portions; finally we will go around once more and ask for closing comments.

A Poem for You

I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
A luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.