What we’re about
Here is where we get together to exchange ideas, learn, teach, socialize and enjoy our time spent conversing on life’s matters and humanistic approach to life and living!
where we engage in intellectual conversations, friendly debates and open minded discussions.
We are not afraid of reality; topics s hard to touch, issues sensitive to address!
Where we satisfy the hunger of the brains and hearts! Lets form friendships without borders!
From North America to Europe , Asia, Australia,...! We join together online.
For more excitement Please spread the word and get your friends to join as well!
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We will have a variety of events with creative topics scheduled to satisfy different tastes:
*Philosophy, the ancient game applied to our modern day,
*Science, *Spirituality and meditation, *Psychology, *literature and poetry, *Arts, Music and more.
This is a space to QUESTION & LEARN .
If your beliefs ( in every aspect) can not be questioned and criticized, this is not the right group for you!
Founder director, organizer and moderator;
Fika!
: I am a seasoned moderator with background in literature, find arts, political science & education. Life long explorer of the human experience including but not limited to; philosophy, psychology, history, religion and ..!
*** All meetings would be on Zoom for the time being, with screen shots. When recording meetings you will be informed prior to doing so. All meetings would be moderated***
We will have some in person outings if/when time comes.
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The rules ;
- Respect each other's opinion, rude or hostile behaviour will not be tolerated.
- Respect everyone's privacy and comfort level.
- listen to learn, speak to share but, make sure what you say adds value to the conversation
- be on time
- it’s only polite and mandatory to keep your camera on and have a working mic to engage with everyone in a safe transparent environment, if you have an issue with this please contact me through message board to discuss.
- participate at your own risk
- predatory, threatening or bullying behaviour will result in reporting, blocking and banning and possibly more!
THIS IS NOT A DATING/RELATIONSHIP GROUP. PLEASE DO NOT JOIN WITH SUCH INTENTIONS.
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I (Fika) reserve the rights to admit or reject membership and/or participation requests and/or termination of one.
When meeting in person , only members are allowed to join.
I (Fika) reserve the right of ownership to all material under the group’s umbrella (“Minds&Hearts Without Borders,Int’l”)
\- legalities;
By becoming a member and joining events @ Minds&Hearts Without Borders, Int’l, I hereby grant Fika, “Minds&Hearts Without Borders, Int’l”, and it’s legal representatives and assigns, the irrevocable and unrestricted right to use and publish any and all Zoom recordings for YouTube, trade, advertising and any other commercial purpose, and to alter the same without any restriction. I hereby release Fika, Minds&Hearts Without Borders, Int’l and it’s legal representatives and assigns from all claims and liability related to said video/Audio/photo recordings.
By becoming a member of Minds&Hearts Without Borders, Int’l and registering to its in person and/or online events, you are agreeing to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Founder/owner (Fika) Host(s) and Organizer(s) of this Meetup Group from and against those claims, causes of action, liabilities, cost or expenses, including, legal fees, attributable to bodily injury, death, property damage or other claims which you may incur or which may be asserted against you at these events.
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Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics, Aesthetics, Political Philosophy, and Philosophy of Mind, Existentialism and Phenomenology and ….
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•Online🔴MARATHON Discussions!Variety for the Inquisitive minds from around the globe.
Onlinehttps://www.meetup.com/mindshearts-without-borders/events/tdfdssydcfbqb/
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- Once were introduced, feel free to be on/off
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This Saturday, our Marathon discussion event will concentrate on the above topic however, I will open breakout rooms from the beginning for other proposed topics as well as a social Happy Hour room.
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📌 Meetups very first Marathon Discussions group is five years old with an amazing collection of wonderful attendees!
🔴 Breakout rooms will be provided at the beginning of the event for a variety of topics:- -Applied philosophy
- - Life discussions
- - psychology & Human behaviour
- Politics
- metaphysics
- science , artificial Intelligence & etc.
- Art & Literature
- Happy Hour Room! Meet International friends,
And.. there’s always more.
*SOCIALIZE with INTELLIGENT FRIENDS from AROUND the GLOBE @ our MARATHON SATURDAYS!
Discussions for 10-16 hours✨✨💥
nonestop however, there may be no more new entrees after the first 8 hours. ( 4:00am EST)
If you crave stimulating conversations, discussions, debates, intellectual brainstorming, philosophical pondering, socializing with interesting international friends,**and/or ..**You feel lonely, Are an insomniac,
join us!
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Come and go as you wish.
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•OnlineWhy Emphasize Steadfastness -- Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
OnlineOctober 5 - We are still reading chapter 7 of NE VII, which compares and contrast self-control with steadfastness. Self-control (whether having or lacking) and steadfastness (whether holding or losing) have to do with pleasure and pain--as are all character virtues and vices, but especially and respectively, being moderate and being gluttonous-and-lecherous.
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For example, when a person has acknowledged firmly that he should no longer smoke/vape/drink (or whatever bad habit) but who in that moment of reality days later does the very thing affirmed to be bad, then that is the moment Aristotle calls that person as having a weakness of will--or lacking self-control.
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If that is a lack of self-control, under what scenario should we identify someone as being soft-pampered {malakia}? And under what scenario is someone to be considered as being endurant-steadfast {karteria}? Let's follow Aristotle's train of thought.
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We will read multiple translations starting at 1150a16.
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My summary of chapter 6 on lacking self-control with respect to emotion can be found here to help you catch up to us. https://mega.nz/file/OzYXXCZI#K6p6FHf2ohSrZ5NrMrr-H90w_TLYFng-kYpO4KmcHok Bring your own questions about the text if you are interested in joining this Sunday's meeting.
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We are live-reading and discussing Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, book VII, which is about troubleshooting the virtues of character. We use mainly the English translation by Adam Beresford (Penguin Classics, 2020).
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The prerequisite to this book is our answering for ourselves these questions from the prior books, to which we will briefly review:
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1. What is a virtue of character {ēthikē aretē}?
2. How does one come to acquire it? (E.g. [Aristotle’s], ambition, bravery, gentlemanliness, generosity, candor, …)
3. From a first-person perspective in being virtuous, how does one feel and what does one see (differently, discursively) in a given situation of everyday living?
4. From a third-person perspective, how is the virtuous person (of a specific virtue) to be characterized?
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The project's cloud drive is here, at which you'll find the reading texts, notes, and slideshows.1 attendee
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