Philosophers Corner

AMOR FATI

*Well met wisdom seeker, this is a new meeting down in the Southern Suburbs and will be an ongoing discussion on a approximately fortnightly schedule, please read the description at the end to see if this meets what your are looking for. If you have any questions please shoot me a message or ring me on 0437 522 792 :)*

Amor Fati
“I want to learn more and more to see as beautiful what is necessary in things; then I shall be one of those who make things beautiful. Amor fati: let that be my love henceforth! I do not want to wage war against what is ugly. I do not want to accuse; I do not even want to accuse those who accuse. Looking away shall be my only negation. And all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer.”

"A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown in it ...... Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it, ... but love it."
— Friedrich Nietzsche

"To love ones fate" or "Amor Fati" is a mindset at the heart of stoic philosophy, this group is about the exploration of stoic philosophy and how they apply to life in a realistic way and how we can apply them in a meaningful way.

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth"
Mike Tyson

No philosophy should be accepted on face value, and to this point the theme of this group is to go deeply into the practice of stoicism and other philosophies and apply them in a candid way to real and hypothetical life situations and discuss in a robust way the pro's and con's of them and how we can take the gold of what is ancient wisdom and apply it to the modern world.

***Please note, the intention of this group is to have deep, challenging and candid discussions, if you are interested in committing to a long term form of discussion and are comfortable challenging your own belief systems, this group is for you***

Amor Fati

Steven Archer
0437 522 792
steve@philosopherscorner.com.au

p.s the format of the discussion will be a definite theme first discussed informally and then more formally after dinner(if a dinner meeting).

"Meaning Making - We've Angered the Gods!"

Since the dawn of time, or perhaps since when humans first were blessed/cursed with consciousness we have been driven by some force to create meaning out of, or for our existence.

"What is the meaning of life?"
"Why is the sky blue?"
"Why is Karen like she is?"

often creating meaning where perhaps there is none or from very little evidence,

"Its like that because the southern wind was blowing!"
"It was the full moon!"
"We've angered the Gods!"

On the other side of this, we have come a long way in unlocking a lot of the secrets of the universe and the understanding of it to become a very sophisticated race of beings, and on the surface of it the most sophisticated in the history of our planet.

However we are still prone to hallucination of meaning, easily let and susceptible being led down the proverbial garden path against our best interests or hold onto meaning which on the face of it is against the reality of the situation and against overwhelming evidence to the contrary!

What is this propensity to make meaning?
How does it work?
What is the function that it fulfils in humans to the point of necessity?
Why are we both fools and genius's at the same time?

If your interested in discussing how humans make meaning and build belief systems and what it "means" for humankind past, present and future come along on Wednesday the 3rd of September for what is always an engaging, fun and deep discussion.

I look forward to seeing you and sharing your wisdom as we explore this interesting subject.

Steve :)

If you have any questions or could use some guidance getting there please feel free to ring me on 0437 522 792