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See all- Nietzsche at Night - A Twilight Reading of Twilight of the IdolsTalea Brewery, Kings County, NY
Hi folks!
In an effort to mix things up and start a separate series from the spiritual, traditionalist, reactionary one we've been navigating on Sundays, I figured it would be a fun exercise to drink a few coldies and dig through the oeuvre of der Antichrist himself, Friedrich Nietzsche. I don't reckon he needs an introduction, so moving along.
We'll be starting with his 1888 text Twilight of the Idols and reading the thing in its entirety. So, depending on your copy and translation, it should be around 100ish pages. It's nearly a month away - we got this.
I'll be reading the Penguin Classics edition, translated by R. J. Hollingdale, available here.
It's also available here as a free PDF.
Depending on how this initial group goes, Nietzsche's The Anti-Christ will be the second reading in this series, so we'll be able to use the same copy for both meet-ups.As always, if you're unable to complete the book prior to our meeting, no worries - we're just happy to have you and welcome whatever insights, critiques, questions, etc., you may have based on what you were able to read.
We will be meeting at TALEA Beer Co.'s Taproom in Williamsburg (87 Richardson Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211 - next to McCarren Park). This will be my first event here but there are plenty of picnic-style tables that should work well for our purposes. I'll let everyone know where to find us on the day of the discussion.
As always, this group is open to newcomers to Nietzsche, novices of philosophy, ragamuffins, ne'er-do-wells, urchins of all sorts, etc. However, given that this is at a brewery, it must be said - be cool and respectful. Please and thanks.
Alright, looking forward to it and reach out to me with any questions in the meantime.
See y'all then!
- Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind- Shunryu Suzuki (Book Discussion) -week 3Pier 57, New York, NY
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few." So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. In the fifty years since its original publication, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind has become one of the great modern spiritual classics, much beloved, much reread, and much recommended as the best first book to read on Zen. Suzuki Roshi presents the basics--from the details of posture and breathing in zazen to the perception of nonduality--in a way that is not only remarkably clear, but that also resonates with the joy of insight from the first to the last page.
Join us to discuss this classic book over the course of 3-weeks!
Week 3 Sat 6/28 10am-11:30am
Reading for Week 3
Part 3 (roughly 30 pages)Physical copy available here
Free PDF available hereWe follow a mindful conversation approach, details on this along with a general FAQ on how we run the meetup can be found here.
Reading is required to participate in the discussion, but not required to attend.Can't wait discuss these ideas with all of you!
-Zach - Simulacra and Simulation (Baudrillard)Fort Greene Park Prison Ship Martyrs’s Monument , Brooklyn , NY
Join us at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn to discuss French theorist Jean Baudrillard's 1981 treatise on reality, symbols, and society.
Reading for this meeting: The Precession of Simulacra (pg. 1–40 in UMich Press edition)
Full text PDF here.
Let's meet at the big column in the center of the park. Message or comment here if you need help finding us!
- Plutarch Parallel Lives: Anthony Part 1/2Link visible for attendees
We are going to read this life in 2 parts.
Fir this week please read sections 1 - 43 (section in which the soldiers of Anthony started calling him Imperator)Mark Antony (83 BC – 30 BC), also known as Marcus Antonius, was a prominent Roman general and politician who played a key role in the transition from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. He served as a lieutenant to Julius Caesar and later became a Triumvir alongside Octavian and Lepidus after Caesar's assassination. His life was marked by political maneuvering, military campaigns, and a famous love affair with Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
We will be referencing this reading
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Antony*.htmlHowever any other version works as well.
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=0For questions please send me a message or post to meetup.
Zita
