Enjoy Philosophy: SHOULD WE COMPROMISE ?

ENJOY PHILOSOPHY MEETS WEEKLY EVERY SUNDAY BETWEEN 11.30 AND 14.30 AT EDUARDO VII PARK, HERE: https://goo.gl/maps/5e3jKFEweXkNvDdK6

ITS THE GARDEN BETWEEN THE “CARLOS LOPES PAVILLION” AND THE “PRAIA NO PARQUE” RESTAURANT AT EDUARDO VII PARK.

THIS IS A GROUP FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN ENJOYING PHILOSOPHY.

NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE IS REQUIRED.

ONLY ETERNAL CURIOSITY AND THE PLEASURE OF KNOWLEDGE.

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We will learn, debate, enjoy and investigate philosophers and diverse themes from the philosophical perspective. Each reunion is structured as a conversation among all attendees about that day s philosopher softly moderated by the organizer. The conversation will kick-off from the very brief suggested reading providing easy access to all attendees both to the philosopher and the conversation.

Let´s be greek and dive today on…

the need to compromise, a process present in almost every moment and every dimension of our lives, when we are permanently negotiating our position in multiple fronts (from politics to work, personal and family relations or the time dedicated to a specific task) the need to negotiate with reality seems permanently present. Those commited to unnegotiable positions are often called extremists or radicals while the tendency to over negotiate seems to often lead to known and unsatisfactory scenarios, in permanent deferral of structural conflict. In the history of philosophy both positions have been held by prominent defenders. And while the negotiating positions tend to outline the undeniable value of consensus and pragmatism, the more uncompromising positions often awake the critical question of the real limits of reality itself, in a word, on what is possible indeed. An answer that can only be truly answered by practically exploring those other more “conflictive”, unknown, uncompromising paths.

Let’s think...