What we’re about
A group for those with open minds who are interested in reading, discussing, and applying works of philosophy.
This group would meet to discuss works of philosophy, but just as importantly would assist each other in working through passages. We would help each other read philosophical texts, in the process becoming more adept readers and thinkers.
Discussion would focus on the texts but also equally on application of the ideas. In other words, doing philosophy in addition to consuming it. Philosophy is a practice.
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See all- Socrates, Sophistry, and AristophanesPanera Bread, Raleigh, NC
Our discussion of Cartesian rationalism stoked some interest in reading some other models of philosophical reasoning and intellectual activity. For that we read two books.
The first is a set of two very accessible Platonic dialogues:
Plato Protagoras and Meno
In which Socrates matches wits with the sophist, Protagoras of Abdera, (Protagoras) and another in which Socrates explores what means to be a good person (Meno).
We will also read a bit of literature in:
Aristophanes The Clouds
In which the intellectual fashions of the time (sophistry, notably) are lampooned.
