What is Enough? - Practical philosophy club Stockholm 🇸🇪
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Hello!
This week on Thursday, we will discuss - What is Enough?
In philosophy, "enough" is the concept of sufficiency—the boundary between lacking what is necessary and the excess of "more". It represents an equilibrium between striving for progress and finding contentment in the present moment. Lets explore the balance between fundamental human needs against the psychological urge for 'more'.
A few jump-off points:
1. What does 'enough' mean for you?
2. At what point does material accumulation begin to detract from, rather than add to, your quality of life?
3. Does excess (across emotions, money, material posessions etc) always lead to harm?
4. Is it possible to always be content? What drives contentment?
5. Is the drive to accumulate more an inbuilt part of human wiring, or a learnt behaviour? What makes you think this?
6. If humanity universally accepted an "enough," would society stagnate, or would it finally mature? What would this look like?
7. Is the refusal to settle a sign of psychological insecurity, or is it the highest expression of human potential and curiosity?
8. Did the invention of surplus (ie. The Industrial Revolution) liberate human consciousness to pursue higher philosophy, or did it permanently trap us in a cycle of artificial desires that nature never intended?
9. Was the ancient philosophical focus on self-restraint (ie. Epicurus and Laozi) a profound spiritual truth, or was it simply a coping mechanism for living in a brutal world where material growth was impossible?
10. If modern capitalism requires perpetual consumer dissatisfaction to function and innovate, is our individual peace of mind fundamentally incompatible with societal economic health?
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Practical Philosophy is a weekly meet-up that brings critical thinkers together for an opportunity to dive deep on a topic, practice communicating, and building a community. All with no ‘official’ philosophy knowledge required! 😎
Practical Philosophy is based on the idea that philosophy should be accessible to all, and not something reserved only for academics. Each week we choose a topic, and the goal is to use the conversation to develop our critical thinking and communication as we explore that topic.
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Each week, we pick one topic and discuss it. The topic for the week is shared, generally in the Whatsapp groups,
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along with jump-off points to get the conversation going.
When groups get bigger than 7-8 people, it’s important that we break into smaller groups. This way we are able to maintain a conversational flow as opposed to having our meetups feel like a discourse or lecture.