BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Meetup//Meetup Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH NAME:NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community X-WR-CALNAME:NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316519079@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261030T021233Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T143000 SUMMARY:Macbeth by William Shakespeare (a Halloween reading!) DESCRIPTION:NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community\nOne of Shakes peare's most powerful tragedies\, Macbeth tells the story of a celebrated Scottish general whose encounter with three mysterious witches sets him on a path of ambition\, murder\, and tyranny. Haunted by prophecy and driven by his own desires\, and those of Lady Macbeth\, he sacrifices honor\, fr iendship\, and ultimately his humanity in pursuit of power. Exploring ambi tion\, fate\, guilt\, conscience\, and corruption\,\n\n**Join us to discus s this classic play!**\n\n**Required Reading**\nWhole play (about 100 page s)\n\nI will be using the paperback available [here](https://www.amazon.co m/Macbeth-No-Fear-Shakespeare-William/dp/1586638467/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2I1OYQ Z83A7KU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tGS_bKB-tW36_vJoQPqLik9sSrQPLt7zm3T1c7LpghHabnAE9 m80-Q5XoLCFNA4Spo1WFYwwuCLY59KXLV8X69LEqFr9Ynat9EclOsod3gAr_9TarjcSE8fRT2R xlsFJvgQkO8mqK06kWgkCMdgURLHaWyR788JZif-PAq6gODQcskOeRDCK4KaI1UW8iHf2-O92S tD0NtP1Osp0OrwZHxGVXbdOKSKffsCnR5KNPWQ.eUZzOqTe8xJQnsBMd_hqk_De9YDWJMo0STr WK10EnYI&dib_tag=se&keywords=no+fear+shakespeare+macbeth&qid=1790007534&sp refix=no+fear+shakespeare+macbeth%2Caps%2C151&sr=8-1)\nfree pdf download [ here](https://annas-archive.gl/md5/0ca664c61385ef047b2f457e5b09b1ab?&check =1). Click the first slow download option. (If you don't want pdf\, just s earch the format you would like. Mobi for kindle or epub for other devices )\n\n**Rules for Our Group**\n**1\\. Be Courteous**\nRespectful disagreeme nt is totally acceptable\; Condescension is not.\n**2\\. Be Concise**\nKee p comments brief\, on topic\, and allow space for others to join in.\n**3\ \. Do the Reading**\nIf you have not done the reading for the week you are welcome to attend and *listen* to the discussion\, but out of respect for those who have read\, you will not be permitted to participate in the dis cussion.\n\nFinally\, **Please update your RSVP if you are no longer able to attend the event.**\n\n* inaccurate RSVPs make it difficult for coordin ators to plan successful events\n* inaccurate RSVPs prevent waitlisted ind ividuals from attending\n\n\\*Multiple no shows may result in losing RSVP privileges for future events.\n\nFor more info and FAQ on the group click here.\n\nCan't wait to discuss these ideas with all of you!\n-Zach URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/316519079/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260911T215242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T215242Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_317146656@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261030T021233Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T180000 SUMMARY:Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (week 4) DESCRIPTION:NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community\nJoin us for w eekly discussions of G. W. F. Hegel's 1807 dialectical quest through consc iousness and subjectivity to reason and absolute knowledge\, *The Phenomen ology of Spirit*.\n\n**Required reading for this meeting: B. Self Consciou sness - IV. Independence & Dependence of Self-Consciousness: Lordship & Bo ndage (Pages 111-119) - A.V. Miller edition**\n\nI plan to use the A.V. Mi ller edition though you can use a different edition. A digital pdf can be found here: [https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ge org-w.-f.-hegel-phenomenology-of-spirit-a.-v.-miller-translation.pdf](http s://cominsitu.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/georg-w.-f.-hegel-p henomenology-of-spirit-a.-v.-miller-translation.pdf)\n\nThis week’s read ing will be on the lighter side to give people a chance to reread the earl ier sections in tandem with this week’s selection.\n\nThe Phenomenology is a difficult text and I highly recommend to read along side Hegel (thoug h not required) the accessible secondary lit\, “The Logic of Desire” b y Peter Kavage. It can be found here:\n[https://a.co/d/02jcheHr](https://a .co/d/02jcheHr)\n\nWe'll be meeting at the 180 Maiden Lane Public Atrium o n the ground floor of the building downtown. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/317146656/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261026T153524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261026T153524Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_317148546@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261030T021233Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T203000 SUMMARY:Reading "Paradise Lost" DESCRIPTION:NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community\nJoin our frie ndly and enthusiastic group of readers as we enjoy reading and discussing *Paradise Lost*. Our group has been meeting for over three years\, explori ng such works as *Don Quixote*\, *The Divine Comedy*\, *The Aeneid*\, *Can dide*\, a selection of stories and essays by Jorge Luis Borges\, *The Cant erbury Tales\,* and most recently\, Mary Shelley's *Frankenstein*. We meet via Zoom on Sunday nights from 7-8:30 p.m. EDT.\n\nOur reading schedule h as yet to be finalized\, but for this Sunday\, November 1\, we will be rea ding and discussing Book I. Depending on how we progress\, we may divide c ertain books up into two parts rather than attempting to cover an entire b ook in a single week. During this first week\, in particular\, we will cer tainly be spending some time talking about the background and context of M ilton's great work\, including and especially details of his biography. We are very focused on close reading\, and also enjoy bringing a variety of secondary sources to our discussions. These secondary sources are shared d uring our sessions\, and also via email.\n\n**This group is organized thro ugh a email distribution list.**\n\\*\\*\\*If you are interested in joinin g us\, please email me: [nagold@yahoo.com](http://nagold@yahoo.com%2A%2A%2 A/)\n\nPlease be aware that we often email each other during the week to o ffer information about secondary sources\, and to talk about ideas and tho ughts we've had.\n\n## URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/317148546/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261026T173320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261026T173320Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_317184133@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261030T021233Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T210000 SUMMARY:A Thousand Plateaus Reading Group\, week 5 DESCRIPTION:NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community\nWe will be re ading Gille Deleuze and Felix Guatarri's *A Thousand Plateaus* in it's ent irety. Meetings will be virtual via Discord (you will get the link when RS VP'd)\, and will meet for one and a half hours.\n\nReadings for each week will be short but *dense*. We will be reading **Plateau 2\, starting from pg. 29-38.**\nhttps://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf\n **Additionally\, we will be reading "The Unconscious" by Sigmund Freud:**\ nhttps://web.english.upenn.edu/\\~cavitch/pdf-library/Freud_Unconscious.pd f\n\nWe ask that people come with a respectful\, open mind for discussion and commit to reading the text carefully\, so we can have the best convers ation possible.\n\nPlease let me know if you are having difficulties joini ng discord\, or want a walkthrough on how to do that! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/317184133/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261029T011137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261029T011137Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_315430325@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261030T021233Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T213000 SUMMARY:Homer’s Iliad: A Slow Reading and Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community\nHi Folks\,\n\ nPlease join to watch our panelists discuss Homer's Iliad. Note\, there is no way to participate or interact in this\, it is a live view-only webina r where you can watch pre-selected panelists discuss the reading.\n\n### * *📖 About Homer's Iliad**\n\nComposed nearly three thousand years ago\, the *Iliad* remains astonishingly relevant. Through the story of Achilles and the Trojan War\, Homer explores enduring questions about anger\, honor \, friendship\, mortality\, leadership\, suffering\, and the search for me aning in the face of death.\n\nThe poem is incredibly important as:\n\n* T he starting point of the Western literary tradition and the most influenti al epic ever written\n* A timeless meditation on glory\, suffering\, morta lity\, and what it means to live a meaningful human life\n* A source of in spiration for countless writers and thinkers\, from the tragedians of anci ent Greece to modern philosophers and novelists\n\nAlthough the poem is se t during the Trojan War\, it is not primarily about battles. Rather\, it i s a study of human character under extreme circumstances. Homer examines h ow individuals respond to loss\, ambition\, loyalty\, grief\, and fate. Th e result is a work that continues to speak powerfully across cultures and centuries.\n\n### **📖 About The Panelists**\n\nPanelists were selected via an application process before the start of this reading series. Select ion was based on their academic background\, articulation skills and willi ngness to commit to the reading. If you want to join the panel mid-way you can still apply here:\n[https://forms.gle/cX6Ct1Txnkg3hSzy5](https://form s.gle/cX6Ct1Txnkg3hSzy5)\n\nIt will take me a week or so to reach out to y ou and meet you to see if you are a good fit for the Panel. If you do join \, you'll need to catch up on the reading and commit to joining each week. \n\n### **📖 Participation**\n\nThis event will combine a slow reading o f the text with a recurring panel discussion.\nEach week for 24 weeks\, pa rticipants will read approximately one book of the *Iliad* (roughly 20–3 0 pages). During the meeting\, the panel of readers will discuss the assig ned text.\nAudience members can observe via Zoom Webinar. Audience members cannot interact or participate other than viewing the webinar.\n\n### ** 📚 Reading Schedule**\n\nPanelists will read the text slowly and careful ly\, approximately one book per week\, over roughly six months. This isn't a live reading\, the panelists will need to read in advance. Panelists wi ll spend about an hour per week completing the reading in advance of each discussion.\nI will be using Robert Fagles’ translation of the *Iliad* ( Penguin Classics)\, with Bernard Knox’s introduction and notes. You can read any translation you like\, it may be fun to have differing versions. A [reading schedule is here](https://drive.proton.me/urls/RRP0FQQ5H8#X6psC eicm6gF).\n\n### **📬 Contact**\n\nHave questions or feedback? Feel free to send me a Meetup message.\n\nKind Regards\,\nRyan URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/315430325/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260626T171004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260626T171004Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316518608@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261030T021233Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T143000 SUMMARY:Hamlet by William Shakespeare (week 1) DESCRIPTION:NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community\n*Hamlet* is S hakespeare's most popular\, and most puzzling\, play. It follows the form of a "revenge tragedy\," in which the hero\, Hamlet\, seeks vengeance agai nst his father's murderer\, his uncle Claudius\, now the king of Denmark. Much of its fascination\, however\, lies in its uncertainties. Among them: What is the Ghost--Hamlet's father demanding justice\, a tempting demon\, an angelic messenger? Does Hamlet go mad\, or merely pretend to? Once he is sure that Claudius is a murderer\, why does he not act? Was his mother\ , Gertrude\, unfaithful to her husband or complicit in his murder?\n\n**Jo in us to discuss this classic play over 2 weeks!**\nweek 1 Saturday 11/7 @ 12:30pm Seahorse Room\nweek 2 Saturday 11/14 @12:30pm Seahorse Room\n\n**R equired Reading**\nActs 1-3 (about 100 pages)\n\nI will be using the paper back available [here](https://www.amazon.com/Hamlet-Fear-Shakespeare-Delux e-Student/dp/1411479645/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZS8BYAIASTCV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Ei8w u8Tr1DpKWhOmqrFof9gkhzTfyeZkK9Pmo4JiTwHjlMdKCmqJy4IuAAlwH6z6S2lUtghsbYBmqu Biu86i69LEqFr9Ynat9EclOsod3gBkIw_iv4pql4X6Cgs4gYifN4nP9DnYYpdyw-zkYlL2ofaW koF-et6hFb1QCmxzJNrLNtx09ChBxHMZrvomdgfr3dQHXxzsIkKhZtsm2DbLYq6DuezemCmpNO _RI3HYTww.43B918ProWoIlG6iBslHF46WgYX2NO48-jvMw48sCcI&dib_tag=se&keywords= hamlet+no+fear&qid=1790008264&s=books&sprefix=hamlet+no+fea%2Cstripbooks%2 C174&sr=1-1)\nfree pdf download [here](https://annas-archive.gl/md5/6d5089 bd25dfbb4143e7318a2be44c4f?&check=1) . Click the first slow download optio n. (If you don't want pdf\, just search the format you would like. Mobi fo r kindle or epub for other devices)\n\n**Rules for Our Group**\n**1\\. Be Courteous**\nRespectful disagreement is totally acceptable\; Condescension is not.\n**2\\. Be Concise**\nKeep comments brief\, on topic\, and allow space for others to join in.\n**3\\. Do the Reading**\nIf you have not don e the reading for the week you are welcome to attend and *listen* to the d iscussion\, but out of respect for those who have read\, you will not be p ermitted to participate in the discussion.\n\nFinally\, **Please update yo ur RSVP if you are no longer able to attend the event.**\n\n* inaccurate R SVPs make it difficult for coordinators to plan successful events\n* inacc urate RSVPs prevent waitlisted individuals from attending\n\n\\*Multiple n o shows may result in losing RSVP privileges for future events.\n\nFor mor e info and FAQ on the group click here.\n\nCan't wait to discuss these ide as with all of you!\n-Zach URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/316518608/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260911T205943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T205943Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_315430328@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261030T021233Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T213000 SUMMARY:Homer’s Iliad: A Slow Reading and Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community\nHi Folks\,\n\ nPlease join to watch our panelists discuss Homer's Iliad. Note\, there is no way to participate or interact in this\, it is a live view-only webina r where you can watch pre-selected panelists discuss the reading.\n\n### * *📖 About Homer's Iliad**\n\nComposed nearly three thousand years ago\, the *Iliad* remains astonishingly relevant. Through the story of Achilles and the Trojan War\, Homer explores enduring questions about anger\, honor \, friendship\, mortality\, leadership\, suffering\, and the search for me aning in the face of death.\n\nThe poem is incredibly important as:\n\n* T he starting point of the Western literary tradition and the most influenti al epic ever written\n* A timeless meditation on glory\, suffering\, morta lity\, and what it means to live a meaningful human life\n* A source of in spiration for countless writers and thinkers\, from the tragedians of anci ent Greece to modern philosophers and novelists\n\nAlthough the poem is se t during the Trojan War\, it is not primarily about battles. Rather\, it i s a study of human character under extreme circumstances. Homer examines h ow individuals respond to loss\, ambition\, loyalty\, grief\, and fate. Th e result is a work that continues to speak powerfully across cultures and centuries.\n\n### **📖 About The Panelists**\n\nPanelists were selected via an application process before the start of this reading series. Select ion was based on their academic background\, articulation skills and willi ngness to commit to the reading. If you want to join the panel mid-way you can still apply here:\n[https://forms.gle/cX6Ct1Txnkg3hSzy5](https://form s.gle/cX6Ct1Txnkg3hSzy5)\n\nIt will take me a week or so to reach out to y ou and meet you to see if you are a good fit for the Panel. If you do join \, you'll need to catch up on the reading and commit to joining each week. \n\n### **📖 Participation**\n\nThis event will combine a slow reading o f the text with a recurring panel discussion.\nEach week for 24 weeks\, pa rticipants will read approximately one book of the *Iliad* (roughly 20–3 0 pages). During the meeting\, the panel of readers will discuss the assig ned text.\nAudience members can observe via Zoom Webinar. Audience members cannot interact or participate other than viewing the webinar.\n\n### ** 📚 Reading Schedule**\n\nPanelists will read the text slowly and careful ly\, approximately one book per week\, over roughly six months. This isn't a live reading\, the panelists will need to read in advance. Panelists wi ll spend about an hour per week completing the reading in advance of each discussion.\nI will be using Robert Fagles’ translation of the *Iliad* ( Penguin Classics)\, with Bernard Knox’s introduction and notes. You can read any translation you like\, it may be fun to have differing versions. A [reading schedule is here](https://drive.proton.me/urls/RRP0FQQ5H8#X6psC eicm6gF).\n\n### **📬 Contact**\n\nHave questions or feedback? Feel free to send me a Meetup message.\n\nKind Regards\,\nRyan URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/315430328/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260626T171031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260626T171031Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316826947@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261030T021233Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T143000 SUMMARY:Hamlet by William Shakespeare (week 2) DESCRIPTION:NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community\n*Hamlet* is S hakespeare's most popular\, and most puzzling\, play. It follows the form of a "revenge tragedy\," in which the hero\, Hamlet\, seeks vengeance agai nst his father's murderer\, his uncle Claudius\, now the king of Denmark. Much of its fascination\, however\, lies in its uncertainties. Among them: What is the Ghost--Hamlet's father demanding justice\, a tempting demon\, an angelic messenger? Does Hamlet go mad\, or merely pretend to? Once he is sure that Claudius is a murderer\, why does he not act? Was his mother\ , Gertrude\, unfaithful to her husband or complicit in his murder?\n\n**Jo in us to discuss this classic play over 2 weeks!**\nweek 1 Saturday 11/7 @ 12:30pm Seahorse Room\nweek 2 Saturday 11/14 @12:30pm Seahorse Room\n\n**R equired Reading**\nActs 4-5 (about 90 pages)\n\nI will be using the paperb ack available [here](https://www.amazon.com/Hamlet-Fear-Shakespeare-Deluxe -Student/dp/1411479645/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZS8BYAIASTCV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Ei8wu 8Tr1DpKWhOmqrFof9gkhzTfyeZkK9Pmo4JiTwHjlMdKCmqJy4IuAAlwH6z6S2lUtghsbYBmquB iu86i69LEqFr9Ynat9EclOsod3gBkIw_iv4pql4X6Cgs4gYifN4nP9DnYYpdyw-zkYlL2ofaWk oF-et6hFb1QCmxzJNrLNtx09ChBxHMZrvomdgfr3dQHXxzsIkKhZtsm2DbLYq6DuezemCmpNO_ RI3HYTww.43B918ProWoIlG6iBslHF46WgYX2NO48-jvMw48sCcI&dib_tag=se&keywords=h amlet+no+fear&qid=1790008264&s=books&sprefix=hamlet+no+fea%2Cstripbooks%2C 174&sr=1-1)\nfree pdf download [here](https://annas-archive.gl/md5/6d5089b d25dfbb4143e7318a2be44c4f?&check=1) . Click the first slow download option . (If you don't want pdf\, just search the format you would like. Mobi for kindle or epub for other devices)\n\n**Rules for Our Group**\n**1\\. Be C ourteous**\nRespectful disagreement is totally acceptable\; Condescension is not.\n**2\\. Be Concise**\nKeep comments brief\, on topic\, and allow s pace for others to join in.\n**3\\. Do the Reading**\nIf you have not done the reading for the week you are welcome to attend and *listen* to the di scussion\, but out of respect for those who have read\, you will not be pe rmitted to participate in the discussion.\n\nFinally\, **Please update you r RSVP if you are no longer able to attend the event.**\n\n* inaccurate RS VPs make it difficult for coordinators to plan successful events\n* inaccu rate RSVPs prevent waitlisted individuals from attending\n\n\\*Multiple no shows may result in losing RSVP privileges for future events.\n\nFor more info and FAQ on the group click here.\n\nCan't wait to discuss these idea s with all of you!\n-Zach URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/316826947/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261003T133655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T133655Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_315430330@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261030T021233Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T213000 SUMMARY:Homer’s Iliad: A Slow Reading and Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community\nHi Folks\,\n\ nPlease join to watch our panelists discuss Homer's Iliad. Note\, there is no way to participate or interact in this\, it is a live view-only webina r where you can watch pre-selected panelists discuss the reading.\n\n### * *📖 About Homer's Iliad**\n\nComposed nearly three thousand years ago\, the *Iliad* remains astonishingly relevant. Through the story of Achilles and the Trojan War\, Homer explores enduring questions about anger\, honor \, friendship\, mortality\, leadership\, suffering\, and the search for me aning in the face of death.\n\nThe poem is incredibly important as:\n\n* T he starting point of the Western literary tradition and the most influenti al epic ever written\n* A timeless meditation on glory\, suffering\, morta lity\, and what it means to live a meaningful human life\n* A source of in spiration for countless writers and thinkers\, from the tragedians of anci ent Greece to modern philosophers and novelists\n\nAlthough the poem is se t during the Trojan War\, it is not primarily about battles. Rather\, it i s a study of human character under extreme circumstances. Homer examines h ow individuals respond to loss\, ambition\, loyalty\, grief\, and fate. Th e result is a work that continues to speak powerfully across cultures and centuries.\n\n### **📖 About The Panelists**\n\nPanelists were selected via an application process before the start of this reading series. Select ion was based on their academic background\, articulation skills and willi ngness to commit to the reading. If you want to join the panel mid-way you can still apply here:\n[https://forms.gle/cX6Ct1Txnkg3hSzy5](https://form s.gle/cX6Ct1Txnkg3hSzy5)\n\nIt will take me a week or so to reach out to y ou and meet you to see if you are a good fit for the Panel. If you do join \, you'll need to catch up on the reading and commit to joining each week. \n\n### **📖 Participation**\n\nThis event will combine a slow reading o f the text with a recurring panel discussion.\nEach week for 24 weeks\, pa rticipants will read approximately one book of the *Iliad* (roughly 20–3 0 pages). During the meeting\, the panel of readers will discuss the assig ned text.\nAudience members can observe via Zoom Webinar. Audience members cannot interact or participate other than viewing the webinar.\n\n### ** 📚 Reading Schedule**\n\nPanelists will read the text slowly and careful ly\, approximately one book per week\, over roughly six months. This isn't a live reading\, the panelists will need to read in advance. Panelists wi ll spend about an hour per week completing the reading in advance of each discussion.\nI will be using Robert Fagles’ translation of the *Iliad* ( Penguin Classics)\, with Bernard Knox’s introduction and notes. You can read any translation you like\, it may be fun to have differing versions. A [reading schedule is here](https://drive.proton.me/urls/RRP0FQQ5H8#X6psC eicm6gF).\n\n### **📬 Contact**\n\nHave questions or feedback? Feel free to send me a Meetup message.\n\nKind Regards\,\nRyan URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/315430330/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260626T171046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260626T171046Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316212225@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261030T021233Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T143000 SUMMARY:Logic and Conversation by Paul Grice DESCRIPTION:NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community\n*Logic and Co nversation* is Paul Grice’s landmark essay on how communication works be yond the literal meaning of words. Grice argues that successful conversati on depends on an unspoken spirit of cooperation\, guided by conversational principles that allow us to infer what speakers really mean. His influent ial theory of conversational implicature transformed philosophy of languag e\, linguistics\, and cognitive science\, showing that much of everyday co mmunication relies not on what is explicitly said\, but on what is implied .\n\n**Join us to discuss this classic essay!**\n\n**Required Reading**\nW hole essay (about 18 pages) \\*short page count\, but very dense\\*\n\nfre e pdf download [here](https://annas-archive.pk/slow_download/013f90b106e98 edf2144774da5a016f7/0/0). Click the first slow downloads option. (If you d on't want pdf\, just search the format you would like. Mobi for kindle or epub for other devices)\n\n**Rules for Our Group**\n**1\\. Be Courteous**\ nRespectful disagreement is totally acceptable\; Condescension is not.\n** 2\\. Be Concise**\nKeep comments brief\, on topic\, and allow space for ot hers to join in.\n**3\\. Do the Reading**\nIf you have not done the readin g for the week you are welcome to attend and *listen* to the discussion\, but out of respect for those who have read\, you will not be permitted to participate in the discussion.\n\nFinally\, **Please update your RSVP if y ou are no longer able to attend the event.**\n\n* inaccurate RSVPs make it difficult for coordinators to plan successful events\n* inaccurate RSVPs prevent waitlisted individuals from attending\n\n\\*Multiple no shows may result in losing RSVP privileges for future events.\n\nFor more info and F AQ on the group click here.\n\nCan't wait to discuss these ideas with all of you!\n-Zach URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/316212225/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260821T132434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T132434Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.meetup.com/reading-philosophy/events/ical/ X-WR-CALNAME:NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community END:VCALENDAR