What we’re about
- Welcome! Salt Lake Philosophy Club aims to spread the wonder & wisdom of philosophy to the whole SLC area by regular discussion of philosophical works and topics.
- Roughly every 3 weeks we will meet to freely discuss a philosophical (or philosophy-related) reading which will be chosen & posted beforehand.
- Although actually reading philosophy is a key goal here, we also have occasionally more open meetings for discussing a particular philosophical topic--even drawn from a hat!
- Overall our goal is to understand & appreciate the wonderful world of wild, conflicting thoughts that smart people across all times and places have come up with when facing the Big Questions. Questions like: Who are we? What is the good? What is truth? How ought we to live together? And why is meetup so expensive lately?
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Mishima: Sun and SteelBarnes & Noble Booksellers Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City, UT
Following our voyage into Nietzsche and Plato, let's try something a bit different: Yukio Mishima's "Sun and Steel".
Mishima, one of the most prolific novelists of 20th century Japan, penned this intricate autobiographical essay towards the end of his short life. On the surface, "Sun and Steel" discusses Mishima's relationship with his own body--particularly his struggle to counterbalance the cold, unreal world of "words", in his literary life, with the immediacy of physical life he found through martial arts training and bodybuilding.
In the process, however, Mishima paints out a titanic, even tragic philosophical struggle, as his Nietzschean embrace of the body, change, and self-creation collides with his more Platonic longing for pure, timeless ideals. The conclusion leaves you, literally, up in the air.
A free text of "Sun and Steel" can be found here. Let's try to get about halfway, around page 30. Hope to see you soon!
