How to Read a Poem: III. Sympathy

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Henry Oliver is a literature blogger at The Common Reader. This salon will guide through some of the great English language poems and show you how to understand their nuances and niceties. The final session is about sympathy in poetry, focusing on observation. We will do a close reading of 'Filling Station' by Elizabeth Bishop, looking at…

$20.00

The Beginning of Infinity: Rational Democracy

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Join Phil Filippak for the next episode of a series about critical rationalism and major ideas from David Deutsch’s book The Beginning of Infinity. We'll discuss rationality and democracy! Critical rationalism and a properly built democracy have more in common than one can guess at first sight. Better voting systems are a product of knowledge creation, only constrained…

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A Simple Path to Clarity: Epictetus’s Handbook

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Join Topi Heikkerö for reflections on the central insights of Stoicism. Epictetus’s Handbook (Enchridion) takes us to the pivot of a good life. Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor, learned his Stoicism from Epictetus, a former slave. Paradoxical perhaps, but wisdom doesn’t depend on one’s station in life. We shall discuss the Handbook, a short collection…

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The Beginning of Infinity: Objective Beauty

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Join Phil Filippak for the next episode of a series about critical rationalism and major ideas from David Deutsch’s book The Beginning of Infinity. We’ll discuss beauty and its objectivity! Is it possible that all beauty is subject to yet unknown but stringent laws? May all paintings and sculptures and songs be described by some complicated but precise…

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Introduction to Non-Dual Insight: The Poem ‘Faith in Mind’

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Join Topi Heikkerö to explore one of the first Ch’an (Zen) Buddhist poems: “Faith in Mind” by Master Sengcan, the Third Chinese Ch’an patriarch. This brief poem puts forth the central teaching of non-duality in clear and yet profound way. “The Supreme Way is not difficult If only you don’t pick and choose.” In this…

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The Beginning of Infinity: Universal Explainers

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Join Phil Filippak for the next episode of a series about critical rationalism and major ideas from David Deutsch’s book The Beginning of Infinity. We’ll discuss explanation and universality! “Because of the necessity for error-correction, all jumps to universality occur in digital systems.” Is that really so? Do we need to invent some kind of code for any…

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The Hammer – Author Talk with Hamilton Nolan | New Labor Book Series #15

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Join Siena Chiang and acclaimed labor journalist Hamilton Nolan to discuss his new book, which is a timely, in-depth, and vital exploration of the American labor movement and its critical place in our society and politics. Join us for a discussion with Hamilton Nolan about his new and highly anticipated book, The Hammer: Power, Inequality,…

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The Wealth Of Nations Reading Group, Part 1

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Read and discuss the most important work of economics in the Western canon. Hosted by Ben Landau-Taylor. The Wealth Of Nations laid the foundations of modern economic theory when it was published in 1776. While the structure of the economy has changed substantially since then, and the study of economics has become far more politicized,…

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Western Canon Book Club: Oedipus the King and Other Theban Plays

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Join host Joseline Yu to delve into the world of Greek tragedy through a discussion on Sophocles' Oedipus the King and other Theban plays, as part of the Western Canon Book Club series. Sophocles' Oedipus the King presents the most well-known version of the story about the doomed king trapped from birth to death by…

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The Wealth Of Nations Reading Group, Part 2

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Read and discuss the most important work of economics in the Western canon. Hosted by Ben Landau-Taylor. The Wealth Of Nations laid the foundations of modern economic theory when it was published in 1776. While the structure of the economy has changed substantially since then, and the study of economics has become far more politicized,…

$20.00