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 New Atheism Reexamined: What Were the New Atheists Trying to Achieve and Did They Succeed or Fail?

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Join Don Watkins of Earthly Idealism and reexamine the New Atheism. What were the New Atheists trying to achieve--and did they succeed or fail? During the early 2000s, the New Atheists dominated the intellectual discussion and seemed to put religion on the defense. Today, though more people than ever self-identify as atheists, leading intellectuals seem to be turning…

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Breakthroughs in Human Relationships, Families, and Understandings of Gender

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Join Alex Criddle for the fourth salon in the Breakthroughs series and explore the evolution and development of human relationships and families. This salon will trace the origin and development of human relationships, understandings of what a family consists of, and the way sex and gender were understood throughout human history in different cultures. Human…

$20.00

Growth Means Learning from the Past: Morgan Housel on the Timeless Lessons of Business and Life

Join Morgan Housel, author of The Psychology of Money and Same As Ever, and Interintellect founder Anna Gát, to explore navigating uncertainty by focusing on what never changes in a changing world. 'The behaviors that never change are history's most powerful lessons, because they preview what to expect in the future.' ~ Morgan Housel, Same…

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