About us
This is a study group, or book club if you will, for the thoughtful reading and discussion of the great classic literature in philosophy, psychology, sociology and related areas throughout history.
Each event will have a syllabus of reading that should be done before the event, and the participants are expected to have done the reading and prepared for a discussion.
Depending on the members in the group, we can branch out into related topics and/or media forms.
The event will be free of charge and are not affiliated with any organization. The place can vary, but will likely be at some café of choice. In order to have good discussion while giving everyone the time and space to talk, we prefer the discussion groups to be a maximum of 10 people. If an event has more attendees, we'll split into smaller sub-groups.
That said, we are here to have fun and any guideline can be changed if we want it to!
Note
Currently, the organisation of this group, as well as member discussions, happens on Discord. Join us there using this link if you'd like to participate.
Upcoming events
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David Hume on Art and Aesthetics
Dotter Voltaire - Kulturhuset, floor 5, Sergels torg, Sergels Torg 3, 111 57 Stockholm, Stockholm, SEWe return to David Hume, this time turning to three of his essays on art and aesthetics. Hume (1711–1776) was a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, and while he is best known today for his epistemology and his moral philosophy, he thought of himself first and foremost as an essayist and historian. These essays show that side of him: short, elegant, and written for the educated public rather than the seminar room.
In the essays, Hume explores questions like, how can taste be subjective and yet some judgements clearly be better than others? Why is sorrow, so unwelcome in life, a pleasure at the theatre?
And what is the societal value of art? Together the three essays give us Hume the aesthetician alongside Hume the social theorist.The essays we will read are
Of Tragedy
Of the standards of Taste and
Of Refinements in the ArtsAll three essays add up to roughly 45 pages in total. They can be found free online via the links above. Come join us as we ask whether there is any such thing as good taste!
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Stockholm Philosophy Study group is a group for thoughtful discussion on philosophical topics. Everyone is welcome regardless of previous philosophical experience, but we would like everyone you to read the text ahead of time as the conversation will revolve around it. This is a space were we learn from and listen to each other, our focus is on deliberation, not debate. If we are a large group, remember to leave room for everybody's voices to be heard. We read all sorts of philosophical texts, some are easier and some are difficult. If you don't understand everything, don't worry, we will make sense of it together. Our meetups are at a public café, so if you participate, please buy something from the café to support them.
Please note that this is a cross-post for an event being arranged via the Discord server. Discussion between meetups happens on Discord, and this group may be unmonitored. If you join the server you also get to vote on our coming readings, so please consider joining.
Hope to see you at the meetup!
25 attendees
The philosophy of Epicurus
Dotter Voltaire - Kulturhuset, floor 5, Sergels torg, Sergels Torg 3, 111 57 Stockholm, Stockholm, SEThis meetup we will be learning about Epicurus (341–270 BCE), the founder of Epicureanism, one of the four the great schools that dominated philosophy from the Hellenistic period into the Roman Empire.
Epicureanism contain a multitude of radical ideas. When Stoics and Platonists believed in an divinely ordered universe, Epicurus believed the universe to be just atoms and void. The gods, if they exist, take no interest in us. Death is the end of sensation, and so is nothing to fear. What remains according to Epicurus, is the question of how to live well in the short time we have. His answer centers on friendship, modest desires, and the removal of needless fear.
Despite Epicurus standing as one of the greatest ancient philosophers, very few of his writings has survived. Complete texts from Epicurus mainly stem from a single source. Part 10 of the Roman scholar Diogenes Laertus' (3rd century CE) book “Live's of the Eminent Philosophers”
During the meetup we will discuss book 10 by Diogenes Laertus (about 50 pages), letting us access pretty much all surviving works from Epicurus in a single reading. If you want to focus your reading, Epicurus letters to Herodotus (about physics/ontology) to Menoceus (about ethics) and his Maxims are probably the most philosophically interesting parts, whereas his letter to Phytocles (about meterology/astronomy) is a bit further away from what we today might consider philosophy.
The full text can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/epicurus2* * *
Stockholm Philosophy Study group is a group for thoughtful discussion on philosophical topics. Everyone is welcome regardless of previous philosophical experience, but we would like everyone you to read the text ahead of time as the conversation will revolve around it. This is a space were we learn from and listen to each other, our focus is on deliberation, not debate. If we are a large group, remember to leave room for everybody's voices to be heard. We read all sorts of philosophical texts, some are easier and some are difficult. If you don't understand everything, don't worry, we will make sense of it together. Our meetups are at a public café, so if you participate, please buy something from the café to support them.
Please note that this is a cross-post for an event being arranged via the Discord server. Discussion between meetups happens on Discord, and this group may be unmonitored. If you join the server you also get to vote on our coming readings, so please consider joining.
Hope to see you at the meetup!
25 attendees
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