Special Events – Current Offerings

 

 


 PHILOSOPHY SUMMER SERIES:

Stories That Can Change Your Life, July 2010

Forgiveness Lecture, July 14, 2010

Philosophy As a Way of Life, July 21, 2010


 

All are welcome to attend the School’s special events program, which draws from a broad spectrum of disciplines in the arts and sciences. The programs are organized and presented by senior students in the School who speak from direct experience in seeking to make philosophy practical within their chosen field.

Each event offers good food for the mind, body and spirit and is open to school members, their family, friends, colleagues as well as the general public.

 


 

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PHILOSOPHY SUMMER SERIES
All events take place at 12 East 79th Street

 

 
 

 
STORIES THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Stories from the Great Masters

The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.
Muriel Rukeyser

 
Join us for summer evenings of stories, conversation, good company, and fine wine.  You are invited to attend any or all of the following evenings.  Each evening's fee is $10.

  
 
 

To purchase tickets, please click below on the evening(s) you would like to attend.  Note: our on-line ticketing process sells one ticket at a time.  For multiple tickets, simply repeat the process.  If you prefer, you may purchase tickets at 12 East 79th Street.  However, after July 1st advance tickets may be purchased via the web only, or 6:30 the night of the event.  For office hours, please call 212-744-0764.

 

All events begin at 7:00 pm

WE ARE ALSO PRESENTING TWO LECTURES

 

 

 

 

FORGIVENESS

A talk by Michael Posnick

Wednesday, July 14 at 7:00 PM

Forgiveness is one of the most essential and challenging of human acts.  How can we prepare ourselves to forgive and be forgiven?  Based on the advice of the great sage, Shantanand Saraswati, this talk offers some clear and simple practices to guide our way.

The fee for the lecture and light refreshment is $20.  THIS LECTURE IS NOW SOLD OUT.   Tickets are still available for Philosophy as a Way of Life and Stories That Can Change Your Life.

 

 

PHILOSOPHY AS A WAY OF LIFE 

A talk by Russell Bosworth 

Wednesday, July 21 at 7:00 PM

The French Historian Pierre Hadot makes clear that the aim of philosophy was eminently practical from its inception:

Going back to Socrates and Plato all the ancient schools of philosophy focused on establishing a way of life; not only a specific type of moral conduct, but a mode of existing-in-the-world which had to be practiced at each instant and the goal of which was to transform the whole of the individual's life.

This being so, some questions arise:

  • What is the philosophic way of life?
  • What spiritual exercises did ancient schools use to affect transformation?
  • Does the School of Practical Philosophy stand in this ancient tradition?
  • What steps can we take to upgrade our way of life?

And, of course, how did academic philosophy so lose its way, that the words 'practical' and 'philosophy' are generally considered to be at odds with one another?

If these questions are of interest and self examination is important to you, join the conversation on Wednesday, July 21.

The fee for the lecture and light refreshment is $20.  Tickets may be purchased on line.  Please be aware that our on-line ticketing process sells one ticket at a time.  For multiple tickets, simply repeat the process.  If you prefer, you may purchase tickets at 12 East 79th Street.  However, after July 1st advance tickets may be purchased via the web only, or 6:30 the night of the event.  For office hours, please call 212-744-0764.