Sydney’s Philosophy in the Café - Philo Agora

Every Second Tuesday at 7:30 pm, Fair Trade Coffee Company, 33 Glebe Point Road, Glebe.

Tuesday, March 30,  Matt del Nevo, Lou Salome and Rilke.

Lou Salome was one of the great feminists of the twentieth century. Nietzsche proposed to her, she worked with Freud at the inception of psychoanalysis, and she had a love affair and passionate relationship with the twentieth century's greatest lyric poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, until his death in 1926. This talk will chart the ideas that moved them both, ideas of love, death and other difficulties.

The Rilke talk is the second of three talks on the influence of Russian born Louise Andreas-Salome (1861-1937). Lou Salome wrote 15 novels plus philosophical and psycho-analytical works. With her indifference to moral conventions and insatiable intellectual curiosity, Lou Salome challenged the gender roles of her day. Each talk - Nietzsche, Rilke, Freud - will be complete in itself. The first talk, on Nietzsche, is on our website www.philoagora.com/
 
Matt was for many years the convenor of the Philosophy Café at Berkelouws Books. He is full time faculty lecturer in philosophy at the Catholic Institute and has recently published some of his philosophical thoughts in The Valley Way of the Soul.

Come early from 6pm and join the regulars in a meal before the presentation. There is a slight change in procedure this year. Last orders for meals will be at 7pm with the kitchen closing at 8pm. The usual fare of coffee and cake will be available all evening. Further, the cafe will close from 7pm with only those paying the cover charge allowed entry. We trust this will help streamline both the food and coffee delivery on the night.

Philo Agora is also looking for someone to help with our website. We need a willing member to spend aabout an hour per week updating our site to better reflect what is happening fortnightly within our group. Please contact any of the undersigned on the night or reply to this email.

Finally, a regular of Philo Agora, Danny Beran, is launching his book 10 Questions You Must Answer Before You Die on March 28. Full details can be found at www.10questionsyoumustanswer.com

Regards,

Hazel, Sam & Peter.