Sydney’s Philosophy in the Café - Philo Agora

Friendship is the highest form of love, according to Friedrich Nietzsche, because great friends can inspire each other to achieve great things.  Nietzsche thought a good marriage should be based on friendship; yet sex creates complications because romance eventually fades and ontological differences between men and women turn love into a war.  Skye looks at Nietzsche’s criticisms of heterosexual romantic love relationships and his solutions. 

Skye has her MBA from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and a background in finance and management consulting.  She is currently undertaking her PhD on the topic relating to her talk, also at Macquarie.

Forthcoming presentations include:

July 28, Geza  Karacsony,  Don Quixote.

The knight of the sorrowful countenance -  400 years old and more alive than most of us. If you haven't read Don Quixote and think it's a children's book about a crazy guy  - you don't know what you are missing. To find out, come to Philo Agora on 28 July.

Geza was the co-convener of Philo Cafe Sydney for a decade - fighting windmills, you could say. Now he has switched personas and lives the life of Sancho Panza, ‘ in imitation of Our Lord Don Quixote'.

August 11, Caroline Brem,   Female Philosophers.

Caroline will discuss those women who have made a significant contribution to philosophical thought.  Included are Annas, Anscombe, Foote, Gilligan, Midgley, Nussbaum,

A long time education junkie and a writer who enjoys research Caroline is a regular attendee at Sydney’s Philosophy Café.  She is currently seeking a supervisor for her PhD.

August 25, Chris Pennington, Heaven is an ineffectual reward.

Chris notes the many conflicting descriptions of Heaven in the Bible, the Koran, and other writings, and wonders what it might be like.  He finally concludes that it would not be at all interesting, especially if you are stuck there for all eternity. It may even be a little dangerous.

Chris is the General Manager of an IT company with a strong interest in Heaven.  His book on this topic can be found at www.heavenmustbehell.com.

September 8, Mary Walker,  Derek Parfit and personal identity.

Mary is undertaking her PhD at Macquarie on the main ways in which philosophers have recently been talking about ourselves.

Regards,

 
Peter, Sam, Hazel and Cara.