Sydney’s Philosophy in the Café - Philo Agora.

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

This Tuesday, July 14, Skye Nettleton, Loving Powerfully, Nietzsche, love, sex, friendship and marriage.

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. 

Our format is a talk relating to a philosopher, philosophy or philosophical theme, for 20 minutes. The presenter then answers any questions of clarification from the floor. We then take a break of 10 minutes for more coffees and to mull over the talk and discuss it within small groups. The microphone is then passed around the audience in turn for comment, opinions, and often counter argument to a maximum of 3 minutes. The presenter is then given a 5 minute right of reply.

Come early from 6pm and join the regulars in a meal before the presentation. Philo Agora's home is the Fair Trade Coffee Company at 33 Glebe Point Road.  This is a coffee house with its own particular ambience offering specialty fairtrade coffee and a relaxing spot to sit around and talk with new friends, both before and after the Philo Agora talks.  It is located close to the Parramatta Road and can be easily reached by public transport.  Take advantage of the free, three hour parking in the Broadway shopping complex.

We look forward to seeing you on the night.

Regards,

Sam, Cara, Hazel and Peter.