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  • Philosophy Book Club: S.S.O.T.B.M.E.

    From Plato to Ta-Nehisi Coates, and now a foundational text of chaos magick whose intellectual (and perhaps cosmic) depth is matched only by its accessibility. S.S.O.T.B.M.E. by Ramsey Dukes, AKA Lemuel Johnstone, AKA Lionel Snell, may find fault lines in consensus reality but (as opposed to more pointedly woo woo texts of mysticism) requires no…

  • Philosophy Book Club: The Analects

    This month, Philosophy Book Club is going old school with a classic text of ancient Chinese philosophy The Analects. Composed during the Warring States period (475–221 BC) and finalized during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), this wisdom attributed to Confucius by his followers remains an important work of thought and ethics today.…

  • Philosophy Book Club: Last Days at Hot Slit: The Radical Feminism of Andrea Dworkin

    Join us this month as the Philosophy Book Club reads Last Days at Hot Slit: The Radical Feminism of Andrea Dworkin, a bold collection from one of the most controversial figures in modern feminist thought. Dworkin was a radical feminist writer and activist, best known for her opposition to pornography and her unflinching critiques of…

  • Plato’s Republic: An Interactive Talk and Introduction to Philosophy    

    What is philosophy and what does it mean to practice it? Join local philosopher Nick Marconi to explore this and other topics where the learning will come in the doing, following the living wisdom tradition of sincere engagement with each other. Nick will give an interactive and dynamic presentation of the nearly 2,500-year-old Socratic dialogue,…

  • Philosophy Book Club: Plato’s Apology

    By popular demand, the next book that our coterie of armchair philosophers is set to read is an oldie and a goodie. It's Plato's Apology! And we may forgive him. Copies are available at the front desk.

  • Philosophy Book Club: Cyclonopedia

    Philosophy Book Club is back and have we got a doozy for you this month! The seminal text of theory-fiction by Iranian philosopher Reza Negarestani, Cyclonopedia: Complicity with Anonymous Materials. Can't say it much better than the book jacket does: “At once a horror fiction, a work of speculative theology, an atlas of demonology, a…

  • Philosophy Book Club: The Second Sex

    This month our coterie of lay philosophers is tackling a classic work of feminist theory, Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex. Won't you join us? Copies available at the first-floor circulation desk.