New Links Recommended at Today's Meeting

The Tardigrade, or Water Bear, from Neil deGrasse Tyson's COSMOS

On Being ... with Krista Tippett

The Path, by Michael Puett

What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us

Religiosity Quotes

Meeting Notice

PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE


We will meet tomorrow at 9:45 am (until 11:45 am) at the EASTSIDE branch of the LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, in the Medium Conference Room.  The Eastside Branch is off of Palumbo between Man o' War and Todds Road (the former site of James Motor Company).

Give me a call if you have questions (see phone numbers at OLLI Course Catalog)

Best philosophical regards
Jim Carigan

Report on Meeting #2, September 23, 2016

We had a lively discussion today, with enthusiastic participation all around.  Following through on our intent to discuss The Pursuit of Happiness, we touched on many related ideas, such as

• Hypocrisy,
• Integrity,
• Harmony,
• South Park,
• Some ground rules:

1. No more dependence solely on the facilitator -- If Jim Carigan can't be here, then the group will become a self-organizing phenomenon.
2. No discussion of Politics, in specifics.  No advocacy. -- Abstract and conceptual discussion is OK.
3. No discussion of Religion, in specifics.  No advocacy. No recruiting. -- Abstract and conceptual discussion is OK.

• Horses and Mindfulness,
• Plato,
• The Unexamined Life,
• The Partially Examined Life,
• No Country for Old Men,
• Fargo, movie and TV series,
• A Tour of the Links and resources on this Web Site,
• Awareness,
• Negativity, Positivity, and How to use Negativity to achieve positivity,
• Adventures in the retail world,
• Guns / Love
• Ozymandias,
• Ghandi,
• Ockham's Razor,
• Henry Louis Mencken,
• Leo Tolstoy,
• Oscar Wilde,
• Using the Search Tool on the Web Site,
• Walt Kelly and Al Capp,
• Journalism vs Media,
• Etymology,
• Language -- Dynamic or Self-destroying?
• BrainyQuote.com.

Topic for next time, Friday, September 30, at Eastside Branch of Lexington Public Library:

Religiosity

Happiness Prompts

Ozymandias

Keep that perspective