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Explore the depths of existentialism, ethics, and metaphysics through engaging discussions and debates in philosophy classes in NYC, where participants can gain a deeper understanding of the human condition and the nature of reality.

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Living Meditation: Deepening & Integrating Practices

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Living Meditation will guide you into the rich meditative practices and teachings found at the most profound levels of the great spiritual traditions, where the ultimate state of non-dual awareness is all that exists.  In this one day retreat, you will not only deepen your meditation and integrate that practice into everyday life, but you will begin an ongoing process of shedding old, conditioned patterns and uplifting your work life, your...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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On Religious Violence

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

This course will offer students a framework for confronting such questions. We will begin by examining the construction of “religious violence” as a unique concept against the background of classic liberal political thought. Featuring readings from prominent theorists like John Locke and John Stuart Mill alongside contemporary reflections by thinkers such as Talal Asad, Charles Taylor, Jürgen Habarmas, and William Cavanaugh, we will ask questions...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Kant’s Critical Philosophy

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

Kant’s “Critical philosophy,” which begins with the appearance of the Critique of Pure Reason in 1781, is an attempt to understand no less than the scope and limits of human reason, science, and morality.  He wrote that the purpose of philosophy is to answer the following fundamental questions: “What can we know? What should we do? What can we hope for?”  In other words: can we really know what reality is like, independent...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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What is Analytic Philosophy?

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 247 West 37th St, New York, NY

In the early 20th century, a new generation of thinkers came to believe that European philosophy had reached a dead end. Reacting to what they held was the obfuscatory language and non-sensical direction of post-Kantian philosophy, Cambridge philosophers Bertrand Russell and G.E. Moore set out to revolutionize philosophy through a fundamental rethinking of its methods and purposes.  Their work, and its outgrowths in the philosophies of mathematics,...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$315

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Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

Uncover the transformative power of language and explore the metaphilosophical implications of Ludwig Wittgenstein's groundbreaking work in this thought-provoking course. Discover a new perspective on the nature of language and the mind, and embark on a journey to unravel the mysteries of philosophy.

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$335

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Jacques Lacan: The Desire of the Other

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online, New York, NY

Jacques Lacan always insisted that he was a thoroughgoing Freudian—perhaps the most orthodox Freudian of them all. A larger-than-life provocateur, Lacan’s oracular lectures and clinical innovations (including the notorious “short session”) ultimately led to his excommunication from the International Psychoanalytic Association. Yet, despite these departures from analytic orthodoxy, Lacan remained preoccupied with Freud’s writings, calling...

(29) Beginner 21 and older
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$315

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Working with the Taoist Philosophy of the Five Elements

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Full Course Name: A Life In Balance: Working with the Taoist Philosophy of the Five Elements The five elements are the basis for many Taoist longevity practices that emphasize harmony and balance. The original Taoist sages who developed them were among the first internal “ecologists,” experimenting with how the different energies of the elements of Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth (and the organs where they manifest) relate to each other....

(299) All levels 18 and older
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The Long Before the End Book Group

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

A unique learning experience with the goal of creating and supporting a community ready to embrace end of life with intelligence, warmth, and humor. The Long Before The End Book Group is a moderated discussion gathering where members explore death as the protagonist, minor actor, or overarching plotline in contemporary fictional narratives. We do not read “how to die” books, but rather, how to live, long before the end. Some of the benefits...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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Origins of the Greek Gods

Q.E.D.

Origins of the Greek Gods traces the Olympians back to their beginnings in the Ukraine, the Caucasus, Asia Minor and the Middle East. this class summarizes the comparative mythology literature, drawing on evidence ranging from Hittite Cuneiform and Linear B tablets to Lithuanian songs and Circassian folk tales, to trace these great mythological figures are far back as we can.  We're all familiar with ancient Greek deities such as Zeus, Poseidon,...

(252) All levels 18 and older
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Happier Hour: Philosophy To Make Your Life Suck Less

Caveat @ 21-A Clinton St, New York, NY

The Happier Hour is a monthly event series bringing philosophy out of the ivory tower of academia and into our modern day agora: the bar. It’s like the self-help section– only way funnier, smarter, and with booze. And now it’s a podcast too! 

(25) All levels 21 and older
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Vedantic View of Western Philosophy

Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center @ 243 W 24th St, New York, NY

Explore the nature of reality and the relationship between the individual and the world from both Eastern and Western perspectives, based on Swami Sivananda’s book Essays in Philosophy.

(4) All levels 18 and older
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