Philo Agora's talk this Tuesday, is Matt del
Nevo, Lou Andreas-Salome.and Friedrich Nietzsche
Behind every great man is a woman, they tell
us This time it is one woman and three great
men This first of a series of three talks is on
the influence of Russian born Louise
Andreas-Salome (1861-1937). Nietzsche proposed
marriage, the great lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke
had a life-long love affair, and Freud sought her
guidance. Lou Salome wrote 15 novels plus
philosophical and psycho-analytical works. With
her indifference to moral conventions and
insatiable intellectual curiosity, Louise Salome
challenged the gender roles of her day. Each talk
- Nietzsche, Rilke, Freud - will be complete in
itself, with the last two scheduled for 2010.
Matt was for many years the convenor of the
philosophy café at Berkelouws books. He is full
time faculty lecturer in philosophy at the
Catholic Institute and has recently published
some of his philosophical thoughts in The Valley Way of the Soul.
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Tuesday October 20 at the Fair Trade Coffee
House, 33 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, $6.00 includes
a free cup of coffee or tea. Start at 7.30.
Finish at 9.00pm. If you want to eat, come
early. All profits from the Fair Trade Cafe go
to support Third World development.
Philo Agora has a talk on a philosophy
theme every two weeks. Its talks for the
remainder of 2009, and its approach, can be
viewed at its website , <http://www.philoagora.com>www.philoagora.com .
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THE PHILOAGORA ANNUAL AWARD
PhiloAgora has instituted an annual award of
$100 ( with apologies for the size of the award
in relation to the judging criteria) . It will be
for the essay and talk that best meets our
objectives of relating philosophical thought to
how we act out our lives, individually or
collectively . Papers of 2500 words or so will
be placed on the website and judged at the end
of the first year. Details on are on our website.
Open to undergrads, postgrads, everybody, except full time academics..
We have also joined with the Fair Trade Cafe
in not charging philosophy students the usual $6.00 admission
Philo Agora
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