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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS & LECTURES
Today is June 28th. It's a Tuesday so there is no event today.
All of StoicDan's philosophy groups include a discussion format.
This promotes civil discourse and common ground issues.
All groups are free and open to the public. All groups are secular
and no advance reading is needed. Here are quick links to the
meetings, in case you can't access the Meetup site.
Orlando Stoics |
Every Monday 7PM Eastern |
Wildcard Topics |
Online only, MEETUP LINK, ZOOM LINK |
Orlando Stoics |
Every Friday 7PM Eastern |
Book Reading |
Online only, MEETUP LINK, ZOOM LINK |
Tampa Stoics |
1st Fridays 7PM Eastern |
Epictetus / Discourses |
In-person only, Panera @ USF, MEETUP LINK |
Socrates Cafe |
Some Saturdays 3PM Eastern |
Science & Philosophy |
Online only, MEETUP LINK, ZOOM LINK |
Orlando Stoics |
Some Saturdays 6PM Eastern |
"Lived Philosophy" |
In-person only, Imperial, MEETUP LINK |
Orlando Stoics |
Some Sundays 9AM Eastern |
New Lectures in Orlando |
Online only, MEETUP LINK, ZOOM LINK |
Emerson & Thoreau |
1st Thursdays 7PM Eastern |
American Transcendentalism |
Online only, MEETUP LINK, ZOOM LINK |
Daytona Stoics |
2nd Thursdays 7PM Eastern |
Ancient Stoic Texts |
Online only, MEETUP LINK, ZOOM LINK |
Modern Buddhism |
3rd Thursdays 7PM Eastern |
Secular Buddhism |
Online only, MEETUP LINK, ZOOM LINK |
Modern Minimalism |
4th Thursdays 7PM Eastern |
Practical Minimalism |
Online only, MEETUP LINK, ZOOM LINK |
(BREAK) |
5th Thursdays 7PM Eastern |
(no meeting) |
(there is no meeting on 5th Thursdays) |
CALENDAR OF PAST EVENTS (LECTURES ONLY)
Newest items at top. Icons link to published events.
Feb. 4, 2020 |
Lecture: "The Future of Peace: A discussion of this global issue and the related factors @ Speculative Futures, Orlando, FL

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Jan. 26, 2020 |
Lecture: "Engaging Young People in Philosophy and Meaning @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL (full room, 24 people)

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Dec. 29, 2019 |
Lecture: "Death by Despair: Defining Middle-Age Despair & Solutions" (Part 2) @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL

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Dec. 22, 2019 |
Lecture: "Death by Despair: Are American Men Dying from Desperation?" (Part 1) @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL

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Nov. 26, 2019 |
Lecture "100 Years of Science: Stranger Than Fiction" @ Orlando's Thinkers Group, Altamonte Springs, FL
Co-presented by Marco Brunelli (theoretical physicist)

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Oct. 24, 2019 |
Panel "No Assumptions: Public Discourse" (StoicDan spoke on Social Contract) @ Winter Park, FL
Moderator: Banks Helfrich. Sponsor: Nicole Heintzelman, Winter Park Public Library. Attendance: 30 people.

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Oct. 22, 2019 |
Lecture "Unsocial: What role do women play in the Social Contract?" @ Orlando Thinkers Group, Altamonte Springs, FL
This discussion of Mary Wollstonecraft, Carol Pateman, Virginia Held, and Christine Di Stefano.
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Oct. 6, 2019 |
Lecture "Stoicism & The Holocaust: How to engage young people with Viktor Frankl's writings" @ STOICON-X ATHENS 2019
Presented at American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece. Hosts: Alkistis Agio and Donald Robertson.
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Sep. 29, 2019 |
Lecture "Unsocial: What role do women play in the Social Contract?" @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
This discussion of Mary Wollstonecraft, Carol Pateman, Virginia Held, and Christine Di Stefano.
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Sep. 22, 2019 |
Lecture "Unsocial: How can we modernize the Social Contract?" @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
A discussion of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and the Modern Social Contact.
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Sep. 10, 2019 |
Lecture "Unsocial: How can we modernize the Social Contract?" @ Orlando Thinker's Group, Altamonte Springs, FL
A discussion of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and the Modern Social Contact
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Aug. 11, 2019
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Lecture: "Unsatisfied: Can we buy our way to happiness?" @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
Includes the personal story of Gandhi's grandson and "the pencil".
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June 23, 2019
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Lecture: "Margaret Fuller & The Transcendentalists" (Women in Philosophy) @ UUUF, Orlando, FL
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May 26, 2019
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Lecture: "Unreason: Why are we ignoring facts in this age of science and technology?" (Part 2) @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
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May 19, 2019
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Lecture: "Unreason: Why are we ignoring facts in this age of science and technology?" (Part 1) @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
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Apr. 28, 2019
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Lecture: "Is Forgiveness disappearing today?" @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
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March 3, 2019
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Lecture: "Margaret Fuller & The Transcendentalists" (Women in Philosophy) @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
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Jan. 27, 2019
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Lecture: "What did Emerson Say?" (Emerson's Divinity School Address) @ UUUF, Orlando, FL
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Jan. 27, 2019
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Lecture: "Redefining Equality: Balancing the concepts of freedom and equality" (Part 2) @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
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Jan. 20, 2019
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Lecture: "Redefining Equality: Balancing the concepts of freedom and equality" (Part 1) @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
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Dec. 30, 2018
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Lecture: "What did Emerson Say?" (Emerson's Divinity School Address) @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
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Nov. 25, 2018
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Lecture: "Thoreau and Transcendence" @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
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Nov. 11, 2018
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Lecture: "Selected Essays from Ralph Waldo Emerson" (Part 2) @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
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Nov. 4, 2018
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Lecture: "Selected Essays from Ralph Waldo Emerson" (Part 1) @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
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Sep. 29, 2018
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Lecture: "Comparing Stoicism & Minimalism" @ STOICON 2018
Video published Nov 8, 2018 by University of London, London, England
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Sep. 16, 2018
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Lecture: "Comparing Stoicism & Minimalism" @ UUUF
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Sep. 2, 2018
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Lecture: "The Minimalist Movement" @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
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Nov. 15, 2017 |
Lecture: "Stoicism 101" (key concepts and history of Stoicism) @ UUUF, Orlando, FL
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June 18, 2017
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Lecture: "Stoicism 101" (key concepts and history of Stoicism) @ Plato's Cave, Orlando, FL
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