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SPECIAL EVENTS 2023
| 1-04-2023 | StoicDan's Class in Business Ethics [January] | ✓ Stoicism ✓ Startups | Hybrid Event | LINK | | 1-08-2023 | City of Orlando / MLK Candlelight March | ✓ Civil Discourse ✓ Interfaith | In-Person only | LINK | | 1-18-2023 | Valencia's PJI Coping with Trauma [January] | ✓ Trauma ✓ Stoicism | In-Person Event | LINK | | 1-22-2023 | StoicDan speaks at Jacksonville Stoics | ✓ Stoicism ✓ Skepticism ✓ Pyrrho | Online Event | LINK | | 2-01-2023 | StoicDan's Class in Business Ethics [February] | ✓ Stoicism ✓ Startups | Hybrid Event | LINK | | 2-11-2023 | Valencia's PJI Coping with Trauma [February] | ✓ Trauma ✓ Stoicism | In-Person Event | LINK | | 3-01-2023 | StoicDan's Class in Business Ethics [March] | ✓ Stoicism ✓ Startups | Hybrid Event | LINK | | 3-01-2023 | Valencia's PJI Coping with Trauma [March] | ✓ Trauma ✓ Stoicism | In-Person Event | LINK | | 4-01-2023 | North American Summit for Modern Stoicism | ✓ Stoicism | In-Person Event | LINK | | 4-05-2023 | StoicDan's Class in Business Ethics [April] | ✓ Stoicism ✓ Startups | Hybrid Event | LINK | | 5-03-2023 | StoicDan's Class in Business Ethics [May] | ✓ Stoicism ✓ Startups | Hybrid Event | TBD | | 6-07-2023 | StoicDan's Class in Business Ethics [June] | ✓ Stoicism ✓ Startups | Hybrid Event | TBD | | 10-21-2023 | Stoicon 2023 [tentative] | ✓ Stoicism | Online Event | LINK | | 11-18-2023 | Stoicon-X Orlando [tentative] | ✓ Regional ✓ Southeast USA | Online Event | TBD |
GENERAL CALENDAR / QUICK LINKS
Today is July 5th.
| Orlando Stoics |
Mondays 7PM Eastern |
Wildcard Topics |
Online only, MEETUP LINK, ZOOM LINK |
| Orlando Stoics |
Fridays 7PM Eastern |
Book Reading |
Online only, MEETUP LINK, ZOOM LINK |
| Tampa Stoics |
Fridays 7PM Eastern |
Book Reading |
In-person only, Panera @ USF, MEETUP LINK |
| Socrates Cafe |
Saturdays 3PM Eastern |
Science & Philosophy |
Online only, MEETUP LINK, ZOOM LINK |
| Orlando Stoics |
Saturdays 5PM Eastern |
"Lived Philosophy" |
In-person only, Imperial Wine Bar, MEETUP LINK |
| Orlando Stoics |
Sundays 9AM Eastern |
New Lectures |
Online only, MEETUP LINK, ZOOM LINK |
PAST EVENTS 2017-2020 (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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