Thursday, September 24, 2009

Reflections and Plans

Good evening, my fellow young philosophers. For our first meeting, tonight went fairly well. Next meeting I will post some topics of discussion up here on the blog as well as some resources for further learning. I think we should try our best to avoid trite arguments for or against Judeo-Christian religion, since this club could very quickly turn into the "let me show you how I know the Bible is right or wrong" club. What do you guys think?


This is an article by David Brooks that questions whether or not philosophy is necessary.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/opinion/07Brooks.html


I read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse for English this summer, and like Buddha, the protagonist believed that we should get rid of all of our desires in order to feel peace (which seems like it contradicts the middle path). Can this be achieved? To quote Aldous Huxley:


"A man's a creature on a tightrope, walking delicately, equilibrated, with mind and and consciousness and spirit at one end and body and instinct and all that's unconscious and earthy and mysterious at the other...the only absolute he can ever really know is the absolute of perfect balance. The absoluteness of perfect relativity. Which is a paradox and nonsense intellectually. But so is all real, genuine, living truth-just nonsense according to logic. And logic is just nonsense in the light of living truth. You can choose which you like, logic or life."

Thoughts?

Thank you,

Jack

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

First Meeting

Dear Reader,

The League's first meeting is Thursday the 24th of September at Goode Co. Taqueria at 7:30. Mr. McClure will be present to answer questions and promote discussion. If you have any questions, feel free to comment on this post.

Best,

Jack