We discussed what constitutes an explanation of a historical event Read more

We discussed Podcasts 60, 61 and 69-73 of “The History of Philosophy without any Gaps” and we focused on the epistemology of the Stoics and the Skeptics.  The Stoics recognise their impressions and treated their validity cautiously, but they believed that knowledge is attainable, even if only by a perfect sage.  The Skeptics disagreed, questioning whether we… Read more

We ​​discussed Stoicism. Yes, it is the basis of today’s self help manuals with its teaching that we should be indifferent to everything that happens - what matters is that we act virtuously. There are times when it is right to be angry, but we need to be aware this will distort our thinking and… Read more

We discussed the Stoics and Stoicism, and again we found that their philosophy is very crudely described by the way we use the word today. Read more

We discussed Hellenistic philosophers: Cynics, Cyrenaics and Epicureans, based on episodes 53 to 59 of the podcast series “The History of Philosophy without any Gaps” by Peter Adamson Read more

An archive of summaries of all the meetings of Groups 1 and 2 can be found here. It can be useful as a source to search for anything we have discussed in the past. Read more