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SUMMARY:Giving Tuesday 2024
DESCRIPTION:WHAT IS GIVING TUESDAY?\nGivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Since then\, it has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give\, collaborate\, and celebrate generosity. \nWhen: Tuesday\, December 3rd (Starting @ 12am for 24-Hours) \nHow to give: On-line by clicking here! \nGive by check: Make out to ‘Merlin CCC’\, write ‘GivingTuesday’ in the memo line\, and mail to 119 Reeder’s Alley\, Helena MT 59601 \n\n\n\n\n\nWHY GIVE TO MERLIN?\nImagine a world where thoughtful dialogue & community co-exist.  Where differing perspectives break bread.  Where understanding\, truth\, and wisdom is a goal.  Imagine you live in that world\, that city\, that neighborhood\, that community. \nBe part of that vision.  Invest in that community.  Support philosophy. \nYour contributions on GivingTuesday will help to support our Winter & Spring philosophy in the community programming\, critical\, creative thinking\, the exchange of ideas\, and the application of philosophy to everyday living.  Our programs are free to the community and are opportunities for people of all backgrounds and ages — from children to elders — to gather\, to learn from and with one another\, and to uniquely cultivate their personal and civic selves.
URL:https://merlinccc.org/calendar-event/giving-tuesday-2024/
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Workshop: Aristotle on Friendship
DESCRIPTION:What We’ll Explore\n\nThe virtue of friendship was highly valued in ancient Greek philosophy\, from the early Pythagorean fellowships\, through nearly every major philosophical school and tradition\, down to the final synthesis of these various schools in the Athenian Academy\, more than 1\,000 years after Pythagoras.  In between\, Aristotle devotes two out of the ten books of his Nicomachean Ethics entirely to the topic of friendship — far more space than he gives to any of the other virtues. \n\nIn this evening’s program\, we’ll explore some of the core concepts in Aristotle’s account of friendship.  We’ll consider the various goals toward which friendship might be directed\, the need for true friends to be of good ethical character\, and the conditions under which friendship can flourish.   \nFinally\, we’ll follow Aristotle in asking whether friendship can arise only among equals\, or whether it’s possible for people of very different status to be friends as well.  Can a parent truly be a friend to her child\, a teacher to his students\, or a ruler to her subjects?  Rather than a mere all-or-nothing account\, we’ll be able to consider the question in terms of what it would take for genuine friendship to exist amidst such disparities of power\, authority\, or other human differences. \nAnd throughout all these themes\, we’ll be building a robust picture of what it takes to become\, and to remain\, a true friend. \nWorkshop Discussion Structure\nOur discussion will be centered around some short extracts from Aristotle’s writings on friendship in Books VIII and IX of the Nicomachean Ethics\, which we’ll read aloud together during the session.  These should\, in turn\, provide the springboard for robust reflection\, critique\, and self-examination as we examine Aristotle’s arguments and their applicability to our own lives. \nWhen\nWednesday\, December 4th from 6:30pm-8:30pm \nWhere\nReeder’s Alley Conference Center (101 Reeder’s Alley\, Helena MT 59601) \nRSVP\nSign up here! \nCost\nFREE (Donations appreciated) \nDiscussion Leader\nDavid Nowakowski is a philosopher and educator in the Helena area whose professional work is dedicated to helping people of all ages and backgrounds access\, understand\, and apply the traditions of ancient philosophy to their own lives.  David began studying ancient philosophies and classical languages in 2001 and has continued ever since.  A scholar of the philosophical traditions of the ancient Mediterranean (Greece\, Rome\, and North Africa) and of the Indian subcontinent\, reading Sanskrit\, Latin\, and classical Greek\, he earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University in 2014.  His work has appeared in a variety of scholarly journals\, including Philosophy East & West\, Asian Philosophy\, and the Journal of Indian Philosophy\, as well as in presentations to academic audiences at Harvard\, Columbia University\, the University of Toronto\, Yale-NUS College in Singapore\, and elsewhere. \nAfter half a decade teaching at liberal arts colleges in the northeast\, David chose to leave the academy in order to focus his energies on the transformative value of these ancient philosophical and spiritual traditions in his own life and practice\, and on building new systems of education and community learning that will make this rich heritage alive and available to others. \nA hermit by nature and by committed choice\, he balances contemplative solitude with his active work in teaching\, counseling\, and the healing arts.  David can be reached at david@merlinccc.org or via his personal website. \n \nMake a Donation Here\nOur philosophy activities are FREE to the community.  While donations are never expected\, they are always appreciated and help to keep programs like these going. Donations help to cover activity leader honorariums\, implementation\, and resource archiving\, and more!  If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution you can do so by clicking here.  For those facing more challenging financial circumstances\, we ask that you please try to “pay it forward” with acts of kindness for your neighbors and community. 
URL:https://merlinccc.org/calendar-event/philosophy-workshop-aristotle-on-friendship/
LOCATION:Reeder’s Alley Conference Center\, 101 Reeder's Alley\, Helena\, MT\, 59601\, United States
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