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Sheffield u3a

Practical Philosophy

Status: Active, open to new members
Group Coordinator:
Martin Manby   Tel: 230 6505 or 07967 133373
Group email: Practical Philosophy group
When: on Thursday afternoons
Every three weeks
Venue: Shirley House
Cost: £36 per session shared between members attending

We have been meeting ever three weeks since 2016 and we try to keep our focus on practical aspects of the philosophers we study. This year we have looked at philosophies of the enlightenment, including Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Spinoza and Rousseau, and also Mary Wolstonecraft and Edmund Burke. We have also discussed Kierkegaarde, Mill and Feddie Ayer, and had an introduction to Indian philosophy. Planned sessions are on Schopenhauer, the letters of Seneca, how to choose a philosophy, Avicenna, Kant, Sartre and Wittgenstein. Numbers are restricted by space available.