About the Event
Date and time: Oct 18, 2024 (Fri) 7:30PM
Location: 16595 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA 98052 (Eastline Apartment 3F Clubroom)
Topic: What Do We Mean When We Talk About Greece?
Capacity: 20 people
— About the topic —
For me, Kant offered one of the best answers to “What is a human being?” We keep asking questions we cannot finally answer, about religion, human nature, and fate. In that sense, we are metaphysical animals.
Even without definitive answers, the act of asking can guide us toward a fuller way of being.
When tracing the sources of art, philosophy, culture, or ideas, it is difficult to avoid one place: Greece.
In the early nineteenth century, the English Romantic poet Shelley wrote that we are all Greeks, locating the roots of our laws, literature, religion, and art in Greece.
A discussion of ancient Greece takes in Homer, Troy, mythology, the Olympic Games, democracy, temples, sculpture, tragedy, and philosophy. It also asks us to reconsider the forms of reason, thought, and beauty developed more than two thousand years ago, and their lasting influence.
If Rome was a practical people embracing the earth through a Mediterranean empire, Greece might be imagined as city-states gazing toward the stars over the Aegean and reflecting on fate.
On Friday evening, put the phone aside, leave work behind, get comfortable, and join us for a visit to ancient Greece.
— Speaker —
Yawei
A believer in classicism who loves Metallica and Kant, Cézanne and Fan Debiao.
— Schedule —
First half:
Arrival and seating
Opening and participant introductions: briefly share a recent book, film, program, or piece of music you enjoyed (3 minutes each).
Speaker’s talk: What Do We Mean When We Talk About Greece?
Second half:
Sharing and discussion on the topic
Group photo
— Registration —
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Please use the registration link above.
Registration order is determined by the link above.
If attending as an observer, add “observer” after your display name.
Your email address is used to send the apartment access code and instructions.
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About Elsewhere Book Club
Elsewhere Book Club
The name Elsewhere comes from Milan Kundera’s Life Is Elsewhere.
Life Is Elsewhere.
We seem more inclined to imagine a golden age when looking backward or forward. Yet, in my own life, this moment and elsewhere have become inseparable, each giving meaning to the other.
Live fully in this moment. The search for elsewhere also takes place here and now.
I arrived in Seattle just last month. In an unfamiliar place, my first impulse was to start a small book club, perhaps to meet others who find steadiness in books and enjoy sustained conversation.
Mount Sumeru within a mustard seed; a mustard seed holding Mount Sumeru.
I hope this small space can give us somewhere to exchange ideas each week.
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Date and time: Oct 18, 2024 (Fri) 7:30PM
Location: 16595 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA 98052 (Eastline Apartment 3F Clubroom)
Topic: What Do We Mean When We Talk About Greece?
Capacity: 20 people
— About the topic —
For me, Kant offered one of the best answers to “What is a human being?” We keep asking questions we cannot finally answer, about religion, human nature, and fate. In that sense, we are metaphysical animals.
Even without definitive answers, the act of asking can guide us toward a fuller way of being.
When tracing the sources of art, philosophy, culture, or ideas, it is difficult to avoid one place: Greece.
In the early nineteenth century, the English Romantic poet Shelley wrote that we are all Greeks, locating the roots of our laws, literature, religion, and art in Greece.
A discussion of ancient Greece takes in Homer, Troy, mythology, the Olympic Games, democracy, temples, sculpture, tragedy, and philosophy. It also asks us to reconsider the forms of reason, thought, and beauty developed more than two thousand years ago, and their lasting influence.
If Rome was a practical people embracing the earth through a Mediterranean empire, Greece might be imagined as city-states gazing toward the stars over the Aegean and reflecting on fate.
On Friday evening, put the phone aside, leave work behind, get comfortable, and join us for a visit to ancient Greece.
— Speaker —
Yawei
A believer in classicism who loves Metallica and Kant, Cézanne and Fan Debiao.
— Schedule —
First half:
Arrival and seating
Opening and participant introductions: briefly share a recent book, film, program, or piece of music you enjoyed (3 minutes each).
Speaker’s talk: What Do We Mean When We Talk About Greece?
Second half:
Sharing and discussion on the topic
Group photo
— Registration —
https://forms.gle/14YcF3PszqHN6Cg47
Please use the registration link above.
Registration order is determined by the link above.
If attending as an observer, add “observer” after your display name.
Your email address is used to send the apartment access code and instructions.
After registering, add the assistant on WeChat to join the event group.
📌 Include “book club” in your friend request.
Find the account “别处读书会” on Xiaohongshu.
Find out about other events.
About Elsewhere Book Club
Elsewhere Book Club
The name Elsewhere comes from Milan Kundera’s Life Is Elsewhere.
Life Is Elsewhere.
We seem more inclined to imagine a golden age when looking backward or forward. Yet, in my own life, this moment and elsewhere have become inseparable, each giving meaning to the other.
Live fully in this moment. The search for elsewhere also takes place here and now.
I arrived in Seattle just last month. In an unfamiliar place, my first impulse was to start a small book club, perhaps to meet others who find steadiness in books and enjoy sustained conversation.
Mount Sumeru within a mustard seed; a mustard seed holding Mount Sumeru.
I hope this small space can give us somewhere to exchange ideas each week.
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