Welcome, Altadena Socrates Cafe Communities!
- Location
- Altadena, CA 34.19-118.14 91001US
- Meetups
- 26 so far
- Members
- 105 Socrates Cafe Communities
- Meetup topics
- Founded
- November 13, 2007
Inspired by Christopher Phillips' books, scores of people are meeting for these modern version of Socratic dialogue. These are intended to be group conversations which often move in a spiral, touching on topics in ways that may not be obvious at first. Our purpose is to bring back thoughtful dialogue in counterpoint to the shouting pundits of so-called debate on TV and radio.
One need not be an academic or expert. We seek diversity of thought from people from all walks of life.
ALL ARE WELCOME. ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU BRING AN INQUISITIVE MIND AND A WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN.
Our next MeetupAltadena Socrates Cafe December Meetup
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This location is shown only to members
- Who’s coming?
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1 Yes / 1 Maybe
The topic of discussion of our October meeting was on whether or not there are absolute moral values. I still don't know if there are, but I enjoyed immensely our discussion/dialogue.
Our next gathering would be on the 15th of November, see you then!
Cheers!
Mike Li
Past Meetups
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Join Altadena Socrates Cafe
What's new?
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Nov 15
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New member
“I am interested in the grear philosophical questions that mankind has always cared about. My hope is that people in this group are open to the thoughts of others, whether they agree or not.”
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Nov 9
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New member
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New member
“I love stimulating discussions!”
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Oct 26
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New member
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Oct 11
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New member
“I love intelligent, open debate”
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Oct 10
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Oct 6
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New member“This is what I've been looking for.”
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Sep 26
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New member
“I was a member of an extraordinary Socrates Cafe in Pennsylvania, and would like to join a similar group here in SoCal. Me: I am a claims adjuster by day / fiction writer by night. I am currently in the MFA program at Bennington College.”
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Sep 20
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Sep 19
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New member
“I would love to join this group.”
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Sep 18
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New member“I want to join to be involved in discussions with open minded people and where my and other's point of view will be respected. And I think that having an intellectual discussion exercises the mind and churns it into a more enriched state.”
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What members are saying
“ So far it's off to a promising start. ”
“ This is a great group of people who are interesting and fun. You don't have to know philsophy to join. I don't know anything about philsophy but not afraid to guess. ...
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