Online Seminar Series on Love - Nicomachean Ethics

Online Seminar

Series on Love -
Nicomachean Ethics (Book 8 and 9 edited) by Aristotle

Saturday, July 18, 2020

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Othello said about himself that he “loved not wisely but too well.” It seems that one can love things too much, but can one really love someone too much? Does the answer to that question depend on what is meant by love? Perhaps more fundamentally: are there different kinds of love? This series will devote itself to a discussion of the mystery and majesty of love.

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Future Readings in the Series:

Augustine, Sermon on LoveDostoevsky, A Gentle Creature

Ibsen, A Doll’s HouseShakespeare, Othello

Sigrid Unset, Gunnar’s DaughterFlannery O’Connor, The Lame Shall Enter FirstC.S. Lewis, Four Loves

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Schedule:

12:00-2:00PM PDT

Tutor:

Paul O'Reilly

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Location:

Online. Register to receive the link.

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