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Past Events

  • Introduction to Stoicism, Level 1 Event
    Mon 20 Jun
    Multiple Dates
    Details
    Jun 20, 2022, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM GMT+2
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsIntro
    A brief presentation on Stoicism: What is it? Who were the Stoics? What did they profess? How and why is Stoicism practiced today?
  • Introduction to Logic, Level 1 Event
    Mon 18 Apr
    Details
    Apr 18, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM GMT+2
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsIntroLogic
    A workshop on logic. For Stoics as well as philosophers in general we must command our use of logic if we intend to reason correctly and derive truths about us and the world.
  • Book of the Month: Logic
    Wed 23 Mar
    Details
    Mar 23, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM GMT+1
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsBookMonth
    For any practicing Stoic or philosopher, studying logic is essential if one is to derive correct conclusions and begin from reasonable premises. If you want to argue a case to others or convince yourself of a truth, logic is necessary.
  • Stoic Care II
    Wed 23 Feb
    Details
    Feb 23, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM GMT+1
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsCare
    Not often discussed are the ways in which Stoicism can improve our mental health. Its compassionate, caring side is often forgotten and stems from its principles of cosmopolitanism, character, control, and choice.
  • Introduction to Stoicism, Level 1 Event
    Mon 21 Feb
    Details
    Feb 21, 2022, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM GMT+1
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsIntro
    A brief presentation on Stoicism: What is it? Who were the Stoics? What did they profess? How and why is Stoicism practiced today?
  • Stoic Care I
    Wed 16 Feb
    Details
    Feb 16, 2022, 6:30 PM GMT+1 – Feb 17, 2022, 8:00 PM GMT+1
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsCare
    Not often discussed are the ways in which Stoicism can improve our mental health. Its compassionate, caring side is often forgotten and stems from its principles of cosmopolitanism, character, control, and choice.
  • Book of the Month: Month of Montaigne
    Thu 10 Feb
    Details
    Feb 10, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM GMT+1
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsBookMonth
    An open discussion on a series of essays by the 16th century French philosopher Montaigne. Our first non-Stoic philosopher in our Book of the Month series, in honor of Montaigne's birthday on 28. February.
  • Seneca
    Thu 03 Feb
    Details
    Feb 03, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM GMT+1
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsSeneca
    Today we return to one of the Stoic classics and favorites. What better way to resume our Stoic studies in 2022 than with Seneca, a remarkably similar author and famour inspiration to the later Montaigne.
  • Introduction to Stoicism, Level 1 Event
    Mon 17 Jan
    Details
    Jan 17, 2022, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM GMT+1
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsIntro
    A brief presentation on Stoicism: What is it? Who were the Stoics? What did they profess? How and why is Stoicism practiced today?
  • Introduction to Stoicism, Level 1 Event
    Mon 13 Dec
    Details
    Dec 13, 2021, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM GMT+1
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsIntro
    A brief presentation on Stoicism: What is it? Who were the Stoics? What did they profess? How and why is Stoicism practiced today?
  • Book of the Month: A New Stoicism
    Thu 09 Dec
    Details
    Dec 09, 2021, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM GMT+1
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsBookMonth
    An open discussion on the acclaimed book by, now deceased, academic and Stoic scholar and practitioner Lawrence Becker, "A New Stoicism". This quite in-depth yet acutely discerning analysis of Stoic philosophy sets the framework for how Stoics can understand Stoicism in the 21st century.
  • Introduction to Stoicism, Level 1 Event
    Mon 15 Nov
    Details
    Nov 15, 2021, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM GMT+1
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsIntro
    A brief presentation on Stoicism: What is it? Who were the Stoics? What did they profess? How and why is Stoicism practiced today?
  • Utilitarianism and J.S. Mill, Level 1 Event
    Thu 11 Nov
    Details
    Nov 11, 2021, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM GMT+1
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsMill
    Berlin Stoics introduces itself for the first time into utilitarianism, an ethical framework distinct from virtue ethics. As Stoics and eclectics we must study all philosophies to get a better perspective of ethics in general and come to truthful conclusions about the world.
  • Stoic Ethics: for Eudaimonia or Virtue?, Level 1 Event
    Sun 31 Oct
    Details
    Oct 31, 2021, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM GMT+1
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsEnds
    Despite a marginal consensus among academics today, now and in antiquity there's ambiguity as well as contention between those who ground the end to Stoic ethics in eudaimonia and those who ground it in virtue. Which drives you? Is Stoic ethics eudaimonistic or is eudaimonia simply a byproduct?
  • How to Walk, Talk, and Think like a Stoic
    Sun 24 Oct
    Details
    Oct 24, 2021, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM GMT+2
    Maxway Coffee Moabit, Kirchstr. 2, D-10557 Berlin
    This week is International Stoic Week! The Modern Stoicism organization hosts courses and events this week on the philosophy, but we'll also be meeting locally as well. Join us for a tea/coffee and walk through the park - bring warm clothing!
  • Introduction to Stoicism, Level 1 Event
    Mon 18 Oct
    Details
    Oct 18, 2021, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM GMT+2
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsIntro
    A brief presentation on Stoicism: What is it? Who were the Stoics? What did they profess? How and why is Stoicism practiced today?
  • Book of the Month: James Stockdale
    Thu 14 Oct
    Details
    Oct 14, 2021, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM GMT+2
    meet.jit.si/BerlinStoicsBookMonth
    An open discussion on Stockdale's essays on Stoicism and applying Epictetus' principles in times of war and hardship, recounting his experiences as a POW during the Vietnam Civil War.
  • Stoicon 2021
    Sat 09 Oct
    Details
    Oct 09, 2021, 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM GMT+2
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWyR_IFYoQ8
    An annual Stoicon conference – this year accessible virtually – organized and hosted by the Modern Stoicism organization.
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