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Berlin Forum’s Members’ New Book on John Lachs

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We are happy to announce that John Lachs's Practical Philosophy: Critical Essays on His Thought with Replies and Bibliography, edited by Chris Skowroński, has just been published by Brill (Leiden-Boston). The idea of the volume was born during the international conference on John Lachs (with his participation) that was organized by Berlin Forum in 2015 in Berlin, within the series of American and European Values conferences (special thanks for organizing the event should go to the then chair, … [Read more...]

Stoic pragmatism

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What is Stoic Pragmatism? The term stoic pragmatism (SP) was coined by John Lachs for a theory and practice of the good life in individual, social, and cultural contexts. SP has two main philosophical sources of inspiration. The first is American pragmatism, especially William James, John Dewey, Josiah Royce, and also George Santayana—whose links with pragmatism are detectable on some points. The second is the philosophy of Stoicism, especially the ethics of the Roman Stoics: Epictetus, Marcus … [Read more...]

Berlin Forum’s Members’ New Book

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We are happy to announce that the prestigious publishing house, Brill (Leiden-Boston), has just published The Life of Reason in an Age of Terrorism, co- edited by the members of Berlin Forum (Charles Padrón and Chris Skowoński). The idea of the book was born during the international conference organized by Berlin Forum in 2016 (special thanks for organizing the event should go to the chair, Maja Niestroj, to the event manager, Karolina Knopik, and to Berlin Forum's Schirmherr John Lachs … [Read more...]

Santayana Spiritual Life webinar recording

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-9-84_Ojmk&feature=youtu.be The  Santayana Society, including its President, dr. Richard Rubin, should be thanked for help with organizing an international online seminar on February 16, 2018. Our 2-hour-long discussion - click the recording above - circled around the following issues/questions: How does Santayana characterize the spiritual life in PSL and did his characterization of the spiritual life change or develop in his later works? What … [Read more...]

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