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Past Events
Multiple DatesTue, Nov 11A monthly philosophy gathering for high school students, led by Dr. Molly Oshatz (Zephyr Institute)
Wed, Nov 05Join Zephyr to read and discuss together this classic work exploring the nature of courage.
Wed, Oct 29Join Zephyr to read and discuss together this classic work exploring the nature of piety and the relation between morality and the divine.
Wed, Oct 22Join Zephyr for this evening salon with Barry Strauss (Stanford, Hoover Institution) about the ancient conflict between the Jewish people and the Roman Empire and its lessons for us today.
Wed, Oct 15Join Zephyr for this evening salon with Prof. Jared Warren (Stanford, Philosophy) about the puzzling relation between natural rights and risk—a puzzle with potential implications both for theoretical justifications of the state and for how we should evaluate real life situations and cases.
Sat, Oct 11Join us as we celebrate a decade of recovering the humanities in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Wed, Oct 08Join Zephyr for this evening salon with Walter Scheidel (Stanford, Classics and History) about what ancient history is and why it should matter to all of us.
Wed, Oct 01Join Zephyr to read and discuss together this classic work exploring the nature of our obligations to the state.
Mon, Jul 28A week-long philosophy summer day camp on "Mind and Machine" for rising junior and senior high school students and incoming college freshmen with Dr. Molly Oshatz.
Mon, Jun 23A week-long philosophy summer day camp on "Mind and Machine" for rising junior and senior high school students and incoming college freshmen with Dr. Molly Oshatz.
Multiple DatesTue, May 13A monthly philosophy gathering for high school students, led by Dr. Molly Oshatz (Zephyr Institute)
Wed, May 07Join Zephyr for this evening salon with Leif Wenar (Philosophy, Stanford) on assessing both the promise and the dangers of Effective Altruism.
Wed, Apr 30Join Zephyr for this evening salon with Prof. Jonathan Gienapp (Stanford, History & Stanford Law School) on the relation between originalism and 18th-century constitutional thought.
Wed, Apr 23Stanford students are invited to join Zephyr for this evening dinner seminar with Prof. Lanier Anderson (Stanford, Philosophy) about Montaigne's classic short essay, "Of Practice."
Tue, Mar 11Why young adults are steering clear of marriage and children and what might be done to revive the fortunes of the family
Wed, Feb 05Join Zephyr for this evening seminar with Thomas Slabon (University of South Florida) on the philosophy of law in Plato's "Protagoras".
Thu, Jan 16A Zephyr Seminar with Landon Hobbs (Zephyr) on Aristotle's theory of justice.
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