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Past Events

  • Aquinas on Happiness, Human Action, and Morality
    Aquinas on Happiness, Human Action, and Morality
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, Nov 01
    Nov 01, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
    Palo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    Join Zephyr Friday afternoons as we read through Aquinas's Summa I-IIae Q. 1–21.
  • The Right to Oblivion
    The Right to Oblivion
    Thu, Oct 17
    Oct 17, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Palo Alto, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    A Zephyr Salon with Lowry Pressly (Stanford) on the right to privacy as a tool for making life meaningful.
  • The Prison Before the Panopticon
    The Prison Before the Panopticon
    Wed, Oct 09
    Oct 09, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Palo Alto, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    A Zephyr Salon with Jacob Abolafia (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) about the history of philosophical debates surrounding incarceration.
  • Zephyr Philosophy Club 2024-2025
    Zephyr Philosophy Club 2024-2025
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, Oct 08
    Oct 08, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT
    Atherton, Atherton, CA, USA
    A monthly philosophy gathering for high school students, led by Dr. Molly Oshatz (Zephyr Institute)
  • Politics and Transcendence
    Politics and Transcendence
    Tue, Oct 08
    Oct 08, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Palo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    A Zephyr seminar with Juan Miguel Matheus (Stanford Constitutional Law Center and National Assembly of Venezuela)
  • Can AI Ever Be Sentient?
    Can AI Ever Be Sentient?
    Wed, Sep 25
    Sep 25, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Zephyr Backyard, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    Dive into the arguments for and against the possibility of artificial intelligence ever developing subjective experiences with Stanford's John Etchemendy and Luke Pistol.
  • Zephyr Philosophy Camp 2024: Political Philosophy
    Zephyr Philosophy Camp 2024: Political Philosophy
    Mon, Jul 15
    Jul 15, 2024, 10:00 AM PDT – Jul 19, 2024, 2:00 PM PDT
    Stanford University
    A week-long philosophy summer day camp for rising junior and senior high school students and incoming college freshmen with Dr. Molly Oshatz.
  • Zephyr Study Hall
    Zephyr Study Hall
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, Jun 08
    Jun 08, 2024, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Zephyr House, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    All Stanford students are invited to come study in community with Zephyr!
  • Shakespeare's "Coriolanus": An Evening Seminar
    Shakespeare's "Coriolanus": An Evening Seminar
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, May 30
    May 30, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Palo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    Join Zephyr for a five-part reading and discussion of Shakespeare's "Coriolanus", led by Ben Gee (PhD Candidate, Department of English).
  • What is Art?
    What is Art?
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, May 22
    May 22, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Zephyr House, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    Join Zephyr for this exploration of philosophical questions about the nature, purpose, and value of art. We will be reading R. G. Collingwood's "Principles of Art" (1938).
  • Afternoon Tea with Plato's "Euthyphro"
    Afternoon Tea with Plato's "Euthyphro"
    Fri, May 17
    May 17, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Zephyr House, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    All Stanford students are invited to join Zephyr for this afternoon tea and discussion of Plato's dialogue about piety with Rupert Sparling (PhD Candidate, Philosophy).
  • Zephyr Philosophy Club 2023-2024
    Zephyr Philosophy Club 2023-2024
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, May 14
    May 14, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT
    Atherton, Atherton, CA, USA
    A monthly philosophy gathering for high school students, led by Dr. Molly Oshatz (Zephyr Institute)
  • René Girard: Prophet of the Post-9/11 Age?
    René Girard: Prophet of the Post-9/11 Age?
    Sat, Apr 27
    Apr 27, 2024, 12:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel, 625 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA
    A colloquium for Stanford students and Zephyr Fellows on Rene Girard's "Battling to the End" in light of contemporary geopolitics.
  • Anselm's "Proslogion": an evening seminar
    Anselm's "Proslogion": an evening seminar
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, Apr 19
    Apr 19, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Palo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    Join Zephyr for this two-part reading and discussion of Anselm's famous short treatise, the "Proslogion", led by Zephyr's Director of Academic Programs, Landon Hobbs.
  • The Supreme Court's Text and History
    The Supreme Court's Text and History
    Wed, Apr 17
    Apr 17, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Zephyr Backyard, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    Join Zephyr for this evening salon with Profs. Michael McConnell (Stanford Law School) and Jonathan Gienapp (Stanford, Department of History). We will be discussing the Supreme Court's recent use of text and history as methods of constitutional interpretation.
  • Afternoon Tea with Plato's "Lysis"
    Afternoon Tea with Plato's "Lysis"
    Fri, Mar 08
    Mar 08, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Palo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    All Stanford students are invited to join Zephyr for this afternoon tea and discussion of Plato's charming dialogue about friendship.
  • Finite Humanity and Infinite Goodness: Gregory of Nyssa and the Ethics of Striving
    Finite Humanity and Infinite Goodness: Gregory of Nyssa and the Ethics of Striving
    Thu, Feb 15
    Feb 15, 2024, 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
    Palo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    All Stanford students are invited to join Zephyr for this two-part exploration of the ethics of Gregory of Nyssa, led by Thomas Slabon (University of South Florida)
  • The Invention of Romantic Love?: A Discussion
    The Invention of Romantic Love?: A Discussion
    Wed, Feb 07
    Feb 07, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Palo Alto, 2345 Dartmouth St, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
    All Stanford undergraduates are invited to join Zephyr to discuss C. S. Lewis's provocative historical analysis of the modern origins of our ideas of romantic love.
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