Newport Beach Great Books & Philosophy Seminar

9 people · led by Noah Garcia · Mondays at 7:00pm · Newport Beach, CA

Curious readers in Newport Beach and Corona del Mar gathering Monday evenings to discuss primary works in philosophy, ethics, and civic life.

Group note: Short primary readings (~25 pages a week), Socratic seminar format: everyone cites a specific paragraph to open the table.

Next for this groupMonday, November 2

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics — Books VIII & IX: The Three Kinds of Friendship

Selections from Books VIII and IX on friendships of utility, pleasure, and character.

Discussion questions

Why does Aristotle devote two full books of an ethics treatise to friendship (philia)?

3 sessions

Plato's Meno — Virtue, Inquiry & Recollection
CompletedMonday, October 19 at 7pm
Complete dialogue (70a–100b). Note Meno’s paradox at 80d and Socrates’ distinction between knowledge and true opinion.
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics — Books I & II
CompletedMonday, October 26 at 7pm
Read Books I and II (1094a–1109b): the highest human good (eudaimonia), the function argument (1097b–1098a), moral habituation, and the doctrine of the mean.
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics — Books VIII & IX: The Three Kinds of Friendship
Up nextMonday, November 2 at 7pm
Selections from Books VIII and IX on friendships of utility, pleasure, and character.

Open seats — joining brings you straight to the group’s plan, calendar, and food sign-up.

9 people

Group host & leader

Noah Garcia

Community college philosophy instructor hosting a friendly seminar table for primary texts in ethics and civic life.

Members (first names):

NGNoahBHBenjaminDCDavidENElenaIMIsaacLRLucasNRNatalieOFOwenPPPriya

Shared roles & hospitality

HostingFacilitatingSnackDrinks