Existentialist Society

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For those who question whether life has a meaning and a purpose. For those who despairingly ponder whether one can live without self-deception or without hedonistic escapism; yet who, despite the anguish of life's futility and meaninglessness, still seek purpose and an authentic existence.

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Enquiries: David Miller, Secretary.

Telephone: (03) 9467 2063.
Mail: PO Box 1111, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia.
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Lectures: Via Zoom

Previous lectures and transcripts:
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Saturday 7 Dec 2024
Jon Rubin
"Love, Castration, and Necessity: The Philosophy and Letters of Heloise and Abelard"
Zoom link
Meeting ID: 848 6146 4837 - - Passcode: 562369
Meeting commences at 2pm. AEDT.

Saturday 4 Jan 2025
Richard Volpato
"Renovating the Analytics of Rights, Commodities and Satisfactions"
Zoom link
Meeting ID: 815 2419 7743 - - Passcode: 215074
Meeting commences at 2pm. AEDT.

Saturday 1 Feb 2025
Dr. Pierre Van Osselaer
"Helene Cixous and the Transformation of Language"
Zoom link
Meeting ID: 857 0593 4258 - - Passcode: 497699
Meeting commences at 2pm. AEDT.

Saturday 1 Mar 2025
Dr. Tim Themi
"Bataille's Dispute with Sartre over Inner Experience"
Zoom link
Meeting ID: 845 6291 1308 - - Passcode: 146226
Meeting commences at 2pm. AEDT.

Saturday 5 Apr 2025
John Noack
"Either/Or/Neither: Kierkegaard's Ethological Spheres and Nietzsche's Ubermensch"
Zoom link
Meeting ID: 871 8698 8727 - - Passcode: 268272
Meeting commences at 2pm. AEDT.

Saturday 3 May 2025
Remco Van Santen
"From Plato to the Quantum World: Tracing the Shifts in Philosophy and Science"
Zoom link
Meeting ID: 827 7665 7260 - - Passcode: 069262
Meeting commences at 2pm. AEDT.