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PhiloQuest 2021: Books & Movies

Painting of the death of Socrates, representing PhiloQuest’s monthly book and film discussions

2021 was the inaugural year of PhiloQuest. What began as a small monthly reading group grew into an ongoing exploration of ideas through world literature, philosophy, and cinema.

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2021 Lineup & Schedule

Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life cover
March

Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life

John Gray
Man's Search for Meaning cover
April

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl
A Clockwork Orange cover
May

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess
Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom cover
June

Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom

William Glasser
The Idiot cover
July

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century cover
August

The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century

Amia Srinivasan
Night Train to Lisbon cover
September

Night Train to Lisbon

Pascal Mercier
The Great Beauty (2013) cover
October

The Great Beauty (2013)

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino (Film)
Rashomon (1950) cover
November

Rashomon (1950)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa (Film)
The Lorax (2012) cover
December

The Lorax (2012)

Directed by Chris Renaud (Film)
Mahmoud Rasmi

Mahmoud Rasmi

I hold a PhD in philosophy with over a decade of experience across academia and industry. I currently run an independent practice helping leaders develop strategies through ambiguity, and clarifying decisions involving competing values.

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