Existentialism! – a 10-week online course about freedom, meaning and life
New to philosophy? This is a course for anyone and everyone. It is not difficult, but it is exciting!
Topics:
Why people hide from freedom
Our freedom to decide what is good and bad
How society must be changed so that we can be free
Living freely with other free people
Why the truth depends on what we decide matters to us
Inventing meaningful lives
Pre-recorded, self-contained 1hr lectures with engaging slides
Weekly 1hr seminars on Zoom on Tuesdays at 8 PM London / 12 PM Vancouver (starts Jan. 18, 2020)
Optional reading list
Optional feedback on written reflections
Bookable one-on-one office hours
100 GBP, payable by January 11 (reduced pricing available – contact me)
There are a thousand paths that have never yet been walked; a thousand forms of health and hidden islands of life. Humanity and humanity’s earth are still unexhausted and undiscovered.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I am interested in the fortunes of the individual as defined not in terms of happiness but in terms of liberty.
Simone de Beauvoir
Reviews of my teaching
"Gabriel is a wonderful teacher – clear, accommodating and pleasant."
"Gabriel made these seminars extremely enjoyable."
"He teaches the course the way every philosophy course should be taught: by encouraging discussion and trying to learn from the students just as much as they learn from him."
"Gabriel has a real knack for simplifying complex concepts without being glib or reductive.”
Questions?
Email ngabrielmartin@gmail.com
I am alien to my-self as I am haunted by the alien… there is a “wild region” that opens up within one’s own culture, yet is not enclosed in it.
Bernhard Waldenfels