Philosophy Club, Friday, 10/31, "How The Alphabet Was Formed"

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The Philosophy Club meets Friday afternoons at Lake Miona Recreation Center in The Villages, FL.  Meetings start promptly at 4:00PM and end at 5:30PM. Presenters usually speak for 25 to 45 minutes, followed by a Discussion Period where the Leader and Audience Members ask Questions and express their Opinions, and the Presenter replies.

COMING ATTRACTIONS:

Friday,     10/31     Drake Shepard    "How The Alphabet Was Formed"

Noah Webster of dictionary fame will come alive and tell us how each letter of the alphabet evolved physically and sound-wise from their inception thousands of years ago. Plus he will detail how these letters were printed on paper and how our language has been transformed over the ages.

 

Friday,      11/7       Bob Wickman       "Atoms"

Friday,      11/14     John Rainey          "The Fourth Quarter Holidays"

A brief history of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Christmas.  We'll take a brief look at the backgrounds, customs, and symbols of the holidays. 

Friday,       11/21    Phil Caminez         "Socialism from Marx  to Mamdani."

Friday,  11/28       Larry Martin          “Hollywood Biopics from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s - Music Plus a Whole Lotta Fiction"

WANT TO BE A PRESENTER ?: Send us the short Title of your proposed talk, along with a descriptive paragraph or two describing the Subject of your Talk, your Interests and Qualifications to present it, and why we should be interested. Send your proposal to our Leader, Bob Brooke (bnbrooke @aol.com) [Google Groups discourages me from entering a clickable email address. So, to reach Bob by email remove the space between bnbrooke and @]