Event name
Art and the Ultimate: Turtles or Telos (Virtual)
When
Mon 10 / 06 / 2025
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Who can attend
Members and Volunteers
Price
FREE
Organizer
Amy Kraus
What does this strange title mean? Is there an ultimate grounding of the universe,
something upon which everything else is based, a ‘telos’ or end or goal or reason for the existence of all that is? Or does any basis for the universe simply remain shrouded forever in ambiguity, as the ancient Greeks said:
something upon which everything else is based, a ‘telos’ or end or goal or reason for the existence of all that is? Or does any basis for the universe simply remain shrouded forever in ambiguity, as the ancient Greeks said:
“What does the earth sit on?”
“A big turtle.”
“What does the turtle sit on?”
“Another big turtle.”
“What does that turtle sit on?”
“It’s turtles all the way down.”
“A big turtle.”
“What does the turtle sit on?”
“Another big turtle.”
“What does that turtle sit on?”
“It’s turtles all the way down.”
Come compare your ideas with those shown by great artists and those expressed by great thinkers.
A link will be sent out the day before the program.