The Meaning of Life's Milestones

27th Jan 2011; 13:00

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From birth to death, and beyond, history's greatest thinkers have meditated on the meaning behind the landmark events that shape our lives.

Join acclaimed popular philosopher Robert Rowland Smith at the RSA to learn from Aristotle about starting school, from St Paul about falling in love, and from Nietzsche about having a mid-life crisis.

Speaker: Robert Rowland Smith, philosopher, consultant, columnist and author of Breakfast with Socrates and Driving With Plato (Profile, 2011).

Chair: Dr Jonathan Rowson, the RSA Social Brain project.

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