Kenya Institute of Social Sophists

Nairobi Based Community of Philosophy Enthusiasts🧠 | We have lectures at Santuri Music School every last Friday of the month🗓️

[Kenya Institute of Social Sophists @SophistsKe]

Sophists & Sophiettes, we proudly present to you Logic on the Lawn -Kikao II.

Following our most attended lecture, which happened in June, members of the community that missed out have been asking for rerun. And now we have the deluxe version.

This Mashujaa Day (Tuesday 20 OCT) ,we shall meet at Michuki park firva day of discussing contemporary female philosophers and touching grass. All are welcome.

[FantaBariidi 𓈒 𓇼 @MeranSays]

Ethics in today's world and what constitutes our morality will constitute a chunk of our discussion on contemporary women philosophers. See you there.

[Kenya Institute of Social Sophists @SophistsKe]

Why does the truth feel increasingly slippery in contemporary political and social life?

Alenka Zupančič, in works like Ethics of the Real, cuts through the comfortable illusions of modern ideology. She pushes us to examine how systemic crises manipulate our desires and how genuine ethical action requires confronting uncomfortable truths rather than retreating into comfort.

[oc @OcornelsOnX]

This will be interesting
@MeranSays

[Kenya Institute of Social Sophists @SophistsKe]

How do we construct a meaningful life when external systems feel unstable?

From Philippa Foot's exploration of natural goodness to Alenka Zupančič’s critique of modern ideology, contemporary women philosophers challenge us to look past simple answers.

[Frank Njugi @FrankNjugi]

Excited to finally have my official writer’s website which is now live. ✨
After several years of literary work, I have finally put together a one-stop home for past, present and future work, writing, and projects. Check it out ✨

https://t.co/OlhQ62Dxkd

[Hamza K @afro_hamza]

Fun fact: In the two primary muslim canonical collections (Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim), over 300 Hadiths were narrated by a woman; her name was Aisha ra and
Across all major collections, she narrated over 2,200 hadiths, making her the third most prolific narrator overall in Islamic hadith scholarship (behind Abu Hurairah and Abd Allah ibn Umar) and by far the primary female source of Prophetic traditions.
She was one of the 7 major Muftis when the prophet pbuh died she actively audited other scholars correcting over 60 legal rulings (Istidrak) to set foundational standards for Islamic jurisprudence.

and was in fact the core bedrock for Islamic personal and family law;

Imam al-Zuhri said of her ;

لو جُمِعَ علمُ الناسِ كلِّهم، ثم علمُ أزواجِ النبي ﷺ، لكانت عائشةُ أوسعَهم علمًا

“If the knowledge of all the people were gathered together, and then the knowledge of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ,
ʿĀʾishah would be the most expansive of them in knowledge.” This is recorded by al-Ḥākim in his Mustadrak

[Kenya Institute of Social Sophists @SophistsKe]

Modern society is buckling under systemic weight: political fragility, economic inequality, ethical confusion around tech, and shifting social contracts. Women consistently absorb the highest cost of these failures through formal and informal gendered precarity such as unfairly compensated labor in the first case and cultural sterotypes and attitudes in the latter.

That is why, as our presenters for Kikao II, intend to show, the most critical philosophical interventions today come from women thinkers.

[Kenya Institute of Social Sophists @SophistsKe]

A heartfelt thank you to everyone that made it to our blast session and participated in the engaging discussion. And to the presenter as well for a well conducted session.

Details for our next meet up coming soon.

[FantaBariidi 𓈒 𓇼 @MeranSays]

We're so back!!! A much demanded 2nd edition of the discussion on Women Philosophers. This time outdoors! For those who asked for a reup karibuni tena. And for first timers Karibuni for the first time. See you there!

[Ūkabi @NyokabiJesse]

@SophistsKe this is great uploading the recordings.

https://t.co/nxNfMmZCqp

[Kenya Institute of Social Sophists @SophistsKe]

We are live. A couple of Sophists are watching with us.

[Kenya Institute of Social Sophists @SophistsKe]

The believing sophists asked and it has been given to them.

For the first time ever, you get to watch one of our lectures on YouTube. Set your reminders for 1900 hrs tonight (EAT) when @afro_hamza 's lecture on the 'Myth of Neutrality' goes live.

https://t.co/xSDh4q22jv

[Kenya Institute of Social Sophists @SophistsKe]

Tminus 30min till we are live

[Kenya Institute of Social Sophists @SophistsKe]

The believing sophists asked and it has been given to them.

For the first time ever, you get to watch one of our lectures on YouTube. Set your reminders for 1900 hrs tonight (EAT) when @afro_hamza 's lecture on the 'Myth of Neutrality' goes live.

https://t.co/xSDh4q22jv

[Orlin @indungu_]

Quite the awesome thing. You should watch.

[Kenya Institute of Social Sophists @SophistsKe]

The believing sophists asked and it has been given to them.

For the first time ever, you get to watch one of our lectures on YouTube. Set your reminders for 1900 hrs tonight (EAT) when @afro_hamza 's lecture on the 'Myth of Neutrality' goes live.

https://t.co/xSDh4q22jv

[RiflemanB @billy_Rifle4]

@AnganaKeith @SophistsKe @meshmwandishi was there , enjoyed every bit of the conversations

[Telemachoz @meshmwandishi]

As a person who reviews stuff, hearing positive reviews about the lecture is a gigantic sign of respect in my culture.

So thankful to everyone that showed up and participated.

Cc @SophistsKe

[Keith Ang'ana @AnganaKeith]

Lovely session! @meshmwandishi

Discussion ilijaa, na ilibamba!

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