Announcing a very special New York Philosophy event. There will be press representatives from local print media covering this event, hosted by Gnosis Arts Multimedia and New York Philosophy. This is a big-budget production at the Grand Ballroom at the Roosevelt.

This is a FREE event (no donation requested) featuring a reception, lecture, 1-hour premium open bar, complimentary light buffet, and an open discussion in the usual NY Phi style. The event is open to the public and has received local press - as a sponsor, New York Philosophy is allowed to bring 50% of the attendees for the evening.

The location is Madison Avenue's landmark hotel, the Roosevelt, in the Grand Ballrooom.

Note: be sure to view our Membership Policy (click on the About link). Even one no-show is grounds for removal from this group, depending on how 'in-demand' an event is and if there is a waiting list. For this high-profile event with a waiting list of NY Phi members who want to attend, be SURE you are coming if you have RSVPed 'yes' or you risk removal from the group. We simply ask that you change your RSVP to 'no' by noon the day of the event if you cannot make it so someone else can attend.

The featured guest is British author and quantum theorist Anthony Peake, whose "Cheating the Ferryman" thesis is a 21st century spin on 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's "Eternal Recurrence".

Peake uses quantum physics, phenomenology, epistemology, neurology, and Socratic and Nietzschean philosophy to underpin a thesis on eternal recurrence. He is a professional member of the International Scientific and Medical Network and has presented his material in public lectures and radio and television broadcasts throughout Great Britain and Europe. August 3 will mark his debut before an American audience.

Eternal return (also known as "eternal recurrence") is a concept which posits that the universe has been recurring, and will continue to recur in a self-similar form an infinite number of times. The concept has roots in ancient Egypt, and was subsequently taken up by the Pythagoreans and Stoics. With the decline of antiquity and the spread of Christianity, the concept fell into disuse, though Friedrich Nietzsche resurrected it on the grounds that it provides a reason for affirming life after the decline of theism.

In addition, the philosophical concept of eternal recurrence was addressed by Arthur Schopenhauer. It is a purely physical concept, involving no "reincarnation", but the return of beings in the same bodies. Time is viewed as being not linear but cyclical.

The basic premise is that the universe is limited in extent and contains a finite amount of matter, while time is viewed as being infinite. The universe has no starting or ending state, while the matter comprising it is constantly changing its state. The number of possible changes is finite, and so sooner or later the same state will recur.

Agenda

6 PM BALLROOM OPENS
6:15 - 7:15 OPEN BAR
7:30 PEAKE
8:15 Q & A, OPEN DISCUSSION

There will be a complimentary buffet opened up early in the evening and a cash bar all evening after the open bar ends.

A prominent landmark situated on Madison Avenue and 45th Street in midtown New York City, The Roosevelt Hotel was named in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt. The New York City hotel opened in 1924.

Be sure to view our Membership Policy (click on the About link). All RSVPs are required to have a photo; all organizers are instructed to remove RSVPs without a picture.