Looking for a Pipes and Philosophy Group

[jdlander]

You know what I want? I want to belong to a group where we get together, smoke our pipes, and discuss philosophy.

Anyone know if anything like that exists anywhere? I live near Salem, Oregon. Anybody nearby?

I was trying to Google for something like this, and found the following quote from a PipesMagazine article:

The pipe corresponds to the rational part of the soul, which explains why we tend to picture wise figures smoking pipes: the Oxford don surrounded by his great books, or Sherlock Holmes, who, in Doyle’s original stories, actually smoked other sorts of tobacco as well, yet is almost always portrayed with a pipe. Unlike cigars and cigarettes, a pipe endures. Similarly, the questions of the philosopher far outlast the passing concerns of physical desires on the one hand and human ambitions on the other. Further, while the cigar is entirely masculine, the pipe has both masculine and feminine elements (the stem and the bowl). This corresponds to the philosopher’s activity, which is both masculine and feminine: masculine in its pursuit of Lady Truth, feminine in its reception of anything that she discloses. Finally, the effect that the pipe has on others is analogous to the effect of philosophizing: the sweet fragrance of a pipe, like good philosophy, is a blessing to all who are near.

I LOVE this.

 

[dottlejockey]

I'd try to find a local pipe club, join and discuss topics of interest. Just might bump into another philosophically inclined individual or two in the group. Even if not, still will likely have a good time.

 

[CatholicPuffer]

You know what I want? I want to belong to a group where we get together, smoke our pipes, and discuss philosophy.

Anyone know if anything like that exists anywhere? I live near Salem, Oregon. Anybody nearby?

I was trying to Google for something like this, and found the following quote from a PipesMagazine article:



I LOVE this.

My Philosophy prof. had us read that whole article. It’s a really neat comparison between Plato’s tripartite soul, and tobacco ingestion. I‘d love to see an updated version or a follow up that includes vapes and pouches! I (unfortunately) am not near by, but if I could recommend inviting men from your church (should you go to one) to this meet up. If you don’t go to church, or don’t believe in God, I still think you’d be more likely to find a group willing to set aside time for pipes and philosophy at a church

 

[jdlander]

I still think you’d be more likely to find a group willing to set aside time for pipes and philosophy at a church

Sadly, my church tradition thinks that tobacco is sinful. I am now an outcast...

I need a new tradition! Ha!

 

[TakeThisCobAndStuffIt]

You could try hosting a zoom meeting...

 

[OverMountain]

Sadly, my church tradition thinks that tobacco is sinful. I am now an outcast...

I need a new tradition! Ha!

You must not be a Baptist…

 

[Hillcrest]

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[jdlander]

You must not be a Baptist…

I'm not. But most Baptists I know don't have a favorable view of smoking either... what kind of Baptist are you thinking of?

 

[jdlander]

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Interesting! Thank you! I'm quite a bit older than most university students, but maybe I'll see if they mind an old guy showing up!

 

[Hillcrest]

Interesting! Thank you! I'm quite a bit older than most university students, but maybe I'll see if they mind an old guy showing up!

Say you identify as Socrates.

 

[kcghost]

Just have a meet up with a few or many of your friends. Once the fire up they are all philosophers.

 

[BingBong]

Interesting! Thank you! I'm quite a bit older than most university students, but maybe I'll see if they mind an old guy showing up!

An old guy off the streets used to show up at philosophy lectures by my old Prof, sit there quiet for the most part but then thunder "Heraclitus was not wrong!". He had a good point.

 

[revnatorade]

I'm not. But most Baptists I know don't have a favorable view of smoking either... what kind of Baptist are you thinking of?

All the Baptists I know look down on smoking, but not chew, which I always found odd.

 

[khiddy]

Say you identify as Socrates.

Just don’t get brought up on charges of corrupting the youth. Hemlock is pretty bitter, I hear tell.

 

[khiddy]

I used to work at University of Portland, and knew a few fellow pipers among the faculty and staff, but most of them are now retired. Certainly there must be a few down at Willamette, much nearer to you, OP.

 

[Hillcrest]

Just don’t get brought up on charges of corrupting the youth. Hemlock is pretty bitter, I hear tell.

All right ... Arisdottle then !

 

[bullet08]

Philosophers have too much opinions. I try not to disturb them.

 

[Sigmund]

How long do you have to think about your pipe before you light it?

Is it real or only an idea?

 

[PipeWI]

Say you identify as Socrates.

You know what happened to Soctates, though...

 

[Hillcrest]

You know what happened to Soctates, though...

Arisdottle then ...