Tuesday Study Circles: March 24th & March 31st, 2026

GOOD & EVIL

“Good and evil. Reality. That which gives more reality to beings and things is good, that which takes it from them is evil.”  – Simone Weil

March 3 Good and Evil – Simone Weil

‘We experience good only by doing it. We experience evil only by refusing to allow ourselves to do it or, if we do it, by repenting of it.”

March 10 How do you stand up to a dictator? – Maria Ressa

“And people will always surprise you. If you believe in the best of people, they will give you the best.” 

March 17   The Homeric Hymn to Demeter

Why was the myth of Demeter and Persephone central to the Eleusinian Mysteries?

March 24 A Credo – Margaret Fuller, Transcendentalist

“Life enough is lived through a man to justify the great difficulties and obstructions attendant on the existence of mankind.”

March 31   Tough Love, “Bridging the Divide” – Susan Rice

“At Stanford, he (Susan’s son Jake) would grow more active and vocal, eventually becoming the high-profile president of Stanford College Republicans and, as my son, a darling of right-wing media.”