Philosophy Club 2023

โ€œThe Philosophy Club is an ever-growing community of free-thinking learners, with a leadership framework that tends to take a laissez-faire approach to engaging in thought provoking discussions about various topics within philosophical parameters.

More than anything else, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™ช๐™— ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™„ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™› ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š and am glad that I have had the privilege of actively contributing and being commended for my service to the club through various means.

I am the first recipient of the prestigious Philosophy Club team award, and it is an honour to wear the inaugural scroll on my blazer, but that is dwarfed by the meaning of the Philosophy Club in my life.

Many factors have impacted how my character has been moulded over my very few years within the Union Schools, but most of those factors would be miniscule in comparison to the Philosophy Clubโ€™s impact on my life.

The Philosophy Clubโ€™s approach to assertively and clearly expressing your opinions whilst being respectful and understanding of others, has come to shape how I interact with anyone I speak to and will speak to for the rest of my life.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด โ€œ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆโ€ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ.

The privilege of being able to speak your mind freely with the intention of providing value to a discussion has been a platform I have needed multiple times in my life and stumbling my way into this incredible community at the age of 14 may have been the most relevant moment of my ongoing life at Union Schools.

๐˜ผ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™›๐™š๐™ก๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™…๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™š-๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ญ ๐™’๐™ง๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™– ๐™ค๐™› ๐™– ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™ช๐™—โ€™๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ซ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™š, and paving the way for me to be the current president of this club. An even warmer message of gratitude must be given to Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes for her efforts in upholding the structures and initial purposes of the club from its inception up until this point and always being willing to offer a helping hand.

The Philosophy Club is and will continue being one of the most innovative communities in the history of the Union schools, and having been part of helping to add even more structure onto the creation of some of the smartest thinkers I have ever met has been nothing short of a privilege.โ€

๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช, ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต – ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ 2022/23:

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ:
โ€ข Cynicism โ€“ presented by Sobuhle Nyambali
โ€ข Stoicism โ€“ presented by Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes
โ€ข Narcissim โ€“ presented by Sobuhle Nyambali
โ€ข Artificial Intelligence โ€“ presented by Chante Bezuidenhout
โ€ข Machiavelli โ€“ presented by Athi Mahlati
โ€ข How to save yourself from yourself โ€“ presented by Clea Clark and Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout