Sunrise Senior College Online Course Registration

Sunrise Senior College is pleased to offer this class in conjunction with Lewiston-Auburn Senior College.  We have a limited number of 7 seats available so sign up now!

“What is Philosophy?” is a discussion and self-examining class. The first class will examine the origins of Greek philosophy with the Pre-Socratic philosophers and determine how they would define philosophy. The second class would examine the thoughts and life of Socrates and how he would define philosophy and compare him to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers. In the third class, we would examine the definitions of some contemporary philosophers and finally have each student define philosophy for their lives.

Instructor: Anita Denis was brought up in Lewiston, attended St. Dominic's High School, got her B.A. from Rivier College in Nashua, NH and her Master’s degree from Rhode Island College. She taught Social Studies in several overseas international schools, the last of which was Seoul Foreign School where she taught philosophy courses.

Class Information:  This is a Zoom only class being held in conjunction with Lewiston-Auburn Senior College.  The instructor will be on Zoom.

All facilities at the University of Maine at Machias (UM@M) are fully handicap compliant.  The facilities used by Sunrise Senior College (SSC) at the college have ramps, elevators and handicap accessible bathrooms.  Our offsite functions and activities have various limitations and restrictions and may not be fully handicap accessible.  SSC will endeavor to identify limitations at these to you in advance.

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“Sunrise Senior College does not endorse any appeal or representation made by a presenter, non-profit organization or business during an SSC presentation.  SSC members attending the presentations may wish to pursue additional involvement with the organization or presenter based on the material that was presented and in doing so, they are acting on their own and not as part of SSC.”

This class is available to all current Maine Senior College (MSCN) Members. The general public not wishing to join Sunrise Senior College at this time may attend this class for a $20.00 fee.

Important: If at this time you are not a current member of Sunrise Senior College (SSC) but are planning to join as a member today, make sure you answer that “Your SSC membership is current” when checking out so that we can properly bill you for this class.

Sunrise Senior College (SSC) is a membership-based organization. Our SSC members receive special benefits as current members when they register for this course. Any member of another MSCN college is also able to enjoy this course, but may incur some additional charges. If you are a member of the general public, you can take this course but will have to pay additional fees associated with being a non-member. For any attendee that is not a current member of Sunrise Senior College, any materials required for the course are your responsibility. When checking out, please carefully read and answer the questions asked associated with this specific course so that you are charged appropriately for this class. Failure to do this may result in your being cancelled from the course. We hope you enjoy this offering.