Dr. Anthony
Faculty Coordinator, SOPHIA
I take delight to welcome you to the new academic year 2016-17 and to the creative acts of philosophizing!
The organizers of the Sophia Club have planned numerous events and acts which are surely going to keep us on our feet all through the year!
Yes, I would look to underscore the word “feet” which may exemplify the thrust of our club, this year: it’s to learn to accept and live with each other in all diversity, with all our strengths and weaknesses.
Feet, as you know, help us to walk and assist in our life journey. But in our times of conflict and dissension, at various levels and arena, we need to increasingly realize that our feet are not the only feet undertaking the journey and that they are meant for walking, preferably together and in coordination, and certainly not for kicking each other.
Let’s not give ourselves easily into any propaganda and act of religious/cultural apartheid. We need bridges, not walls. Rather, we ourselves should become bridges!
May all that we endeavour this year, reflect this act of bridging, co-walking, and co-nurturing.
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