Su09W At Sea! (Hybrid/In-Person)

In-Person | Available (Membership Required)

7/9/2025-8/20/2025
1:30 PM-3:00 PM EDT on Wed

Su09W At Sea! (Hybrid/In-Person)

In-Person | Available (Membership Required)

[NEW COURSE] It’s all here: adultery, sea battles, sea chase, courtship, secret agents, shipwreck, a wedding, and a continuing friendship — all set on the high seas during England’s war with Napoleon. We will read Patrick O’Brian’s historical novel The Surgeon’s Mate, one of the 20 books in his Aubrey-Maturin series.  Discussion, Lecture, Reading

  • *This registration item is HYBRID/IN-PERSON, which means that you can attend either in-person or via Zoom.*

  • Required Text: The Surgeon’s Mate by Patrick O’Brian

Thomas Low

Tom Low is neither a professional philosopher nor an academic but has been a serious reader since his teens. He has led courses at Osher on figures as diverse as Plato, Montaigne, Thoreau, William James, Marcus Aurelius, and the great economists.