- Stocism: General introduction - Lessons from Epictetus - Lessons from Seneca - Lessons from Marcus Aurelius - Further Readings (in Vietnamese) - Q&A. Stoic philosophers teach us to distinguish between what are external and can not be changed, and what can be changed in our daily activities. We suffer in our imagination more than in reality. The events just happen, and we suffer due to our unnecessary subjective judgements on them. These philosophers also teach us to treat any unlucky event as an opportunity to prove our virtues (justice, self-control, courage, and integrity) and our excellence: "The true men are only revealed in difficult situations". In Q&A section, one participant asked: "Stoic teachings are similar to Buddhist teachings, what more Stoic teaching can offer us in our practice?". Another remarked "Stotic teachings are too 'professional' and 'rational' for him to adopt in his daily practice". This is a common misunderstanding of Stoic philosophy indeed which also emphasizes on "positive" emotions. Stoic philosophy are new to all of us as a theory and a practice that we are going to read and explore more its philosophy from our own library.

- Philosophy of religion: Introduction and basic questions - What is God? - Traditional arguments for the existence of God - The Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas - Q&A. In the first part, the speaker explained the difference between philosophy of religion and religious studies (cultural anthropology). Philosophy of religion is a part of Special Metaphysics, in which four basic questions are asked: (1) What is God?, (2) Does God exist?, (3) How do we account for evil in the universe?, and (4) What is the nature of faith? To answer the first question, the speaker presented some possible definitions of God. The first definition is Theism which conceives God must has four properties, namely, (a) Omnipotent (toàn năng), (b) Omniscient (toàn tri), (c) Omnibenevolent (toàn thiện), and (d) Personal (ngôi vị) or a 'social being' who cares and oversees our universe. The second definition is Deism which agrees with Theism in the first two properties but asks for another property, namely, being perfect creator. As a consequence, the universe is perfectly created and therefore, no interference by God is necessary. The third definition is Pantheism which is essentially an immanent concept and identifies the universe with God. Lastly, Panentheism is the middle way between the third definition and the first two, All is in God. In the third part, the speaker explained five kinds of traditional arguments for the existence of God. They are (1) ontological, (2) cosmological, (3) teleological, (4) religious experience, and (5) moral (by Kant). To illustrate the arguments, the speaker presented and explained The Five Ways by St. Thomas Aquinas in Summa Theologica (Tổng luận thần học) and many other arguments. In the Q&A section, a few questions were inquired: Are religions good or bad? Is Covid-19 pandemic a retribution? Does God arrange and determine all events in the universe? With so many sound arguments on the existence of God, why do people still not believe in God? The most interesting question was put from pragmatic point of view in James-style: What are practical consequences if God exists or does not exist? This question was really too great for us to even start to tackle in a short discussion.

- What is fate/destity? What is determinism? - Determinism in folk culture: horoscope and fortune teller; - Determinism as a conception of religion: Buddhist and Christian perspective; - Determinism in history of philosophy; - Q&A. Some stimulating questions during Q&A section were: Are there free will and moral responsibility if determinism is true? If quantum mechanics is true, is there human freedom? Are there historical necessary laws?