Seattle University’s philosophy club provides a forum for students to engage in philosophical discussion, debate, and study. Club meetings draw a range of students with differing interests in philosophy and familiarity with philosophical traditions—from first-term freshmen to seniors hoping to pursue graduate studies in philosophy; from those interested in the philosophy of mathematics to those sorting through the canon of Western Marxism. As a small club at a small university, we are able to accommodate the interests and questions of club members. To alleviate beginners’ apprehensions about participating in philosophical inquiry—and believing, with Spinoza, that all determination is negation—we try to structure our meetings in general and approachable terms. For example, meetings last year titled “Alienation,” “Death,” and “Identity Politics” sought to draw SU’s most devoted students of philosophy while attracting newcomers. While these meetings are open-ended, club leadership prepares short overviews of thinkers and arguments they hope to present to the group or pose for discussion. Our meeting on alienation, for instance, opened with a brief gloss on Marx’s Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of …