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From Nature to History: The Search for Fundamental Necessities in Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Nietzsche
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 13, 2017, by Charles Zug as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 64: What Can Be Said About a Poem, and What Should Be Said
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 11, 2018, by Elliott Zuckerman as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age
Video recording of a lecture by Professory Chad Wellmon of the University of Virginia, held on June 23, 2021 as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. Professor Wellmon describes his lecture: "The humanities didn't come into their own,…
Sappho's "Hymn to Aphrodite"
Typescript of a lecture delivered by Jonathan Tuck as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Mr. Tuck is a Tutor emeritus at St. John's College Annapolis. His talk consists of three parts: (1) a short introduction to Sappho, her…
Mr. Tuck is a Tutor emeritus at St. John's College Annapolis. His talk consists of three parts: (1) a short introduction to Sappho, her…
On Finishing Plato's Symposium
Typescript of a lecture delivered in summer 1986 by Jonathan Tuck as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lectures Series. Mr. Tuck is a Tutor emeritus at St. John's College, Annapolis. His talk is about how to approach and to reapproach a reading…
The Greeks and Their Dogs
Typescript of a lecture delivered on July 17, 2002 by Jonathan Tuck as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. Mr. Tuck is a tutor emeritus at St. John's College, Annapolis. His talk is on the Ancient Greek view of dogs through their…
A Tale of Two Theodicies: Kant and the Self-Contradictions of Leibnizian Theodicy
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on June 28, 2017 by Joseph Trullinger as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Trullinger, an assistant professor at George Washington University, examines Leibniz, Kant and the philosophers’…
Trullinger, an assistant professor at George Washington University, examines Leibniz, Kant and the philosophers’…
Ideas: America Rising, A Call for a New Great Awakening
Video recording of a lecture delivered on June 17, 2020 by David Townsend as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Mr. Townsend describes his lecture: "The idea of America, the ideal type American, and the Spirit of America depend…
Mr. Townsend describes his lecture: "The idea of America, the ideal type American, and the Spirit of America depend…
Introduction: Philosophic Writing
Typescript of a lecture delivered on August 6, 1983 by Joe Sachs s part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. Mr. Sachs is a tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis. His talk is a draft of his introduction to his translation of Aristotle's…
What is Right? The Fragility of Right and Thomas Aquinas
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on June 14, 2017, by Matthew Reiner as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
The Tragedy of Demosthenes in Thucydides' Peloponnesian War
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 30, 2014, by Andrea Radasanu as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Property, Belief, and the Barbarian in Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on June 13, 2018, by John M. Peterson as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Summer 2007 Lectures by St. John's Tutors
Schedule of lectures and concerts in Summer 2007, [sponsored by the Graduate Institute].
Summer Lecture Slate 2004
Schedule of lectures and concerts in Summer 2004, [sponsored by the Graduate Institute].
The Power of the Likely Story in Plato's Timaeus
Typescript of a lecture delivered on July 29, 1983 by Peter Kalkavage. Mr. Kalkavage is a tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis. His talk is an overview of Plato's dialogue Timeaus. He invites his listeners to dwell in particular on the aspects of…
The Power of the Likely Story in Plato's Timaeus
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 29, 1983 by Peter Kalkavage. Mr. Kalkavage is a tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis. His talk is an overview of Plato's dialogue Timeaus. He invites his listeners to dwell in particular on the aspects…
The Lost Idea of a Liberal Art
Typescript of a lecture delivered on July 8, 2015 by Daniel Harrell as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Mr. Harrell is a tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis. His talk delves into the conversation surrounding the liberal…
Mr. Harrell is a tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis. His talk delves into the conversation surrounding the liberal…
The Lost Idea of a Liberal Art
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 8, 2015 by Daniel Harrell as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.Mr. Harrell is a tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis. His talk delves into the conversation surrounding the liberal…
Teaching Poetry, Revelation, Mathematics, and Respect for Truth
Video recording of a lecture delivered on July 8, 2020 by Ted Hadzi-Antich as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Ted Hadzi-Antich, chair of the political science department at Austin Community College, presents a talk about…
Ted Hadzi-Antich, chair of the political science department at Austin Community College, presents a talk about…
The Problem of Absolute Knowing
Typescript of a lecture delivered on June 17, 2015 by Abraham Greenstine as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. Greenstine's lecture looks at the possibility and problems of "Absolute Knowing" in Hegel's Phenomonology of Spirit. In…