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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…
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…
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.
Friday Night Events: Summer 1985
Schedule of lectures and concerts in Summer 1985, sponsored by the Graduate Institute.
Euclid as Teacher
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 10, 2019 by William Braithwaite as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Mr. Braithwaite is a tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis. His talk centers on Euclid's role as an educator…
Mr. Braithwaite is a tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis. His talk centers on Euclid's role as an educator…
Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 11, 2012 by Steven Gimbel as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Gimbel's lecture is on the relationship between Judaism and Einstein's scientific thinking, in particular Einstein's…
Gimbel's lecture is on the relationship between Judaism and Einstein's scientific thinking, in particular Einstein's…
Courage, Insight, Sympathy, Solitude: The Genealogy of the Noble Type in Part Nine of Beyond Good and Evil.
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on August 1, 2012, by Lise van Boxel as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series. Ms. van Boxel was a tutor at St. John's College. Her talk is on Nietzsche's Geneology of Morals. In particular, her…
Community Colleges and Teaching in the Liberal Arts
Video recording of a panel discussion held on July 1, 2020 as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Like St. John’s, community colleges are institutions devoted primarily to teaching and learning. They reach a broad and diverse…
Like St. John’s, community colleges are institutions devoted primarily to teaching and learning. They reach a broad and diverse…
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’…
"Everyone Sees How You Appear; Few Touch What You Are": Machiavelli on Human Nature
Typescript of a lecture delivered on June 20, 2012 by Jeff Black as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Mr. Black is a tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis. His talk is on exactly what constitutes human nature in the work of…
Mr. Black is a tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis. His talk is on exactly what constitutes human nature in the work of…