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Being a Book
Video recording of a lecture delivered on February 23, 2024, by Daniel Harrell as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Harrell describes his lecture: "When the so-called New Program was established at St. John’s College in 1937, conversation was…
Mr. Harrell describes his lecture: "When the so-called New Program was established at St. John’s College in 1937, conversation was…
"A Monument Without a Tomb:" St. John's Celebrates Major Scenes from Shakespeare's First Folio
Audio recording of a tutor panel given by tutors Alison Chapman, Charlie Barrett, Krishnan Venkatesh, & Jay Smith as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: “In his preface to the…
Modernity for Fools and Knaves: Machiavelli’s Mandragola and Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Frank Pagano on March 29, 2024 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: “In chapter 15 of The Prince Machiavelli famously recommends…
“The Concept of Irony, with Continual Reference to Socrates:" Kierkegaard on the Infinity of Socratic Irony
Video recording of a lecture delivered on September 23, 2022, by Mary Townsend as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Ms. Townsend is an assistant professor of philosophy at St. John’s University in New York. She is the author of The Woman Question in…
St. John's Collegian, April 4, 2024
Volume 2, issue 8 of the St. John's Collegian, published April 4, 2024.
St. John's Collegian, March 28, 2024
Volume 2, issue 7 of the St. John's Collegian, published March 28, 2024.
St. John's Collegian, February 29, 2024
Volume 2, issue 6 of the St. John's Collegian, published February 29, 2024.
St. John's Collegian, February 22, 2024
Volume 2, issue 5 of the St. John's Collegian, published February 22, 2024.
St. John's Collegian, February 1, 2024
Volume 2, issue 3 of the St. John's Collegian, published February 1, 2024.
St. John's Collegian, February 8, 2024
Volume 2, issue 4 of the St. John's Collegian, published February 8, 2024.
History and the Liberal Arts
Typescript of a lecture delivered June 5, 1953, by Jacob Klein as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The typescript was printed by the St. John's College Press and sold in the college's book store around 1965.
Aristotle (An Introduction)
Typescript of a lecture delivered April 20, 1962, by Jacob Klein as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The typescript is an enlarged version of the lecture that was delivered.
About Plato's Philebus
Typescript of a lecture delivered May 20, 1971, by Jacob Klein as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Plato's Ion
Typescript of a lecture delivered October 1, 1972, by Jacob Klein as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Speech: Its Strength and Its Weaknesses
Typescript of a lecture delivered on February 23, 1973, by Jacob Klein as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Philosophy as an Aid to Invention and Creativity
Audio recording of a lecture given by Dave Shafer on March 27, 2024 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "The philosopher Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) was the founder of…
Charter and Polity of the College, 2011
Charter and Polity of the College, amended and restated October 2011.
Charter and Polity of the College, 2006
Charter and Polity of the College, amended and restated April 2006.
On Parts and Wholes in Living Things: Harvey, Descartes, and the Heartbeat
Video recording of a lecture delivered on August 25, 2023, by Suzy Paalman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Ms. Paalman describes her lecture: "William Harvey and René Descartes famously disagreed in their accounts of what the heart is doing…
Ms. Paalman describes her lecture: "William Harvey and René Descartes famously disagreed in their accounts of what the heart is doing…
Frederick Douglass on Force and Persuasion
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on November 21, 1997, by Steven Crockett as part of the Formal Lecture Series.