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The Problem of Language in King Lear and Confessions
Audio track from the video recording of a lecture delivered by Kim Paffenroth on February 12, 2021 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dr. Paffenroth describes his lecture: "This lecture considers how in these two very different texts, language…
Dr. Paffenroth describes his lecture: "This lecture considers how in these two very different texts, language…
The Pursuit of Happiness: Four French Thinkers on Our Restless Quest for Contentment
Audio recording of a lecture delivered by Benjamin Storey, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs, and Co-Director of the Tocqueville Program at Furman University, on October 18, 2019 as part of the Formal Lecture…
The Pursuit of Happiness: Four French Thinkers on Our Restless Quest for Contentment
Typescript of a lecture delivered by Benjamin Storey, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs, and Co-Director of the Tocqueville Program at Furman University, on October 18, 2019 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.…
The Questions of Lear and Cordelia
Typescript of a lecture delivered on September 7, 2007, by Louis Petrich as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Republic of Letters and the Republic of Numbers
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 29, 2006 by Samuel S. Kutler as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Science & Nature of Dogs: From Umwelt to Pet
Video Recording of a lecture delivered on February 16, 2024, by Alexandra Horowitz as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Prof. Horowitz is the Senior Research Fellow in the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College in New York, and is also an Associate…
The seal with seven books
Typescript of a lecture delivered on August 25, 1992 by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Serpent and An Octopus: On Reading
Audio recording of a lecture delivered by Matt Linck on January 18, 2019 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Significance of Quantum Mechanics
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on December 1, 2017, by Bernhardt Trout as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The song of Timaeus
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 13, 1984 by Peter Kalkavage as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The song of Timaeus
Typescript of a lecture delivered on April 13, 1984 by Peter Kalkavage as part of the Formal Lecture Series. (Reprinted in the St. John's Review, Winter 1985 Issue)
The Soul's Choice of Life
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on November 30, 2012, by Greg Recco as part of the Formal Lecture Series. An alternative title for the lecture was "The Conference in the Meadow: The Choice of Life in Plato's Myth of Er."
The soul's choice of life
Typescript of a lecture delivered on November 30, 2012 by Greg Recco as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Structure and Guises of Thumos
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 29, 1996, by Annapolis tutor Michael Dink as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The student's problem: lecture on the liberal arts
Typescript of a lecture delivered on September 22, 1967 by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Ten Commandments
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 30, 2016, by Leon Kass as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Kass describes his lecture as, "a close examination and fresh interpretation of the Biblical text (Exodus 20)."
The universal tongue
Typescript of a lecture delivered in 1963 by Beate Ruhm von Oppen as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Venetian Phaedrus
Typescript of a lecture delivered in the Spring of 1972 by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Wonder in the Word “Open”
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 6, 2018, by Daniel Harrell as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Thinking about nature
Typescript of a lecture delivered on January 20, 2017 by Matthew Linck as part of the Formal Lecture Series.