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- Collection: St. John's College Formal Lecture Series—Annapolis
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The Perfections of Jane Austen
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on January 31, 1975, by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
What Is a Book?
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on August 30, 1991, by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dwelling in the land of the Confessions
Typescript of a lecture delivered on November 22, 2013 by Michael Brogan as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dwelling in the Land of the Confessions
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on November 22, 2013, by Michael Brogan as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Wealth, Virtue and Corruption: Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on January 21, 2011, by Lauren Brubaker as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
In the wilderness : Moses as founder and lawgiver
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on October 18, 2013 by Ronna Burger as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Jerusalem and Athens: The Family Drama in the Bible and Greek Thought
Audio recording of a lecture delivered by Ronna Burger, Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University, on November 8, 2019 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Burger describes her lecture topic as follows: "The family is a central concern for the…
Burger describes her lecture topic as follows: "The family is a central concern for the…
Does a Single Photon Exist?
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 24, 2017 by Chester Burke as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Augustine on the Foundations of Christian Political Thought
Audio recording of a lecture delivered by Daniel Burns on January 25, 2019 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
What Might We Learn from Alfarabi about Plato and Aristotle?
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 24, 1999, by Charles E. Butterworth as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Insane Emotions?
Audio recording of a lecture delivered by Agness Callard on January 11, 2019 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Vital Exuberance: Goethe on What Plants Want
Video recording of a lecture delivered on September 15, 2023, by Daniel Carranza as part of the Formal Lecture Series.The lecture conducts a close reading of Goethe's poem on the "Metamorphosis of Plants" by situating it within Goethe's larger…
Surprises and Sweet Spots: On Discovery and Recognition
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on February 8, 2013, by Dylan Casey as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Stabilizing Currency: Locke on Money, Morality, and Natural Law
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 1, 2011, by Douglas Casson as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
What does music mean?
Typescript of a lecture delivered on January 16, 2015 by Matthew Caswell as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Philosophy and the Cave Wall: Plato and Kant on the Form of the Given
Typescript of a lecture delivered on March 31, 2023, by Matthew Caswell as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Caswell describes his lecture: "The lecture will compare inquiries into the nature of sensibility offered by Plato, and by Kant.…
Who Should Elect the President?
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 16, 2016 by Steven Crockett as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
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.
On Becoming Free
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on February 10, 1995, by Annapolis tutor Steven Crockett as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Prefacing the Absolute in Hegel's Phenomenology
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on October 2, 2015, by Andrew Alexander Davis as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Davis describes his lecture: "Hegel claims that truth must be presented in a system. He also claims that there can be no…
Davis describes his lecture: "Hegel claims that truth must be presented in a system. He also claims that there can be no…