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- Collection: St. John's College Formal Lecture Series—Annapolis
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A Grecian Urn
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 6, 1984, by Howard J. Fisher as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Aristotle on the Impossibility of Defining Life
Video recording of a lecture delivered on October 1, 2021, by Christopher Frey as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dr. Frey is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Frey describes his…
Dr. Frey is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Frey describes his…
At the Crossroads of the Cave: Plato and Heidegger on History and Nihilism
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on November 17, 2017 by Gregory Fried as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Hume on Animals
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on January 19, 2018, by Aaron Garrett as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
How Deeply Does Democracy Shape Us?: Tocqueville on Our Ideas and Sentiments
Video recording of a lecture delivered on September 30, 2022, by Bryan Garsten as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Professor Garsten offers this description of his lecture: "The lecture will investigate how the Puritans are the point of departure…
Circles of Sorrow: Dialectic and Grief in Go Down Moses
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on November 16, 2001, by Lael Gold as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Place of Astrology in the Classical Tradition
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 8, 2000, by Anthony Grafton as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Beyond Point-and-Shoot Morality: Why Cognitive Science Matters for Ethics
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on November 11, 2011, by Joshua Greene as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Greene describes his lecture: "How does the moral brain work, and how can it work better?... In this talk I'll review evidence old…
Greene describes his lecture: "How does the moral brain work, and how can it work better?... In this talk I'll review evidence old…
The Meaning of Rome
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on December 2, 2016 by Michael Grenke as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
What Will Heaven Be Like?
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on January 18, 2013, by Michael Grenke as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
What will heaven be like?
Typescript of a lecture delivered on January 18, 2013 by Michael Grenke as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
God and Ostriches: Queer Birds in the Book of Job
Video recording of a lecture delivered by Ron Haflidson, Annapolis tutor, on September 25, 2020 as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Mr. Haflidson offers this description for the lecture: "In the Book of Job, God and Job seem to disagree about…
What the Heck is Hell? Divine Judgment in the Gospel of Matthew
Video recording of a lecture delivered on October 27, 2023, by Ron Haflidson as part of the Formal Lecture Series.Mr. Haflidson describes his lecture: "In this lecture, I explore the largely neglected and perhaps totally wrong possibility that when…
On Written Speech
Typescript of a lecture delivered on February 7, 2025, by Annapolis tutor Mary Elizabeth Halper as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Ms. Halper offers this description: "There are two kinds of speech: the speech we speak and the speech we read. This…
Johann Sebastian Bach and The Six Suites for Cello Solo - A Fanciful and Extravagant Allegory
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 21, 2017 by Steven Hancoff as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
How Opera Began: And Why It Began in Florence
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on March 25, 2011, by Barbara Hanning as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
How Opera Began (And Why It Began in Florence)
Typescript of a lecture delivered on March 25, 2011, by Barbara Hanning as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Dante's Ontology: What the Florentine Poet Can Teach Contemporary Philosophers
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on February 21, 2014, by Graham Harman as part of the Formal Lecture Series.