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Alcmaeon's Islands: politics and metaphysics in Thucydides
Audio recording of a lecture given on September 2, 2016 by Borden Flanagan as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Poetry, Prosperity and the gods in Hesiod's Works and Days
Audio recording of a lecture given by Steven Forde on September 4, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series with student panelists Alejandro Ross, George Stengren, Bridget Lynch, and Seungyoun Bang. The Dean's Office has provided this…
The Epic Narrative of the Book of the Torah: The Story of Creation and the Story of Abraham: Their Literary Character and Teaching
Audio recording of a lecture given by Hillel Fradkin on November 11, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "This lecture will explore the literary character of the Torah…
What distinguishes a person from a word? An invitation to the thought of Charles Sanders Peirce
Audio recording of a lecture given on November 17, 2017 by Grant Franks as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
The True Embodiment of Everything that's Excellent: Law and Philosophy
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Martha Franks on November 13, 2020 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "'What is Justice?' we ask at St. John’s, and do careful…
Joining the global great conversation : an experience in China
Audio recording of a lecture given on November 1, 2019 by Martha Franks as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
What is Happening With the Supreme Court?
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Martha Franks on September 16, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "The United States Supreme Court has recently rendered…
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.
The power of a point : Euclid's Elements and Steiner's Geometrical reflections
Audio recording of a lecture given on January 30, 2015 by Michael Fried as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Political order and political decay : the American political system in a time of global upheaval
Audio recording of a lecture given on October 21, 2016 by Francis Fukuyama as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert 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…
The dream of reason : a poetry reading by Jenny George
Audio recording of a lecture given on October 19, 2018 by Jenny George as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Teachers and students : Martin Heidegger comes to America
Audio recording of a lecture given on September 21, 2018 by Michael Gillespie as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
On teachers and students : Heidegger in America
Transcript of a lecture given on September 21, 2018 by Michael Gillespie as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
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.
On the Question of Whether Plato’s Phaedo Displays Philosophy in Two Registers: Benardetean Reflections
Audio recording of a lecture given by Patrick Goodin on December 9, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Quite early in the Phaedo Socrates famously describes philosophy,…
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…