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On the Philoctetes of Sophocles : the story of a sickness
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on February 15, 2019 by Richard McCombs as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert 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,…
On the relation between philosophy and religion
Revised version of a lecture delivered on October 28, 1988 by Laurence Berns as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
On Thomas More's Utopia
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on May 5, 1972, by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
On Thomas More's Utopia
Typescript of a lecture delivered on May 5, 1972, by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
On Thucydides
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on January 15, 2016, by Santa Fe tutor Caleb Thompson as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Thompson says of his lecture: "Thucydides writes that during the horrors of the civil war in Corcyra, 'Words had to…
Thompson says of his lecture: "Thucydides writes that during the horrors of the civil war in Corcyra, 'Words had to…
Opening with a question : the Zen koan
Transcript of a lecture given on February 15, 2002 by Kent Taylor as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Organum and persona : the philosophical significance of early polyphony
Transcript of a lecture given on October 30, 2009 by Peter Pesic as part of
Our Polity
Video recording of a lecture delivered on August 28, 2020 by Joseph Macfarland as part of the Formal Lecture Series. First formal lecture of the academic year, previously referred to as the "Dean's Lecture", but now called the "Christopher B. Nelson…
Our Polity
Typescript of a lecture delivered on August 28, 2020 by Joseph Macfarland as part of the Formal Lecture Series. First formal lecture of the academic year, previously referred to as the "Dean's Lecture", but now called the "Christopher B. Nelson…
Pascal’s Conception of ‘Universal Men’
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor Richard McCombs on September 23, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "Pascal’s almost unrelenting emphasis on the weakness,…
Paternity and Piety: Noah and His Sons
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on October 30, 1998, by Leon Kass as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Perceptual and Deliberative Imagination in Aristotle’s De Anima
Video recording of the National Endowment for the Humanities lecture delivered on April 22, 2022, by Annapolis tutor Jason Tipton as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Tipton describes his lecture: "Many animals, Aristotle claims, live by…
Persons and parables : Stanley Elkin's menagerie
Audio recording of a lecture given on April 20, 2018 by Joshua Kates as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
Petrarch’s Climb and the Crisis of the New
Audio recording of a lecture given by tutor David McDonald on November 18, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series. The Dean's Office has provided this description of the event: "In a letter often called “The Ascent of Mt. Ventoux,” the…
Philosophic Anthropology and the Emergence of Liberal Constitutionalism
Audio recording of a lecture delivered by Michael Zuckert, Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, on September 13, 2019 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Zuckert describes his lecture topic as follows:…
Zuckert describes his lecture topic as follows:…
Philosophy and resurrection : Spinoza's account of Christianity
Transcript of a lecture given on October 11, 2002 by John Cornell as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert 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.…
Pity as a Civic Virtue in Sophocles' Philoctetes
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 8, 2011, by Marina McCoy as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Plato and the Poets
Audio recording of a lecture given by Elaine Scarry on October 21, 2022 as part of the Dean's Lecture & Concert Series.