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Becoming (A) Woman in La Princesse de Clèves
Video recording of a lecture delivered by Patricia Locke, Annapolis tutor on October 2, 2020, as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Ms. Locke describes her lecture: "Madame de Lafayette’s book, La Princesse de Clèves, is one of the earliest novels of…
Double Duty: How to Live in the Cosmos of Plotinus
Typescript of a lecture delivered by Bill Pastille, Annapolis tutor, on November 20, 2020 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Pastille describes his lecture: "We all act according to our conceptions of the world. Plotinus had an…
Mr. Pastille describes his lecture: "We all act according to our conceptions of the world. Plotinus had an…
Double Duty: How to Live in the Cosmos of Plotinus
Video recording of a lecture delivered by Bill Pastille, Annapolis tutor on November 20, 2020 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Pastille describes his lecture: "We all act according to our conceptions of the world. Plotinus had an…
Mr. Pastille describes his lecture: "We all act according to our conceptions of the world. Plotinus had an…
Double Duty: How to Live in the Cosmos of Plotinus
Audio track from the video recording of a lecture delivered by Bill Pastille, Annapolis tutor on November 20, 2020 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Pastille describes his lecture: "We all act according to our conceptions of the world.…
Mr. Pastille describes his lecture: "We all act according to our conceptions of the world.…
"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself": Reflecting with Montaigne on Liberation of the Intellect and on Education in Times of Crisis
Video recording of a lecture delivered by Walter Sterling, Santa Fe tutor on February 5, 2021 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Sterling describes his lecture: "The lecture will blend reflections on education in times of crisis, including…
Mr. Sterling describes his lecture: "The lecture will blend reflections on education in times of crisis, including…
"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself": Reflecting with Montaigne on Liberation of the Intellect and on Education in Times of Crisis
Audio track from the video recording of a lecture delivered by Walter Sterling, Santa Fe tutor on February 5, 2021 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Sterling describes his lecture: "The lecture will blend reflections on education in times…
Mr. Sterling describes his lecture: "The lecture will blend reflections on education in times…
Ulysses: Does Your Life Matter? The Conspiracy Against Knowing Who You Are and How to Fight This Conspiracy with Amor-Matris
Video recording of a lecture delivered by Annapolis tutor David Townsend on March 26, 2021 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr Townsend describes his lecture: "Ulysses names Amor Matris—mother-love—as the passion most strongly opposing the…
Mr Townsend describes his lecture: "Ulysses names Amor Matris—mother-love—as the passion most strongly opposing the…
Looking in Freshman Lab II – Measurement and Equilibrium: How Measuring, Weighing, and Counterbalancing Can Inspire Us to Look at Things Differently
Video recording of a lecture delivered on February 25, 2022, by Annapolis tutor Robert Druecker as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lecture is the second in a three-part series on Freshman Lab.
Druecker describes his lecture: "This will be…
Druecker describes his lecture: "This will be…
Looking in Freshman Lab II – How Measuring, Weighing, and Counterbalancing Can Inspire Us to See Things in New Ways
Typescript of two lectures delivered on February 25 and 26, 2022, by Annapolis tutor Robert Druecker as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lectures are the second in a three-part series on Freshman Lab.
Druecker describes his lectures: "This…
Druecker describes his lectures: "This…
Looking in Freshman Lab III – Looking into The Constitution of Bodies:
How Does the Supposition of Particles Help Us to See?
Typescript of a lecture delivered on April 13, 2022, by Annapolis tutor Robert Druecker as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lecture is the third in a three-part series on Freshman Lab.
Druecker describes his lecture: "This is a lecture…
Druecker describes his lecture: "This is a lecture…
Looking in Freshman Lab III – Looking Into The Constitution of Bodies: How Does the Supposition of Particles Help Us to See?
Video recording of a lecture delivered on April 13, 2022, by Annapolis tutor Robert Druecker as part of the Formal Lecture Series. The lecture is the third in a three-part series on Freshman Lab.
Note: The title frame at the beginning of the…
Note: The title frame at the beginning of the…
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…
Moments in the Liberal Education of Frederick Douglass from My Bondage and My Freedom
Video recording of a lecture delivered on August 26, 2022 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…
Reading Genesis Chapter Three
Typescript of a lecture delivered on September 2, 2022, by William Braithwaite as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Braithwaite offers this description: "The Garden of Eden story, about Adam and Eve, what they did and how they were punished…
Mr. Braithwaite offers this description: "The Garden of Eden story, about Adam and Eve, what they did and how they were punished…
Reading Genesis Chapter Three
Video recording of a lecture delivered on September 2, 2022, by William Braithwaite as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Mr. Braithwaite offers this description: "The Garden of Eden story, about Adam and Eve, what they did and how they were…
Mr. Braithwaite offers this description: "The Garden of Eden story, about Adam and Eve, what they did and how they were…
Walking the First Steps of His Camino with John of the Cross: An Exploration of the Dark Night of Sense
Typescript of a lecture delivered on November 11, 2022, by Annapolis tutor Robert Druecker as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
Druecker describes his lecture: "According to John a verse from one of the Psalms is saying to us: Learn to be empty…
Druecker describes his lecture: "According to John a verse from one of the Psalms is saying to us: Learn to be empty…
Louis Petrich + Michael Grenke: The Limitations & Possibilities of Sight: Euclid’s Optics
Louis Petrich + Michael Grenke: The Limitations & Possibilities of Sight: Euclid’s Optics is episode 1 of the Continuing the Conversation series and podcast. The episode was published on January 19, 2023.
What are the limitations and…
What are the limitations and…
Louis Petrich + Jonathan Badger: Pursuing the Eternal Present
Louis Petrich + Jonathan Badger: Pursuing the Eternal Present is episode 4 of the Continuing the Conversation series and podcast. The episode was published on February 15, 2023.
Does a contemplative life bring us closer to the divine, as…
Does a contemplative life bring us closer to the divine, as…
Zena Hitz + David Townsend: What Is Freedom & How Do We Cultivate It?
Zena Hitz + David Townsend: What Is Freedom & How Do We Cultivate It? is episode 6 of the Continuing the Conversation series and podcast. The episode was published on February 15, 2023.
Liberal education is education for freedom. What kind of…
Liberal education is education for freedom. What kind of…
On Motion
Typescript of a lecture delivered on February 24, 2023, by Leah Lasell as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Ms. Lasell describes her lecture: "The new science of motion presented in the last two days of The Two New Sciences is Galileo's last word in…