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The Venetian Phaedrus
Typescript of a lecture delivered in the Spring of 1972 by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The universal tongue
Typescript of a lecture delivered in 1963 by Beate Ruhm von Oppen as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The United States, China, and Thucydides' many, many traps
Audio recording of a lecture given on September 20, 2019 by Karl Walling as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
The tyranny of beauty : on art and truth in Lessing's Laocoon
Audio recording of a lecture given on October 2, 2015 by Richard Velkley 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…
The tragedy of Oedipus at Colonus
Transcript of a lecture given on April 29, 1994 by Janet Dougherty as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
The Ten Commandments
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 30, 2016, by Leon Kass as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Kass describes his lecture as, "a close examination and fresh interpretation of the Biblical text (Exodus 20)."
The telos of Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling
Audio recording of a lecture given on October 7, 2016 by Richard McCombs as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
The swine and the chatterbox : Wittgenstein and Augustine on talking (and not talking) about God
Audio recording of a lecture given on December 7, 2018 by Caleb Thompson as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
The student's problem: lecture on the liberal arts
Typescript of a lecture delivered on September 22, 1967 by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The soul's choice of life
Typescript of a lecture delivered on November 30, 2012 by Greg Recco as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Soul's Choice of Life
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on November 30, 2012, by Greg Recco as part of the Formal Lecture Series. An alternative title for the lecture was "The Conference in the Meadow: The Choice of Life in Plato's Myth of Er."
The song of Timaeus
Typescript of a lecture delivered on April 13, 1984 by Peter Kalkavage as part of the Formal Lecture Series. (Reprinted in the St. John's Review, Winter 1985 Issue)
The song of Timaeus
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on April 13, 1984 by Peter Kalkavage as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The Significance of Quantum Mechanics
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on December 1, 2017, by Bernhardt Trout as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The shape of musical time
Audio recording of a lecture given on February 7, 2014 by Andy Kingston as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
The Serpent and An Octopus: On Reading
Audio recording of a lecture delivered by Matt Linck on January 18, 2019 as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The seal with seven books
Typescript of a lecture delivered on August 25, 1992 by Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.
The science of forgetfulness : philosophy and tradition in the essays of Montaigne
Audio recording of a lecture given on January 18, 2019 by Ann Hartle as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series.
The Republic of Letters and the Republic of Numbers
Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 29, 2006 by Samuel S. Kutler as part of the Formal Lecture Series.