Richard Sharpe

Director of Languages

Richard Sharpe, MA

Greetings! I serve as the Lyceum’s director of languages. I hold an MA in Philosophy from Duquesne University and a BA in both Philosophy and Classical Studies from the Pontifical College Josephinum.

I currently teach Latin and Greek at the Lyceum. I have taught a mix of Latin, Greek, and German (as well as philosophy and trivium-related material and more) for over fifteen years in both formal institutional and private tutoring settings.

Though I have enjoyed language study since childhood, my love of languages surged especially due to the academic requirement of reading, interpreting, and translating philosophical and theological texts. I am convinced not only that any text is understood best if read in its original language, but also that the text as a whole must be interpreted in relation to the tradition(s) in which it is situated.

In addition to “formal” language study and teaching, I continue research in my main philosophical interests, chiefly: a) the engagement of scholastic metaphysics and hermeneutic phenomenology; b) the histories (and interweaving) of personalism, existentialism, and dialogical philosophy; and c) the philosophy of comedy.