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Political Philosophy: A Thomistic Defense of Democracy
This seminar has been cancelled and will be offered instead at a later date TBD. Can we have a democratic government in an increasingly post-liberal world? Must we return to a strict hierarchy if we are to abandon the “liberal experiment” that has rendered increasing ailment in recent decades? These are not questions with simple…
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Guide to Enrollment
If you have ever wanted to know more about the different levels of enrollment at the Lyceum Institute, this short video provides some explanation!
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On Architecture and Order
What is architecture? How can we define it? As a human art, it seems that we cannot conceive of what it is fully or properly without efficient and final causes: certainly it is by human beings, and somehow for human beings. But for human beings to do… what? What benefit does the architect render human…
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Catherine Project – Commonplace
Our friends at the Catherine Project have launched a new journal, Commonplace! As they describe it: We look forward to reading the first issue, already published!
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Trivium: The Art of Logic 2023
On 1 May 2023, we will begin our second Trivium course of the year: The Art of Logic. Our first discussion session will take place on 8 May 2023 at 6:00pm ET. This course is open to all enrolled Lyceum Institute members; having taken Grammar is not a prerequisite. If you would like to sign-up and take…
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Catherine Project – Summer 2023 Registration
Notice that our friends at the Catherine Project have opened registration for their Summer 2023 program! They have over 30 reading groups, 4 tutorials in Greek, Introductory Latin, and Introductory Classical Syriac. If you are serious about engaging in any of these groups, see their Registration Form here (including a catalog of available courses).
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I.M. Bochenski on the Concept of Formal Logic
Preliminary definition of the subject matter of the history of logic is hard to come by. For apart from ‘philosophy’ there is perhaps no name of a branch of knowledge that has been given so many meanings as ‘logic’. Sometimes the whole history of philosophy, and even knowledge in general, has been thus named, from…