Brian Kemple
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Elementary Latin Course
Traditionally, a liberal arts education in Western civilization has included the study of three arts (or intellectual disciplines) which are fundamental to the development of clear thought and communication. These arts are known as the trivium (Lt., ‘three crossroads’), consisting of: logic, or the art of correct thinking; grammar, or the art of inventing and…
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This Week [7/11-7/17]
Weekly Schedule of Events 7/12 Monday Exercitium Linguae Latinae (2:00-2:30pm ET). Legemus ex Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata ut melioremus nostrum locutionem et augeamus familiaritatem vocabulis. Semiotics: An Introduction (6:00-6:45pm ET). The second discussion of the week for the Semiotics seminar–though provisionally mentioned throughout heretofore, a close examination of the nature of triadic relations now shows itself as necessary for progressing deeper…
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This Week [7/4-7/10]
Seminars, Latin, Happy Hour, and a Colloquium to boot!
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On Predestination and the Doctrine of Sufficient and Efficacious Grace in St. Thomas Aquinas
The colloquium lecture delivered in June 2020 by Dr. Taylor Patrick O’Neill, “On Predestination and the Doctirne of Sufficient and Efficacious Grace in St. Thomas Aquinas” is now available to the public.
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Wholes and Parts: A Thomistic Refutation of Brain Death
In the first Lyceum Institute Colloquium of 2021, we present our own Michel Accad, MD, who will take us through a discussion of “brain death” as a supposed criterion for determining the presence of life in a human being.
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This Week [6/27-7/3]
6/29 Tuesday Ex Sancto Thoma Legimus (9:30-10:00am ET). Legemus ex Sancto Thoma et convertit in linguam Anglicam; practicum bonum et utile est! Philosophical Happy Hour (5:30-7:00pm ET). Join us for drinks, conversation, lively debates, and get to know the Lyceum Institute and its members! Open to the public: use the “Send Us a Message” form here (write “Happy Hour”…
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This Week [6/20-6/26]
Join us and you, too, could enjoy all these great Lyceum Institute events and happenings.
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This Week [6/6-6/12]
Summer Seminars! Still time to sign up!
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This Week [5/24-5/29]
Seminars, Quaestiones Disputatae, and more!
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[2021 Summer] Science: Aristotle’s Organon
In order to be a proper ἀκροᾱτής (akroates), i.e., hearer or student of Aristotle’s, such that one might read and understand the Stagyrite’s treatment of specific subjects like nature (Physics), the soul (De Anima), ethics (Nicomachean Ethics), politics (Politics) or metaphysics (Metaphysics), one must first obtain a general understanding of Aristotle’s rigorous logical method. This…