3/29 Monday
- Exercitium in Lingua Latina (2:00-2:30pm ET). Legemus ex Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata ut melioremus nostrum locutionem et augeamus familiaritatem vocabulis.
3/30 Tuesday
- Exercitium in Lingua Latina (10:00-10:30am ET). Legemus ex Sancto Thoma et convertit in linguam Anglicam; practicum bonum et utile est!
- Philosophical Open Chat (5:30-7:00pm ET). Join us for 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 “Open Chat” in the message box) and we’ll see you on Teams!
3/31 Wednesday
- Quaestiones Disputatae: Inquirere (9:30-10:30am ET). Monthly Inquirere Session for those participating in the Quaestiones Disputatae program. Here participants may seek feedback on any extended programs of research and inquiry, learning how to form and pursue philosophically insightful and thoughtful questions.
- Exercitium in Lingua Latina (2:00-2:30pm ET). Legemus ex Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata ut melioremus nostrum locutionem et augeamus familiaritatem vocabulis.
4/1 Thursday
- Exercitium in Lingua Latina (10:00-10:30am ET). Legemus ex Sancto Thoma et convertit in linguam Anglicam; practicum bonum et utile est!
4/2 Friday
- Open Chat (9:30-10:30am ET). Our regular Friday-morning open chat, allowing conversation between those in the West and those in the East–part of the truly international nature of the Lyceum Institute. A good way to bring the thinking of one week to a close and launch into the next.
4/3 Saturday
- Latin Class (10-11am ET). Continuamus nostrum studium linguae Latinae in Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata capitulum undecimum, de corpore humano et uno “medico crasso”.
- Seminar Discussion Sessions. Continuing our study of Semiotics: The Tractatus de Signis of John Poinsot (first at 1:00pm ET and again at 8:30pm ET) where we will attend to the notion of relation, in both its secundum esse and secundum dici meanings, as well as all its possible meaningful divisions. Second, Politics: Postmodern Culture and Politics will look at the counterposition of modernity, through the lens of Thomas Hobbes, whose conception of the rule of law and the state are seen in stark opposition to the Aristotelian-Thomistic position.
Quaestiones Disputatae
We do not, today, know well how to ask a question. Of course, in the superficial sense, we are all well-practiced at asking questions: what is that? What do you mean? Why are you shouting? Where do I go? But these are questions of practical efficacy–not questions about meaning. Most of all, they are not questions which drive at the underlying intelligible causes which truly provide an answer.
This Wednesday we will have our monthly Inquirere session. Believing that digital technology retrieves the inquisitive spirit of medieval scholasticism, Lyceum Institute members are encouraged to participate in the quaestiones disputatae program. The Inquirere is the intermediate phase of producing a quaestio, in which participants report, give feedback, and seek clarity on their questions and their development.