maritain
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The Mystery of Being and the Rediscovery of Tradition
In this conversation, Dr. Matthew K. Minerd reflects on his intellectual journey, highlighting the influence of language and philosophyโthe dance of ฮฝฮฟแฟฆฯ before our eyesโin shaping his understanding of the world and his habits of inquiry. Listen as he and Dr. Kemple discuss the discovery of meaningful study, the development of a global intellectual perspective,…
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Maritain Musings
I would like to draw attention to two episodes of the American Maritain Associationโs podcast, Maritain Musings, hosted by our own Dr. Matthew Minerd. The first features friend of the Lyceum Institute, Dr. Jim Jacobs, Director of Philosophy Programs at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana. Together with Dr. Minerd, Dr. Jacobs discusses the…
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On Being a Person
A Philosophical Happy Hour on persons and personalism. If someone came up to youโsomeone you know, perhaps not very well, but with whom you have had association for enough time to reasonably say, โYes, I know him [or her]โโand said any of the following to you, how would you react? Most of us, I suspect,…
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2024 Summer: A Thomistic Defense of Democracy
Can democracy be saved? Ours, on both the left and the right, seems to be a world viewed increasingly through post-liberal lenses. Must we return to a strict hierarchy if we are to abandon the โliberal experimentโ that has rendered increasing ailment in recent decadesโif, that is, we are not to lapse into socialist totalitarianism? …
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Science and Philosophy: In Dialogue?
Positivism and Science A difficult and complex question in philosophy today concerns the discussion regarding the intersection and โboundariesโ of the harder empirical sciences and the distinct activity of philosophical enquiry. Given the success of scientific discovery, one temptation in the early 20th century was to claim that disciplines such as biology, chemistry, physics, and…
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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 โliberal experimentโ that has rendered increasing ailment in recent decades? These are not questions with simple…
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Trauma, Sorrow, and Beauty: Maritain and Rouault on Art
On 13 April 2023 at 7pm ET, Dr. Thomas Hibbs (see event times around the world) will present the Annual John Deely / Jacques Maritain Lecture for the Deely Project at Saint Vincent College, in Latrobe, PA: โTrauma, Sorrow, and Beauty: Maritain and Rouault on Artโ (Zoom link). In his work on the crisis of…
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Exploration through Practical Signs
I apologize to the folks at the Lyceum for my long absence! A new project that Iโm beginning with my friend Fr. Cajetan Cuddy will hopefully help me to spin off some of this kind of content as I write on various Thomistic topics online. Butโฆ I realize, also, that Iโm not much of a โblogger.โ This is…