Semiotics
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New Book – Linguistic Signification
Dr. Kemple has–at long last–finished his Linguistic Signification: A Classical and Semiotic Course in Grammar & Composition. Comprising twenty-six chapters and four appendices, this text is the work of two years concerted effort, but roughly a decade of thinking closely about the nature and function of language, particularly in light of the doctrine of signs–that…
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Lyceum Institute Happy Hour
What are you doing this evening? Well, why not come on down to the Lyceum Institute Philosophical Happy Hour, where we gather online to have a drink (if you so chose–no pressure!) and think through the interesting questions of life. As a prelude to tomorrow’s International Open Seminar on Semiotics interview, Dr. Kemple will have…
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2022 International Open Seminar on Semiotics
A Tribute to John Deely on the Fifth Anniversary of His Passing Announcing the 2022 International Open Seminar on Semiotics (IO2S) to all friends of the Lyceum Institute! The occurrence of this seminar over the calendar year 2022 also marks the 80th anniversary of Deely’s arrival. Although Deely would most certainly instruct us not to…
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Trivium: Grammar – Fall 2021
Why study grammar? We might think it a basic necessity for young students–elementary students, perhaps into middle school–but of little importance by the time of high school, the competent student having gained the adequacy in composition and speech necessary to make him or herself understood to most persons in most situations. At most, an extended…
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[2021 Fall] Thomistic Psychology: The Meaning of Evil
This seminar aims to deepen our questioning concerning the meaning of evil, beginning with the nature of the goods to which various evils are opposed. This introduction will lead us to the seminar’s main concern, which is with moral evil as a kind of primary rupture in the world of free beings, and the questions…
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Lyceum Schedule [7/26-7/31]
The last week of Summer Seminars – Elementary Latin sign-up still available -and stop by the Happy Hour if you can!
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This Week [7/18-7/24]
Sign up for the Elementary Latin Course today!
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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!