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On the Balance of Work and Study
How can we make time and space in our busyโand seemingly ever busierโlives for the life of the mind? Join our Philosophical Happy Hour this week as we strive together for a more balanced way of life. For much of human history, the life of the mind has been a domain of the privileged fewโreserved,…
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What Classical Education Needs
In this conversation, Geoffrey Meadows (Head of Upper School, Tulsa Classical Academy) discusses being a โhunter of causesโ and the need to translate enthusiasm into hard work in classical education. Together with Dr. Kemple, he discusses the importance of philosophy, the impact of technology on education, and the necessity of moral formation in students. Geoffrey…
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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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Trivium Courses (2026)
In 2026, the Lyceum Institute will offer the first three of six courses in our core Trivium curriculum, providing an entryway into a truly โliberalโ education: We are also aiming to introduce regular occasions throughout the year for practicing dialectical disputation and rhetorical presentation, though plans for this are still taking shape. The three core…
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Philosophy and the Art of Reasoning
John Boyer joins Brian Kemple to discuss the decline of traditional liberal education and its impact on university curricula, emphasizing the superficial engagement with important questions in contemporary society, particularly through social media. In place of these superficial approaches, we ought to recover the Aristotelian understanding of causality, developing habits of real inquiry, and discovery…
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Building Habits of True Learning
In this conversation, Dr. Jacob Joseph Andrews discusses his journey into the intellectual life, emphasizing the importance of personal development, moral formation, and the role of classical education. He highlights the significance of language study, particularly Latin, in understanding culture and fostering intellectual habits. Andrews also reflects on the value of specialized study and the…
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On Life, Knowledge, and Vocation
A Philosophical Happy Hour contemplating the role of knowledge in the various vocations of life Latelyโthough, perhaps always, implicitlyโwe have found ourselves circling the topic of vocation. ย What is the calling of the human person?ย Does it fall into determinate categoriesโas husband or priest, mother or c-suite executiveโor does it admit greater variability and complexity?ย …
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On the State of Higher Education
A Philosophical Happy Hour concerning the present conditions, future prospects, and most promising directions for the pursuit of higher education Every reality which exists only in the concrete, corporeal worldโand especially those that exist only or primarily within the socially-constructed realities of human interactionโhas a natural lifespan. They are born, they mature, and, eventually, they…
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On Self-Awareness, Morality, and the Machine
A Philosophical Happy Hour on the relationship between self-awareness, morality, and machine technologies What is the relationship between self-awareness and our moral convictions?ย How do our technologies affect this relationship?ย This weekโs Philosophical Happy Hour takes up these questions and more.ย But let us set the stage for our conversation. A member brought this article…
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On the Discomfort of Unfamiliar Studies
A Philosophical Happy Hour on the struggle to study unfamiliar topics, subjects, texts, and skillsโand the necessity of that discomfort Atop my bookcasesโvisible just over my computer monitors, reminding me of its presence nearly every dayโsits a nice four-volume hardcover set titled The World of Mathematics.ย This set intimidates me.ย Though I have a PhD…