Thomism

  • [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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  • [2021 Fall] More than Aesthetics: Ens Artificiale and the Philosophy of Art

    Exploring its topic from a broadly Aristotelian-Thomistic perspective, this course will use the work of Jacques Maritain to probe the broader set of philosophical issues involved in the “philosophy of art”: ens artificiale, the nature of practical reason, the metaphysics of art-craft, and topics pertaining to philosophical aesthetics, considered primarily from the perspective of this…

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  • [2021 Fall] Metaphysics: The Existence, Nature, and Intelligibility of God

    The fourteen questions which we will read in this seminar, comprising eighty-five articles, will explore the existence, nature, and intelligibility of God.  The existential demonstration—the famous “five ways” of Aquinas—will be covered quickly: for their intelligibility grows the better we understand the rest of the questions, and we will be better equipped for grasping their…

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  • Lyceum Schedule [8/15-8/21]

    Weekly Schedule of Events 8/16 Monday Exercitium Linguae Latinae (2:00-2:30pm ET). Legemus ex Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata ut melioremus nostrum locutionem et augeamus familiaritatem vocabulis. 8/17 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…

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  • Lyceum Schedule [8/8-8/14]

    A Latin-filled week, with seminars and Quaestiones Disputatae on the horizon! Read on for more.

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  • Lyceum Schedule [8/1-8/7]

    A Latin-filled week at the Lyceum! Additionally, an Inquirere session will be held this Wednesday. News on the Trivium to come soon!

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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!

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