
Seminar Prospectus
Fall 2023 and Winter 2024
~Reading is better together~
4th Quarter 2023
October – December
Free Seminars
Nietzsche “On the Use and Abuse of History for Life” (selection): October 1st 8PM EST
Ancient Greek – the Greek Alphabet: Sunday, October 15, 7pm EST
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (selection): November 1st, Wednesday 8pm EST
Don Quixote (selection): November 7th, Tuesday 8pm EST
New thematic reading seminar:
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
Slow Reading Pathways, Weekly Seminars:
For Slow Reading: “One Subscription to Rule Them All”
Sundays
Back to Beginnings: Nietzsche, “Thus Spoke Zarathustra“
~Introduction to Political Philosophy Series: Back to Beginnings~
Starts Oct 8th, 8 pm EST
Leader: Jason Happel and Reynaldo Miranda
Mondays
Of Looking on Beauty Bare: Euclid’s Elements (Greek Mathematics)
Starts Oct 2nd, 12 noon EST (Alternate time: Thursday evenings)
Leader: David Saussy
The Roots of Modern Thought: Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
Starts Oct 2nd, 2 pm EST
Leader: David Saussy
Tuesdays
Listening is better together: the J.S. Bach Listening Lab: The Cello Suites and the Violin “Chaconne”
Starts Oct 3rd, 12 pm EST
Leader: David Saussy
The Arc of Modernity with Great Books of Iberia: Jose Ortega y Gasset’s On Love
Starts Oct 10th, 2pm EST
Leaders: Reynaldo Miranda and Miryam Bujanda
Wednesdays
Compare thee to a Summer’s day: Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Resumes Oct 4th, 12 noon EST
Leader: Jeffrey Johnston
Of Hurly-Burly, Sound and Fury: Shakespeare’s Macbeth
Starts Oct 4th, 2pm EST OR evening session
Leader: Eric Stull
Thursdays
On Human Happiness, the Life of Action and Contemplation: Aristotle’s, Nicomachean Ethics
Resumes Oct 5th, Thursday, Midday
Leaders: Reynaldo Miranda and David Saussy
Of Looking on Beauty Bare: Euclid’s Elements (Greek Mathematics)
Starts Thursday Oct 5th, 9:00 pm EST
Leaders: David Saussy
2024
Year-long learning opportunities:
A Year of the Dumb Ox – Beginning the Summa Theologica
January – December 2024
How the ancients speak to us: a slow reading of Dante’s Inferno
January – September 2024 (34 Sessions)
On Seeing Whole: An Introduction to the Great Books
~ Read one great book every two months ~ Starts January 2024
January – March 2024
(First Quarter Slow Reading Pathways, Weekly Seminars – Subscribe to one, access to all.)
Back to beginnings: Rousseau, Second Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (Sun)
Of Looking on Beauty Bare: Euclid’s Elements (Greek Mathematics)(Mon/Thurs)
A Musical Offering: The J.S. Bach Listening Lab: WTC and Keyboard Music (Tues)
The Arc of Modernity and the Great Books of Iberia: Jose Ortega y Gasset’s Revolt of the Masses (Tues)
The Arc of Modernity and the Great Books of Iberia: Don Quixote de la Mancha, by Cervantes Part 1 (Tues)
Shakespeare’s Sonnets (Wed)
The Plays of Shakespeare: Cymbeline (Wed)
Human Happiness: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (Thurs)
Single Book Pathways, Thematic Reading, and Ancient Language Courses
How the ancients speak to us: Dante’s “Inferno”
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A Year of Thomas: Beginning the Summa Theologica
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On Seeing Whole: An Introduction to the Great Books
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History and Political Philosophy
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Euclid
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The Roots of Modern Thought
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A Musical Offering: The J.S. Bach Unhurried Listening Lab
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The Arc of Modernity with Great Books of Iberia
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