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Truth, Goodness, and Fantasy Literature – Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P.
Season 13
Fr. Philip-Neri Reese argues that while grimdark fantasy (exemplified by George R. R. Martin) can be just as true artistically as Tolkien-style class…
4 months ago
The Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis – Prof. Lee Oser
Season 13
Prof. Lee Oser portrays the Inklings—and especially J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis—as a countercultural circle of Christian writers and scholars whose…
4 months, 1 week ago
Christian Humanism and Shakespeare – Prof. Lee Oser
Season 13
Prof. Lee Oser argues that Christian humanism—the “radical middle” between secularism and sectarianism—offers the best key to Shakespeare’s plays, sh…
4 months, 1 week ago
Goodness, Truth, Beauty: The World According to Dante – Prof. Joshua Hochschild
Season 13
Prof. Joshua Hochschild shows how Dante’s Paradiso offers a philosophically rich, Thomistic, and Neoplatonic vision of the cosmos in which goodness, …
4 months, 1 week ago
Dante’s Passionate Intellect: The Divine Comedy’s Journey of Desire – Prof. George Corbett
Season 13
Prof. George Corbett presents Dante’s Divine Comedy as a transformative “journey of desire” in which the passionate intellect—shaped by Virgil (reaso…
4 months, 1 week ago
Edith Stein and Thomism – Dr. Robert McNamara
This lecture was given on March 6th, 2025, at Farm Street Church.
For more information on upcoming events, visit us at thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming…
4 months, 1 week ago
How to Avoid Being Unhappy: Gluttony and the Proper Place of Food and Alcohol in the Good Life – Prof. W. Scott Cleveland
Season 13
Prof. W. Scott Cleveland explains how food and alcohol can either undermine or promote true happiness, arguing that gluttony is a disordered desire f…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Terrible Covenant of Sloth: Boredom and the Resistance of Joy – Dr. R.J. Snell
Season 13
Dr. R.J. Snell argues that the real epidemic behind student anxiety, boredom, and frenzied achievement is not laziness but sloth—a refusal of respons…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Money, Pleasure, Influence and the Key to a Happy Life – Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.
Season 13
Fr. Gregory Pine shows how money, pleasure, and influence all fail as ultimate goals and argues that true happiness comes from living in accord with …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Do We Really Have a Bill of Rights? – Prof. Jerome Foss
This lecture was given on November 4th, 2025, at Washington & Lee University.
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4 months, 2 weeks ago