Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWater and Oil, or Water into Wine? St. Thomas and the Mixture and Subalternation of Sciences – Prof. Brian Carl
This lecture was given on July 18th, 2025, at Dominican House of Studies.
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5 months, 2 weeks ago
Thomistic Wisdom for the Pilgrimage to God – Prof. John Cuddeback
Season 12
Prof. John Cuddeback presents Thomistic wisdom for the pilgrimage to God emphasizing the importance of cleaving to the final end—God—as the ultimate …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Thomistic Wisdom for the Pilgrimage to God – Prof. Paige Hochschild
Season 12
Prof. Paige Hochschild explores Thomistic wisdom for the pilgrimage to God, focusing on the virtues required for spiritual journey, the meanings of p…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Must Beautiful Things be Natural? – Prof. Raymond Hain
Season 12
Prof. Raymond Hain examines whether beauty must be natural, exploring Thomistic metaphysics, twentieth-century debates between Maritain and Gilson, a…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Are Societies Natural? The Metaphysics of Thomistic Social Thought I Prof. Joshua Hochschild
Season 12
Prof. Joshua Hochschild examines whether societies are natural by tracing the Aristotelian and Thomistic understanding of social forms, arguing that …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Are the Virtues Natural? I Fr. John Sica, O.P.
Season 12
Fr. John Sica explores whether virtues are natural by examining Aristotle and Aquinas, ultimately concluding that the virtues are not innate qualitie…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
From Nature to Norm: How to Derive 'Ought' From 'Is' I Prof. Catherine Peters
Season 12
Prof. Catherine Peters addresses the philosophical question of deriving moral ought from descriptive is, arguing from a Thomistic natural law perspec…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
The Natural and the Artificial I Prof. Christopher Frey
Season 12
Prof. Christopher Frey examines the distinctions and interactions between natural and artificial entities, showing how art can complete, imitate, or …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Nature's Cheat Codes? On the Course of Nature and its Laws I Prof. John G. Brungardt
Season 12
Prof. John Brungardt explores the concept of laws of nature as partial transcriptions of the natures of physical substances, emphasizing the interpla…
6 months ago
Aquinas on Nature and the Natural: Form and the Scale of 'Esse' I Fr. Raymund Snyder, O.P.
This lecture was given on May 29th, 2025, at Mount Saint Mary College.
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6 months ago