Episodes

Jan. 7, 2025

Analogy and the Semantics of Simplicity: Learning form the Limits of Theological Language | Prof. Joshua Hochschild

Professor Joshua Hochschild explores Aquinas's understanding of analogy in relation to divine simplicity, distinguishing between analogy as a likeness between things and analogy as a relation between the significations of terms, and argues that the...
Jan. 6, 2025

Is Belief in God Rational? | Prof. Joseph Trabbic

Professor Joseph Trabbic explores the rationality of belief in God by first defining belief, distinguishing it from knowledge, and then examining what makes belief rational both subjectively and objectively, before finally addressing the nature of ...
Jan. 3, 2025

What is Beauty? Aquinas and Contemporary Culture | Prof. Thomas Hibbs

Professor Thomas Hibbs discusses the importance of beauty in contemporary culture, drawing upon Emily Dickinson, Charles Taylor, Iris Murdoch, and Jacques Maritain to explore how beauty can unself us, enhance our understanding of truth, and connect...
Jan. 2, 2025

Why Do You Desire to KNOW? Human Nature & Philosophy w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Therese Cory

Why do human beings desire knowledge? Why should YOU care about philosophy? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Therese Cory about the role of wonder in philosophy.
Jan. 1, 2025

Truth, Goodness, and Fantasy Literature | Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P.

This lecture was given on November 2nd, 2024, at Thomistic Institute in Limerick.
Dec. 31, 2024

Aquinas on Art and Contemporary Film | Prof.Thomas Hibbs

This lecture was given on October 22nd, 2024, at University of North Texas.
Dec. 27, 2024

Scotus on Why Christ's Assumed Human Nature Is Not a Person | Prof. Michael Gorman

This lecture was given on February 24th, 2024, at The Dominican House of Studies as a part of a conference titled: "Majesty and Lowliness: On the Hypostatic Union of Divine & Human Natures in Christ."
Dec. 26, 2024

What is "Meaning" and Why Should I Care Whether My Life Has it? | Fr. Raphael Mary Salzillo, O.P.

This lecture was given on April 20th, 2024, at St. Albert's Priory as a part of an intellectual retreat titled, "Happiness and the Meaning of Life."
Dec. 25, 2024

The Imago Dei in Augustine and Thereafter | Prof. Kevin Hart

This lecture was given on March 21st, 2024, at University of Virginia.
Dec. 24, 2024

The Mysteries of Christ in the Story of Salvation | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

This lecture was given on April 30th, 2024, at University of Oxford.
Dec. 23, 2024

Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? How Can We Know? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

This lecture was given on April 4th, 2024, at United States Military Academy.
Dec. 20, 2024

What Makes a Person Good? | Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.

This lecture was given on September 23rd, 2024, at University of Edinburgh.
Dec. 19, 2024

What is Knowledge? | Prof. Tomas Bogardus

This lecture was given on April 26th, 2024, at University of California, Berkeley.
Dec. 18, 2024

How the Dark Ages Saved Your Soul | Fr. Gabriel Torretta

This lecture was given on October 11th, 2024, at Thomistic Institute in New York City.
Dec. 17, 2024

Is Sanctity for Everyone, Even for me? | Fr. John Mark Solitario

This lecture was given on October 15th, 2024, at Mississippi State University.
Dec. 16, 2024

Aristotelian Philosophy and the Quantum Revolution | Prof. Robert Koons

This lecture was given on October 9th, 2024, at Universidad Panamericana Campus Mixcoac.
Dec. 13, 2024

Can Beauty Save the World? | Prof. Raymond Hain

This lecture was given on April 11th, 2024, at University of North Texas.
Dec. 12, 2024

The Song of Songs: Human or Divine Eros? | Prof. Nina Sophie Heereman

This lecture was given on November 2nd, 2024, at St. Albert's Priority as part of intellectual retreat for the west coast titled: "Wisdom Literature."
Dec. 11, 2024

In Medio Ecclesiae: The Importance of Embodying Wisdom According to Proverbs and Sirach | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P.

This lecture was given on November 2nd, 2024, at St. Albert's Priority as part of intellectual retreat for the west coast titled: "Wisdom Literature."
Dec. 10, 2024

Scripture as a Source of Wisdom in Catholic Theology | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P.

This lecture was given on November 1st, 2024, at St. Albert's Priority as part of intellectual retreat for the west coast titled: "Wisdom Literature."
Dec. 9, 2024

'The Lord of All Loves Her': Mary’s Sapiential Garments | Prof. Nina Sophie Heereman

This lecture was given on November 2nd, 2024, at St. Albert's Priority as part of intellectual retreat for the west coast titled: "Wisdom Literature."
Dec. 6, 2024

So Death Doth Touch the Resurrection: Death and Human Nature | Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P.

This lecture was given on September 21st, 2024, at University of South Florida.
Dec. 5, 2024

What Does "Creation" Really Mean? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Dr. William Carroll

What does it really mean to say the world is "created," according to St. Thomas Aquinas? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. for an off-campus conversation with Dr. William Carroll about what "creation" really means!