Roots of the World: The Program of St. John’s College

By |2023-05-21T11:31:50-05:00August 11th, 2014|Categories: E.B., Education, Eva Brann, Featured, Liberal Arts, Liberal Learning, Senior Contributors, St. John's College|Tags: |

I. Principles and Parts of the Program Every plan of education, whether borne up by a passing trend or bound into a long tradition, is fraught with implicit philosophical principle. Since the program of St. John’s College is devoted to that peculiar kind of learning which of necessity includes a reflection on its own conditions, [...]

What is a Book?

By |2023-05-21T11:31:51-05:00July 29th, 2014|Categories: Classics, E.B., Eva Brann, Homer, Senior Contributors, Socrates, St. John's College|Tags: |

It is our tradition that the first lecture of the year should be dedicated to our freshmen.* They have newly joined a community whose program of learning centers on the scheduled reading of a preset list of books and on the twice-weekly discussion that takes place in the seminar. They have come to us chiefly [...]

What, Then, Is Time?

By |2023-05-21T11:31:53-05:00April 14th, 2014|Categories: Aristotle, Classics, E.B., Eva Brann, Featured, Senior Contributors, St. Augustine, St. John's College, Time|Tags: |

When our dean asked me to lecture this September it was because I’ve just completed a book on time, and I’m happy to have the opportunity to talk about it. There seemed to be three possible kinds of profit that I figured might come to you and to me if I gave what one might [...]

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