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Introductory Lectures on the Great Books
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Answering Tough Questions on Machiavelli’s Ethics | Q&A
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Nov 29, 2025
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Why Good People Make Terrible Leaders | Machiavelli's Ethics Explained
A lecture on Machiavelli's ethics
Nov 28, 2025
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Your Face Shapes Your Destiny | Shelley's Frankenstein Explained
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Oct 31, 2025
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Embrace the Erotic | Plato's Symposium Explained
A lecture on Plato's Symposium
Aug 31, 2025
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Expert Interviews on the Great Books
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Reject Globalism, Embrace Patriotism | Maurizio Viroli
Between Nationalism and Globalism
Nov 7, 2025
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A Masterclass on Machiavelli’s Unorthodox Christianity | Maurizio Viroli
An interview with Maurizio Viroli on Machiavelli's God
Oct 24, 2025
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2:23:14
The Problem with Modern Dating | David O’Connor on Nietzsche, Plato, Christ
Watch now | Interview with David O'Connor on Nietzsche, Plato, Christianity
Aug 22, 2025
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Harvard Professor’s Masterclass on Machiavelli | Harvey Mansfield
An Interview with Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli
Aug 16, 2025
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Philosophy x AI
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The Incredible Results of AI Learning | A New Philosophy of Education
An Interview with MacKenzie Price on AI Learning
Jan 9
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The One Thing You Must Never Outsource to AI | Brendan McCord
An Interview with Brendan McCord on Autonomy and AI.
Sep 12, 2025
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Debate: Can AI Write a Great Book?
A panel at St. John's discussing AI and the humanities.
Aug 8, 2025
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The Signs that AI is Conscious | Imperial's Murray Shanahan
Watch now | An interview with Murray Shanahan on philosophy and AI consciousness.
May 10, 2025
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Philosophy x Entrepreneurship
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The Incredible Results of AI Learning | A New Philosophy of Education
An Interview with MacKenzie Price on AI Learning
Jan 9
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How a $17B Investor Beat Wall Street By Reading Shakespeare | Jim O'Shaughnessy
An interview with Jim O'Shaughnessy
Jan 3
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Capital is Cheap, This is The Last Scarce Resource | USV’s Albert Wenger
An interview with USV's Albert Wenger
Nov 23, 2025
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Rebel Oxford Philosopher Declares War on Universities | Michael Gibson
An interview with Michael Gibson on innovation and stagnation.
Oct 9, 2025
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Mimetic Theory
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Lecture VII: The One Who Withholds | René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Christianity exposed the injustice of scapegoating and, in doing so, robbed us of the cathartic tools which early human societies used to contain and…
Dec 31, 2022
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Lecture VI: The Triumph of Modernity | René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Rescued by Christianity, modernity is distinctly different than the violent, deceitful, and stagnant societies of yore.
Dec 29, 2022
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Lecture V: The Christian Revelation | René Girard's Mimetic Theory
For Girard, Christianity is radically different from all other religions in one crucial aspect: it takes the side of the innocent victim and, in doing…
Dec 24, 2022
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Lecture IV: The Scapegoat Mechanism | René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Starting from lecture IV, we will move away from psychology and into Girard’s history, beginning with the very first human societies.
Dec 21, 2022
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