Episodes

April 28, 2023

Death and Immortality | Sr. Elinor Gardner, O.P.

This lecture was given on February 8, 2023 at Trinity University, San Antonio. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yczkuphu. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstit...

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April 26, 2023

Classical and Contemporary Answers to the Meaning of Life | Prof. Mic…

This talk was given on February 7th, 2023 at Texas A and M University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitue.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He has doctorate...

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April 24, 2023

Are We Our Brains? Neuroscience And The Soul | Doctor Paul LaPenna

This talk was given on February 23, 2023 at the University of South Carolina. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Paul LaPenna is a neurologist in Greenville, SC and Associate Professor of Neurology a...

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April 20, 2023

Why the Roman Catholic Church? w/ Prof. Paige Hochschild (Off-Campus …

Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Paige Hochschild. Why the Roman Catholic Church? w/ Prof. Paige Hochschild and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversations) ...

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April 19, 2023

Peace in the Lives of Gregory of Nazianzus and Augustine of Hippo | F…

This talk was given on February 16th, 2023 at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, ...

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April 17, 2023

A Thomistic Approach to Friendship Between the Sexes| Prof. John Cudd…

This talk was given on February 21st, 2023 at Hillsdale College. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: John A. Cuddeback, PhD, is professor of Philosophy at Christendom College, where he has taught for tw...

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April 14, 2023

Spirit, Soul, and Body According to Thomas Aquinas | Fr. James Brent,…

This talk was given on February 18th, 2023 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. James Brent, O.P. holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Saint Louis Uni...

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April 12, 2023

Descartes and 'The Aristotelians' on the Soul as the Life of the Body…

This talk was given on Feburary 18th 2023, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the author: Dr. Sarah Byers is a professor of philosophy at Boston College. Aside...

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April 10, 2023

Descartes's Soul | Prof. Jorge Secada

This talk was given on February 17th, 2023 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Prof. Jorge Secada is a professor of philosophy from the University of V...

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April 7, 2023

The Ethics of Human Gene Editing with CRISPR | Fr. Nicanor Austriaco,…

This talk was given on October 5th, 2022 at Dartmouth College. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., completed his Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.E.) in Bioengineering, summa cum laud...

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April 6, 2023

St. Thomas's Five Ways: How to Prove God Exists w/ Dr. Edward Feser(O…

Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. Edward Feser. St. Thomas's Five Ways: How to Prove God Exists w/ Dr. Edward Feser and Fr. Gregory Pine (Off-Campus Conversatio...

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April 5, 2023

Proofs for the Existence of God | Prof. Robert Koons

This talk was given on Feburary 7th, 2023 at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Te...

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April 1, 2023

Aquinas on the Union of Body and Soul | Prof. Gyula Klima

This talk was given on February 1st, 2023 at Fordham University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Born, raised, and educated in Budapest, Hungary, Prof. Klima held postdoc positions in Helsinki, St. And...

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March 31, 2023

St. Edmund Campion and the Jesuit English Mission of 1580 | Prof. Fio…

This lecture was given on November 21, 2022, at the University of Edinburgh. For more information, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Fionnuala O’Neill Tonning earned her PhD from University of Edinburgh in...

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March 29, 2023

The Search for Happiness: Wisdom from Aquinas | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau.…

This talk was given on February 4th, 2023 at the University of Rochester. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., entered the Dominican Province of St. Jose...

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March 29, 2023

Does God Exist? | Prof. Michael Gorman

This talk was given on February 17, 2023 at Vanderbilt University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Gorman is professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He has doctorates ...

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March 27, 2023

The God of the Bible and the God of the Philosophers | Prof. Eleonore…

This talk was given via Zoom to the students at Trinity Western University on February, 9th 2023. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Sain...

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March 27, 2023

Does God Create Through Evolution? | Fr. Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P.

This talk was given on February 16th, 2023 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P. is a Polish Dominican and theologian. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophical t...

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March 24, 2023

Aquinas’s ‘First Way’ Argument: In What Way Does it Prove God’s Exist…

This talk was given at the United State Military Academy at West Point on February 7th, 2023. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gregory T. Doolan received his B.A. in political theory from Georgetown Un...

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March 23, 2023

Adam and Eve after the Pill, Revisited w/ Mary Eberstadt (Off-Campus …

Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Mary Eberstadt about her latest book, "Adam and Eve after the Pill, Revisited" Adam and Eve after the Pill, Revisited w/ Mary Eber...

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March 22, 2023

God, Creation, and the Act of Existence | Prof. Gaven Kerr

This talk was given on February 6th, 2023 at Oxford University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Gaven Kerr is a third-order Dominican and philosophy professor at St. ...

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March 20, 2023

Can a Catholic Be a Classical Liberal? | Prof. Erik Dempsey

The handout for this lecture may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/5f2ebxm5 This lecture was given on February 2, 2023, at the University of Kansas. For more information about upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.o...

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March 17, 2023

Fire in the Head: Paganism in Irish Christianity | Fr. Conor McDonoug…

The handout for the lecture may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3fd6hsvh This lecture was given on January 26, 2023, at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. A...

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March 16, 2023

The Problem of Evil, Dystopia, and Dostoevsky's ‘The Brothers Karamaz…

The speaker's handout may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/mry498c9 This lecture was given on February 15, 2023, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at thomisticinstitute.org...

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