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A digital environment dedicated to fostering philosophical and intellectual habits beyond the ordinary structures of academia. 501(c)(3) public charity. lyceum.institute

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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today we turn to Thomas Aquinas in search of clarity regarding time, measurement, and their relations to the eternal. Will we find what we seek—or yet lack the standards by which we may know time in itself?
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“it is in you, my mind, that I measure periods of time” – does Augustine simply “subjectivize” time and its measurement? Is he simply rejecting the Aristotelian reliance on motion, or adding something entirely different?
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Being that can be understood is language” – what does Hans Georg Gadamer have to teach us about language, thinking, and the relation of the mind to what is?
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today’s Aquinas Reading Circle discusses Ia-IIae, q.24, a.4, on whether any passion is morally good or evil according to its species; and introduces q.25, on the order of the passions to one another.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What is measurement? How do we measure time? We take up this question today.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Is hermeneutics universal? A question happening now in our seminar.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happening now at Human Formation in the Digital Age: Discussion sessions on Cognitive Security; the Study of Languages; and Posthumanism.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happening now at Human Formation in the Digital Age: Discussion sessions on Environment & Virtue; Education; the Ontology of Digital Objects; and the Nature of Inquiry in the Digital Age.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happening now at Human Formation in the Digital Age: Dr. Read Mercer Schuchardt on “Lonely at the Top: The Ape, the Angel, the Alien, and the AI” lyceum.institute/new...
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happening now at Human Formation in the Digital Age: Dr. Matthew Minerd on “The Scale of the (Rightly Ordered) Human: Habitus and the Measure of Technology”. lyceum.institute/new...
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happening now at Human Formation in the Digital Age: Dr. Mariele Courtois on “To Build a Human Heart: Hope for Designing Technologies toward Genuinely Human Ends”. lyceum.institute/new...
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No online Happy Hour today – we’re having an in-person drink and enjoying each other’s company in St. Louis! We’ll return on 9/23.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Happening now at Human Formation in the Digital Age: an in-depth discussion of how human-centric ethical thinking can enable us to navigate the development and integration of “artificial intelligence” into our lives, while remaining profoundly human. lyceum.institute/res...
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Properly addressing the advent and integration of AI systems into our world requires an understanding not only of human communication and machine information transmission, but also of signification itself. This is what our SEPPUAI Framework aims to provide: tinyurl.com/seppuai26
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Our fiscal year ends in 9 days— help us raise as much money as we can before August 31! Donate today: lyceum.institute/bey...
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Why should every educated person study rhetoric? Simply put: we are political animals and political ends are pursued through the persuasive use of language. To be ignorant of language's persuasive power is to be deficient in one's understanding of politics--and thus to be deficient in our humanity.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Interpretation is an act belonging to every living thing, and preeminently to human beings. But where do interpretations begin, how do they proceed, and what is their purpose in our intellectual lives? Join our upcoming seminar to study these questions closely
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Off to work? Why not plan to enjoy some true leisure this evening with the Lyceum's Philosophical Happy Hour (5:45-7:15+ PM ET) as we take up the topic of tragedy: what it means in life, in art, and its importance for our understanding of being human.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Higher education needs not only new institutions, but new approaches and new models of teaching and learning. Help the Lyceum Institute build a new future: lyceum.insitute/beyond
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
By the word "time", we intend not only a reality independent of our souls, but a movement that occurs within them. How we reconcile the two objects signified constitutes a key question pursued in our upcoming seminar.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Check out our new course calendar to see all of our upcoming, scheduled courses.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Our new website is live. Faster and easier-reading; new course calendar with details and helpful links for all upcoming courses. Even more coming soon. lyceum.institute/
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Cannot have Science without Logic “[Without logic] you don’t actually know the structure of what you’re thinking.”
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Aristotle, Nature, and Intrinsic Causes “All of these natural things... and that includes us... have an essential or intrinsic, if you will, cause or source of their movements toward their resting points.”
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Poetry, Language, and the Personal in Education “Rote memorization, memorizing poetry, classical languages... focus on personal development... rather than career preparation.”
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
How do we move past ideology today? How do we restore order? There is no easy solution to these questions; but they must be asked, if the future is to have hope.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Everywhere we go, everything we do, technology seems to be there—if not in our hands, in our minds. Why? What can we do about it?
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The penultimate week of our seminar on Book I of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, showing the division of the human capacities and virtues in accordance with the specifically human good.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We’re off this week, but back the next with Coriolanus!
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Modernity's Pursuit of Control Why is modern thought always ordered toward control? Is this why we abuse nature, our natural environments?
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
What does it mean to have a soul?
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
There is still plenty of time to register for our September conference, Human Formation in the Digital Age! Join us for a robust series of conversations that explore the effects of contemporary technologies on the human soul, and how we may become resilient amidst these challenges. 1/2
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Has constantly indulging in the fantasies given us by our screens untethered us from reality? Stop scrolling. Watch the full video: youtu.be/tHI_RfFTHvQ
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Early registration for our Human Formation in the Digital Age conference is just two days away (7/15)! The conference is open to all: philosophers, students, engineers, programmers, technologists, strategists—anyone with a deep and abiding interest in the crucial questions of the day.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
As a unique intellectual environment, the Lyceum Institute receives many questions about our programs, methods, and approach. See if we have already answered your question at the link below. 1/2
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The study of languages not only expands the world of materials—literature, philosophy, histories—but the world of thought itself. Come study Latin or Greek with us! Learn more at the link below. 1/2
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
True education should form the intellectual habits by which we live well; not merely aim us at professional success. The Lyceum Institute offers serious study ordered toward truth and made accessible through subsidiarity. Learn how you can help by visiting the link below.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Our Trivium courses provide students the depths of linguistic understanding, logical thinking, and awareness of the persuasive environment needed to survive the digital age. Explore our offerings at the link below. 1/2
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We have built; we are building. Join our efforts.
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
No life of the mind flourishes in isolation. Discover our community of inquiry at the Lyceum Institute at the link below.. 1/2
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Look, we are not saying you _are_ stupid. But it would be nice to have a second chance, wouldn’t it? 1/2
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Si scis, cognoscis. And if you don’t, it is still a handsome glass. Buy yours at the link below. 1/2
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In the age of information, we have lost the knack for questioning. Recovering this habit of examination, of aiming at not mere description but understanding, is at the heart of our philosophy program. Find out more by visiting the link below. 1/2
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Our Foundations courses provide the background education that students need, never received in their normal courses of education, and that prepare them for more advanced courses at the Lyceum or elsewhere. Learn more at the link below. lyceum.institute/pro...
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
There are many cognitive benefits to writing by hand. Why not support the Lyceum while you do it, too? Purchase a quality notebook at the link below. 1/2
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
As a unique intellectual environment, the Lyceum Institute receives many questions about our programs, methods, and approach. See if we have already answered your question at the link below. 1/2
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The study of languages not only expands the world of materials—literature, philosophy, histories—but the world of thought itself. Come study Latin or Greek with us! Learn more at the link below. 1/2
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