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Texts of Existence: The Interplay of Religion, Individualism, and the Cosmos in Borges and Nietzsche.

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago

This event is sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Nicklin Fellows Program, which supports and encourages University of Chicago undergraduate students to develop their intellectual maturity. Arjun Mazumdar, who designed this program, is a 2023-2024 Nicklin Fellow. This program is for undergraduate students only. REGISTER HERE In "Texts of Existence," we will explore the depths of existentialism, religion, and the meaning of life through the lens of literary and philosophical classics. Our reading group will study the works of Jorge Luis Borges and Friedrich Nietzsche. Expect to read and analyze passages together, form a collaborative understanding of texts, and tackle...

Thomas Aquinas on Virtue and Grace in the Moral Life

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago

Open to current graduate students and faculty. Advanced undergraduates and others interested in participating should contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. This event is in-person only. All registrants will receive copies of the selected readings, which should be read in advance of the class. An optional wine and cheese reception will follow.  This event is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation. Thomas Aquinas distinguishes between two kinds of moral virtue: acquired moral virtues, which are cultivated though one’s power and via one’s own repeated good acts, and infused...

Can We Be Good On Our Own? Ancient Pagans and Modern Scientists on Thomistic Moral Virtue

Swift Hall, First Floor Common Room 1025 E 58th St,Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park

Open to students and faculty. For more information, contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org.  This event is cosponsored by the University of Notre Dame Press and made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation. Thomas Aquinas, like a good Aristotelian, holds that the moral virtues can be cultivated in human beings by habitual moral action. And like a good Christian, he also holds that God can gift (or 'infuse') the moral virtues into a human being. Can humans become good on their own? Or do they require external assistance? ...