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A talk to parents and teachers at the Turning Point Education Educators Summit: Socratic dialogue at the dinner table, Kant's "self-incurred tutelage," and a proof that time does not exist.
Eight talks drawn from his lectures, books, and the podcast. Each can be shaped to the room, as a single evening or a short series.
Why the most influential philosopher of the modern age is read backwards, and what changes when you read his Religion as the affirmative, Christian-shaped book it is. Drawn from In Defense of Kant's Religion and his 2023 Notre Dame keynote.
Kant's account of perception, reason, aesthetic judgment, and moral freedom, applied to young people who have been told they are ordinary. Given to students and, on the podcast, to his own nieces and nephews.
Socratic dialogue at the dinner table, Kant's 'self-incurred tutelage,' and a proof that time does not exist: raising the intellectual bar with kids. Given at the Turning Point Academy Summit and the Turning Point Education Educators Summit.
From Freud, Jung, and Fritz Perls to Genesis and the Gospel of Matthew: the six-part podcast series on dreams compressed into one evening, with a method for interpreting your own.
The Declaration's four references to God, the inheritance of Athens, and why 250 years under one constitution is not an accident. First given to prospective students visiting from Portugal.
From Augustine and Aquinas to Descartes and Kant, the case that good philosophy begins by admitting we are finite, situated beings who must decide whom to trust.
Aristotle, Augustine, and Scripture on the lost art of friendship, from the book of the same name written with Alex Pierce.
What the great writings do for young readers and how a school can build a curriculum around them. Keynote at the Herzog Foundation Great Books Summit, 2024.
Length and format are set with the host. Lecture series run three to six sessions. Virtual or in person.
A commencement address and a lecture for America’s 250th.
Turning Point Education Prep Year Commencement Address
May 25, 2026 · 41:52
An Exceptional Nation: The Form and Substance that Made America Last
Jun 29, 2026 · 51:42
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