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SUMMARY:Aristotelian Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Aristotelian Reading Group\nLed by Sebastian Hayden\nA line-by-line reading of selected sections of the Nicomachean Ethics. No previous study of Aristotle needed\, and reading prior to the seminar is not required.  \nA light breakfast is provided\, as are all reading materials.  \nAll Princeton undergraduate or graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/aristotelian-reading-group-6/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Aristotle-Poussin-22Et-in-Arcadia-ego22-e1727102656436.jpg
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SUMMARY:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory
DESCRIPTION:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory\nLed by Brandon Van Dyck\nHow will the outcome of the upcoming presidential election affect the US and US policy? This is a positive question\, not a normative one; our political preferences are irrelevant. In this semester’s graduate discussion group\, we’ll consider the effects of a Trump or Harris victory on the economy\, health care\, immigration\, and the Supreme Court\, among other topics. \nReading prior to the seminar is not required. Dinner is provided\, as are all reading materials. \nAll Princeton graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/the-consequences-of-a-trump-or-harris-victory-2024-11-04/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BVD-Christy-22Scene-at-the-Signing22.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241104T190000
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SUMMARY:Witherspoon Forum: Technology and Human Agency (Session 1)
DESCRIPTION:TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN AGENCY\nLed by Dr. Landon Hobbs\nThis event is a part of the Witherspoon Forum\, a program which provides a space for high school students who are serious about their studies to discuss foundational questions of human existence and contemporary cultural issues in dialogue with their peers and Witherspoon’s seminar leaders. To attend\, students should apply here. \nWhat attitude should we have toward recent developments in digital technology? Are these developments providing new tools to enhance human flourishing—or are they undercutting our ability to cultivate intellectual and moral virtues? Are they an aid or a hindrance to collectively building up and maintaining robust and meaningful communities and polities? We will consider these questions in the light of both classical philosophical reflections on technological revolution and contemporary social commentary.
URL:https://winst.org/event/witherspoon-forum-technology-and-human-agency/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/marchofintellect.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T142000
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SUMMARY:God Matters
DESCRIPTION:God Matters\nLed by R.J. Snell\nAccording to Thomas Aquinas\, some truths about God surpass the capacity of unaided human reason and require revelation\, while other truths are knowable by unaided\, natural reason. This seminar explores some puzzles of classical theism through reason alone\, without appeal to revelation or any particular religious tradition or authority. What’s the existence of God? How does God’s existence relate to God’s attributes—and does this work intelligibly? How does divine knowledge allow for human freedom? What about evil? \nReading a variety of texts and exploring a variety of questions\, the seminar explores whether or not classical theism\, as understood philosophically\, is coherent. \nReading prior to seminar is not required. Neither is religious belief. Open to all Princeton students\, whatever their commitments. \nLunch is provided\, as are all reading materials.
URL:https://winst.org/event/god-matters-4/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/God-Matters-Chartres-Stained-Glass-Window.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T081500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T091500
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240918T152107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T160337Z
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SUMMARY:Aristotelian Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Aristotelian Reading Group\nLed by Sebastian Hayden\nA line-by-line reading of selected sections of the Nicomachean Ethics. No previous study of Aristotle needed\, and reading prior to the seminar is not required.  \nA light breakfast is provided\, as are all reading materials.  \nAll Princeton undergraduate or graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/aristotelian-reading-group-5/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Aristotle-Poussin-22Et-in-Arcadia-ego22-e1727102656436.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240925T202016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240925T202358Z
UID:5858-1730142000-1730142000@winst.org
SUMMARY:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory
DESCRIPTION:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory\nLed by Brandon Van Dyck\nHow will the outcome of the upcoming presidential election affect the US and US policy? This is a positive question\, not a normative one; our political preferences are irrelevant. In this semester’s graduate discussion group\, we’ll consider the effects of a Trump or Harris victory on the economy\, health care\, immigration\, and the Supreme Court\, among other topics. \nReading prior to the seminar is not required. Dinner is provided\, as are all reading materials. \nAll Princeton graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/the-consequences-of-a-trump-or-harris-victory-2024-10-28/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BVD-Christy-22Scene-at-the-Signing22.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241025T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241025T142000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240918T135931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T160317Z
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SUMMARY:Habits of the Mind
DESCRIPTION:Habits of the Mind\nLed by R.J. Snell\nWe tend to be familiar with the moral virtues—wisdom\, courage\, moderation\, and justice\, say—and many will know Aristotle’s articulation of the intellectual virtues\, but Aristotle’s intellectual virtues seem abstract and not especially relevant to our lives. Since we’re intellectual beings\, the intellectual virtues oughtn’t be alien to our well-being\, however. In this seminar\, we examine more contemporary texts\, including Hannah Arendt\, Simone Weil\, and Iris Murdoch\, on intellectual habits such as attention\, reading\, understanding\, and judging. Thinking\, it turns out\, is not merely a technical\, neutral matter of analytic capacity\, but a commitment to being in the world in a certain mode and way\, and we can have habits of thought contributing to\, or taking away from\, our flourishing. \nReading prior to seminar is not required. \nLunch is provided\, as are all reading materials. \n 
URL:https://winst.org/event/habits-of-the-mind-2/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Habits-of-Mind-Homer-22The-Country-School22.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240917T205106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T160246Z
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SUMMARY:Witherspoon Forum: A.I. and Religious Belief (Session 3)
DESCRIPTION:A.I. AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF\nLed by Dr. Joseph Vukov\nThis event is a part of the Witherspoon Forum\, a program which provides a space for high school students who are serious about their studies to discuss foundational questions of human existence and contemporary cultural issues in dialogue with their peers and Witherspoon’s seminar leaders. To attend\, students should apply here. \nIn this seminar\, students will address questions such as: What are the differences between human intelligence and artificial intelligence? To what extent should religious believers engage with A.I.? How might such engagement impact religious belief and practice?
URL:https://winst.org/event/witherspoon-forum-a-i-and-religious-belief-session-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/lecole.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T081500
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SUMMARY:Aristotelian Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Aristotelian Reading Group\nLed by Sebastian Hayden\nA line-by-line reading of selected sections of the Nicomachean Ethics. No previous study of Aristotle needed\, and reading prior to the seminar is not required.  \nA light breakfast is provided\, as are all reading materials.  \nAll Princeton undergraduate or graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/aristotelian-reading-group-4/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Aristotle-Poussin-22Et-in-Arcadia-ego22-e1727102656436.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241021T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241021T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240925T202016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240925T202357Z
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SUMMARY:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory
DESCRIPTION:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory\nLed by Brandon Van Dyck\nHow will the outcome of the upcoming presidential election affect the US and US policy? This is a positive question\, not a normative one; our political preferences are irrelevant. In this semester’s graduate discussion group\, we’ll consider the effects of a Trump or Harris victory on the economy\, health care\, immigration\, and the Supreme Court\, among other topics. \nReading prior to the seminar is not required. Dinner is provided\, as are all reading materials. \nAll Princeton graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/the-consequences-of-a-trump-or-harris-victory-2024-10-21/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BVD-Christy-22Scene-at-the-Signing22.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240917T203934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T160113Z
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SUMMARY:Witherspoon Forum: A.I. and Religious Belief (Session 2)
DESCRIPTION:A.I. AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF\nLed by Dr. Joseph Vukov\nThis event is a part of the Witherspoon Forum\, a program which provides a space for high school students who are serious about their studies to discuss foundational questions of human existence and contemporary cultural issues in dialogue with their peers and Witherspoon’s seminar leaders. To attend\, students should apply here. \nIn this seminar\, students will address questions such as: What are the differences between human intelligence and artificial intelligence? To what extent should religious believers engage with A.I.? How might such engagement impact religious belief and practice?
URL:https://winst.org/event/witherspoon-forum-a-i-and-religious-belief-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/lecole.jpg
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241014T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240925T202016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240925T202356Z
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SUMMARY:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory
DESCRIPTION:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory\nLed by Brandon Van Dyck\nHow will the outcome of the upcoming presidential election affect the US and US policy? This is a positive question\, not a normative one; our political preferences are irrelevant. In this semester’s graduate discussion group\, we’ll consider the effects of a Trump or Harris victory on the economy\, health care\, immigration\, and the Supreme Court\, among other topics. \nReading prior to the seminar is not required. Dinner is provided\, as are all reading materials. \nAll Princeton graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/the-consequences-of-a-trump-or-harris-victory-2024-10-14/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BVD-Christy-22Scene-at-the-Signing22.jpg
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240917T201004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T160042Z
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SUMMARY:Witherspoon Forum: A.I. and Religious Belief (Session 1)
DESCRIPTION:A.I. AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF\nLed by Dr. Joseph Vukov\nThis event is a part of the Witherspoon Forum\, a program which provides a space for high school students who are serious about their studies to discuss foundational questions of human existence and contemporary cultural issues in dialogue with their peers and Witherspoon’s seminar leaders. To attend\, students should apply here. \nIn this seminar\, students will address questions such as: What are the differences between human intelligence and artificial intelligence? To what extent should religious believers engage with A.I.? How might such engagement impact religious belief and practice?
URL:https://winst.org/event/witherspoon-forum-a-i-and-religious-belief/
LOCATION:Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/lecole.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241007T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240925T202016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240925T202355Z
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SUMMARY:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory
DESCRIPTION:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory\nLed by Brandon Van Dyck\nHow will the outcome of the upcoming presidential election affect the US and US policy? This is a positive question\, not a normative one; our political preferences are irrelevant. In this semester’s graduate discussion group\, we’ll consider the effects of a Trump or Harris victory on the economy\, health care\, immigration\, and the Supreme Court\, among other topics. \nReading prior to the seminar is not required. Dinner is provided\, as are all reading materials. \nAll Princeton graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/the-consequences-of-a-trump-or-harris-victory-2024-10-07/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BVD-Christy-22Scene-at-the-Signing22.jpg
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T142000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240918T133954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T155043Z
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SUMMARY:God Matters
DESCRIPTION:God Matters\nLed by R.J. Snell\nAccording to Thomas Aquinas\, some truths about God surpass the capacity of unaided human reason and require revelation\, while other truths are knowable by unaided\, natural reason. This seminar explores some puzzles of classical theism through reason alone\, without appeal to revelation or any particular religious tradition or authority. What’s the existence of God? How does God’s existence relate to God’s attributes—and does this work intelligibly? How does divine knowledge allow for human freedom? What about evil? \nReading a variety of texts and exploring a variety of questions\, the seminar explores whether or not classical theism\, as understood philosophically\, is coherent. \nReading prior to seminar is not required. Neither is religious belief. Open to all Princeton students\, whatever their commitments. \nLunch is provided\, as are all reading materials.
URL:https://winst.org/event/god-matters-3/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/God-Matters-Chartres-Stained-Glass-Window.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241001T081500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241001T091500
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240918T151900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T154923Z
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SUMMARY:Aristotelian Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Aristotelian Reading Group\nLed by Sebastian Hayden\nA line-by-line reading of selected sections of the Nicomachean Ethics. No previous study of Aristotle needed\, and reading prior to the seminar is not required.  \nA light breakfast is provided\, as are all reading materials.  \nAll Princeton undergraduate or graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/aristotelian-reading-group-3/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Aristotle-Poussin-22Et-in-Arcadia-ego22-e1727102656436.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240925T202016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240925T202354Z
UID:5854-1727722800-1727722800@winst.org
SUMMARY:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory
DESCRIPTION:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory\nLed by Brandon Van Dyck\nHow will the outcome of the upcoming presidential election affect the US and US policy? This is a positive question\, not a normative one; our political preferences are irrelevant. In this semester’s graduate discussion group\, we’ll consider the effects of a Trump or Harris victory on the economy\, health care\, immigration\, and the Supreme Court\, among other topics. \nReading prior to the seminar is not required. Dinner is provided\, as are all reading materials. \nAll Princeton graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/the-consequences-of-a-trump-or-harris-victory-2024-09-30/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BVD-Christy-22Scene-at-the-Signing22.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T131500
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240923T144247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T190513Z
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SUMMARY:Rehearsal and Lunch with Maestro Manfred Honeck
DESCRIPTION:We will join our friends from the Morningside Institute and the Merton Institute to attend the first rehearsal of Maestro Manfred Honeck’s concert with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Víkingur Ólafsson in New York City. They will perform Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and Brahm’s First Piano Concerto. Afterwards\, we will join Maestro Honeck for lunch. Open to Princeton students on a first come first serve basis. Interested students should reach out to shayden@winst.org\n \n(Photo credit to Reinhold Möller)
URL:https://winst.org/event/rehearsal-and-lunch-with-maestro-manfred-honeck/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/honeck-e1727102558175.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T142000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240918T135235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T154859Z
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SUMMARY:Habits of the Mind
DESCRIPTION:Habits of the Mind\nLed by R.J. Snell\nWe tend to be familiar with the moral virtues—wisdom\, courage\, moderation\, and justice\, say—and many will know Aristotle’s articulation of the intellectual virtues\, but Aristotle’s intellectual virtues seem abstract and not especially relevant to our lives. Since we’re intellectual beings\, the intellectual virtues oughtn’t be alien to our well-being\, however. In this seminar\, we examine more contemporary texts\, including Hannah Arendt\, Simone Weil\, and Iris Murdoch\, on intellectual habits such as attention\, reading\, understanding\, and judging. Thinking\, it turns out\, is not merely a technical\, neutral matter of analytic capacity\, but a commitment to being in the world in a certain mode and way\, and we can have habits of thought contributing to\, or taking away from\, our flourishing. \nReading prior to seminar is not required. \nLunch is provided\, as are all reading materials. \n 
URL:https://winst.org/event/habits-of-the-mind/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Habits-of-Mind-Homer-22The-Country-School22.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T081500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T091500
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T144422Z
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SUMMARY:Aristotelian Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Aristotelian Reading Group\nLed by Sebastian Hayden\nA line-by-line reading of selected sections of the Nicomachean Ethics. No previous study of Aristotle needed\, and reading prior to the seminar is not required.  \nA light breakfast is provided\, as are all reading materials. \nAll Princeton undergraduate or graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/aristotelian-reading-group-2/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Aristotle-Poussin-22Et-in-Arcadia-ego22-e1727102656436.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240923T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240923T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240925T202016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240925T202354Z
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SUMMARY:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory
DESCRIPTION:The Consequences of a Trump or Harris Victory\nLed by Brandon Van Dyck\nHow will the outcome of the upcoming presidential election affect the US and US policy? This is a positive question\, not a normative one; our political preferences are irrelevant. In this semester’s graduate discussion group\, we’ll consider the effects of a Trump or Harris victory on the economy\, health care\, immigration\, and the Supreme Court\, among other topics. \nReading prior to the seminar is not required. Dinner is provided\, as are all reading materials. \nAll Princeton graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/the-consequences-of-a-trump-or-harris-victory/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://winst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BVD-Christy-22Scene-at-the-Signing22.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T142000
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SUMMARY:God Matters
DESCRIPTION:God Matters\nLed by R.J. Snell\nAccording to Thomas Aquinas\, some truths about God surpass the capacity of unaided human reason and require revelation\, while other truths are knowable by unaided\, natural reason. This seminar explores some puzzles of classical theism through reason alone\, without appeal to revelation or any particular religious tradition or authority. What’s the existence of God? How does God’s existence relate to God’s attributes—and does this work intelligibly? How does divine knowledge allow for human freedom? What about evil? \nReading a variety of texts and exploring a variety of questions\, the seminar explores whether or not classical theism\, as understood philosophically\, is coherent. \nReading prior to seminar is not required. Neither is religious belief. Open to all Princeton students\, whatever their commitments. \nLunch is provided\, as are all reading materials.
URL:https://winst.org/event/god-matters-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240917T081500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240917T091500
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SUMMARY:Aristotelian Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Aristotelian Reading Group\nLed by Sebastian Hayden \nA line-by-line reading of selected sections of the Nicomachean Ethics. No previous study of Aristotle needed\, and reading prior to the seminar is not required.  \nA light breakfast is provided\, as are all reading materials.  \nAll Princeton undergraduate or graduate students are warmly invited.
URL:https://winst.org/event/aristotelian-reading-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240913T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240913T142000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20240918T133220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T133220Z
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SUMMARY:God Matters
DESCRIPTION:God Matters\nLed by R.J. Snell \nAccording to Thomas Aquinas\, some truths about God surpass the capacity of unaided human reason and require revelation\, while other truths are knowable by unaided\, natural reason. This seminar explores some puzzles of classical theism through reason alone\, without appeal to revelation or any particular religious tradition or authority. What’s the existence of God? How does God’s existence relate to God’s attributes—and does this work intelligibly? How does divine knowledge allow for human freedom? What about evil? \nReading a variety of texts and exploring a variety of questions\, the seminar explores whether or not classical theism\, as understood philosophically\, is coherent. \nReading prior to seminar is not required. Neither is religious belief. Open to all Princeton students\, whatever their commitments. \nLunch is provided\, as are all reading materials.
URL:https://winst.org/event/god-matters/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20210901T210418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T210418Z
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SUMMARY:Another Eden: Lewis and Milton on Genesis Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Perelandra is one of C. S. Lewis’ finest and most intriguing works. Drawing from the legacy of Milton’s great epic\, Paradise Lost\, Lewis reimagines the story of Genesis as it might occur on a world different from ours and recasts it in the form of a modern novel—much as Milton reworks the biblical narrative as an epic poem in the tradition of Homer\, Virgil\, and Dante. By examining both works and the dramatic and philosophical questions they raise\, we can approach the opening chapters of the Bible with fresh eyes. Lewis shows both his admiration for and critique of Milton’s work in surprising ways\, often by provoking troubling questions. What does Lewis mean by the division between “truth from myth and both from fact”? Does placing Genesis in the literary and mythic tradition call into doubt its veracity? Further—are things good because God declares that they are\, or does He declare them good because they already are so? What was the nature of “man’s first disobedience?” What really is the “knowledge of good and evil”?
URL:https://winst.org/event/another-eden-lewis-and-milton-on-genesis-seminar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210917T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210917T143000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20210901T205400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T210218Z
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SUMMARY:Romance\, Dating\, and Marriage Seminar
DESCRIPTION:There are many songs about love but not a whole lot of guidance or practical wisdom to be found\, or at least it can seem that way. Perhaps you want something meaningful in your relationships but the cultural scripts aren’t especially clear\, your friends seem just as confused as you\, and few people seem to know how to date\, or what the point of dating is anyway. \nIn this seminar\, we’ll think about romantic love and its proper place during your time in college\, with some time spent considering marriage in a happy life and the good of sex. Classic and contemporary texts will be studied\, and we’ll have some practical guidance from people who’ve experienced singleness\, dating\, and marriage. Don’t pretend you’re not interested in learning more!
URL:https://winst.org/event/romance-dating-and-marriage-seminar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T103000
DTSTAMP:20260406T054410
CREATED:20210913T175533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210913T175533Z
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SUMMARY:Coffee and Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for casual coffee and conversation on Wednesday mornings\, 9:00am – 10:30am. Princeton and PTS students are warmly invited!
URL:https://winst.org/event/coffee-and-conversation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210914T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210914T190000
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CREATED:20210901T204756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T205447Z
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SUMMARY:Jane Austen’s Emma – Formation\, Malformation\, and Education through Friendship Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Jane Austen noted that the titular character in her novel Emma is “a heroine whom no one but myself will much like”. Emma is certainly no Elizabeth Bennet\, whose sparkling wit and keen intelligence have made her decidedly the most popular Austen character—but judging by the multiple film adaptations of Austen’s later and more complex novel (including the recent 2020 visually decadent version with Anya Taylor-Joy)\, there is something about Emma which nevertheless invites us to befriend her\, in spite of (or perhaps because of?) her errors and mistakes. \nPerhaps her sincere though egotistical attempts to form and influence those around her strikes rather close to home. We\, too\, think that Pygmalion attempts at shaping others will help them to be better off. Emma is a novel about education: how our relationships educate us for better or for worse\, how societal roles both restrict and liberate attempts at self-improvement\, and how men and women can learn from one another. \nWe will play close attention not only to the content of the novel\, but the carefully crafted manner in which it is told. The genius of Emma lies in its narration—in how Austen educates us and reveals our own misadventures in judgment.
URL:https://winst.org/event/jane-austens-emma-formation-malformation-and-education-through-friendship-seminar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210914T081500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210914T091500
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SUMMARY:The Central Problems of Metaphysics
DESCRIPTION:If you know just enough Aristotle or Aquinas to know you would benefit from a more careful study of the basic principles of Aristotelian or Thomistic metaphysics\, please join us for this seminar. Many of Witherspoon seminars tackle big life questions—this seminar\, however\, will be a close and detailed study of a classic Thomistic manual by Henri Grenier. At one point\, his textbook\, Cursus Philosophiae\, was widely used\, and while manuals such as his fell out of favor\, they still merit study. No previous background in philosophy is required\, and the text is (mostly) user-friendly\, and helpful if you’d like to understand the basics of metaphysics\, the discipline all others depend upon. The topics: being\, truth\, cause\, and God.
URL:https://winst.org/event/the-central-problems-of-metaphysics/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210911T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210911T113000
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SUMMARY:The Pedagogy Project Seminar
DESCRIPTION:The seminar is dedicated to developing a community in Princeton of graduate students\, young teachers\, and those interested in education who can provide support\, advice\, and friendship to one another. \nMy own experience of eight years of classroom teaching\, coaching other teachers\, working as a dean of curriculum and instruction\, and graduate studies has taught me that many educational institutions — high schools\, middle schools\, elementary schools\, universities — do a lot of good\, but often suffer from impoverished understandings of the human person and of the purposes of education. I would like for us to come together to uncover our own implicit and explicit philosophies of education\, and to better understand the philosophies of education that have formed and continue to form us. \nThis fall\, we will read and discuss The Love of Learning by Dr. Margarita Mooney Suarez of Princeton Theological Seminary\, and we will accompany these discussions with practical applications on how to become better teachers.
URL:https://winst.org/event/the-pedagogy-project-seminar/
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