This program is designed for students who have previously participated in the Protestant Wisdom Study Program or college graduates looking for a deep dive into neglected elements of the church’s intellectual witness and seeking to be better equipped to take every thought captive.

We will be diving into Divine Law and Human Nature, Hooker, ed. Littlejohn; Minos, Plato; The Laws of Plato, trans. Thomas L. Pangle (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988); and Thomas Aquinas, Treatise on Law, trans. Alfred J. Freddoso (South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine’s Press, 2009)

The course will be conducted as a conversational inquiry into the nominated texts. Primary attention will be paid to the ways in which Hooker (as the representative of the Protestant tradition) fits with the classical and catholic tradition. St. Thomas and Plato will provide the bulk of our reading for reasons well-expressed by Josef Pieper: Thomas [and to a lesser extent Plato] effaces himself to the end that the intelligibility of the tradition may show clear. Whether the reason thus stated justifies the course’s conduct is a determination each student must make for her or himself.

Early Bird Cost: $375 (until April 24)

After April 24: $500

Dates: June 7-11, 2021