Brian Julian

Brian Julian joined the faculty of Gutenberg College in Fall 2021, having taught philosophy and writing for several years at colleges in the Boston area. He specializes in the history of philosophy and has published research on Aristotle. He writes (and cartoons) for Thinking in the Light, a website where he aims to make philosophical ideas accessible to a general audience. He and his wife, Melanie (also a Gutenberg graduate), have two sons, Owen and Lucas.

Listen to Brian on the Gutenberg Podcast:

• • “Plato’s Analogy of the Cave”
  • “Sartre’s Existentialism is a Humanism“
  • “Plato and Socrates”

Articles:

• • “Taking Off and Putting On” Gutenberg College Colloquy, Spring 2024
  • “The Inadequacy of Virtue” Gutenberg College Colloquy, Spring 2023
  • “The Obvious Problem with Knowledge” Gutenberg College Colloquy, Spring 2022
  • “Flammable Objects” Gutenberg College Colloquy, Spring 2020