Events for June 1, 2022 - May 29, 2020

Preview Day (Virtual)

In keeping with precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the May 29 Spring Preview Day will be held virtually on Zoom. On Preview Day, you will meet tutors who have devoted their lives to learning and helping others learn, discuss works by great thinkers, fellowship with a community of caring people who work together [...]

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Young Philosophers:
A Gutenberg College Summer Experience

"Life has never been normal," wrote C. S. Lewis in an address to students at the outset of World War II. If we are waiting for a better time to pursue truth, goodness, and beauty, we may never set foot out the door. The work of the philosopher is to seek the truth regardless [...]

$15.00

Summer Institute 2020:
Struggle & Hope

Gutenberg College 1883 University Street, Eugene, OR, United States

"In the world you have trouble, but take courage; I have overcome the world" (John 16:33). Life is hard. Most literature and art produced by human beings over the centuries is about suffering, troubles, and struggle. We all experience such troubles in our own lives. And of course, this is one of the major [...]

Fall Preview Day (Virtual)

On October 23, Gutenberg will open its "virtual" doors to high school students and transfer students who are considering Gutenberg’s bachelor’s degree program in liberal arts. On Preview Day, you will meet tutors who have devoted their lives to learning and helping others learn, discuss works by the greatest thinkers the world has ever [...]

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A Common Fear: Current Perspectives on Tyranny from the Left and Right

Online Zoom Oregon (PST)

On January 13, Chris Swanson will give the first talk in the series "The Gutenberg Dialogues: An In-depth Look at Tyranny." Two notable books about tyranny have been published recently: On Tyranny (2017) by Timothy Snyder and Live Not By Lies (2020) by Rod Dreher. Both books were on the best seller lists, with On Tyranny hitting the [...]

Winter Preview Day (Virtual)

Online Zoom Oregon (PST)

On January 15, Gutenberg will open its "virtual" doors to high school students and transfer students who are considering Gutenberg’s bachelor’s degree program in liberal arts. On Preview Day, you will meet tutors who have devoted their lives to learning and helping others learn, discuss works by the greatest thinkers the world has ever [...]

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Tyranny in Greek Thought: Plato and Aristotle

Online Zoom Oregon (PST)

On January 13, Naomi Rinehold will give the second talk in the series "The Gutenberg Dialogues: An In-depth Look at Tyranny." Western political thought has roots in ancient Greece, notably in the ideas of Plato and Aristotle. Both categorize different kinds of government and consider their attributes and failings. Both include tyranny among the [...]

Just Powers: Locke on Legitimate Government

Online Zoom Oregon (PST)

On February 10, Gil Greco will give the third talk in the series "The Gutenberg Dialogues: An In-depth Look at Tyranny." John Locke wrote his Two Treatises on Government to defend the Glorious Revolution of 1688. While his first treatise argues against the "Divine Right of Kings," his second treatise argues that legitimate government must meet [...]

Tyranny in the Mind of the Founding Fathers of America

Online Zoom Oregon (PST)

On February 24, Charley Dewberry will give the fourth talk in the series "The Gutenberg Dialogues: An In-depth Look at Tyranny." During the revolutionary period of the 1770s, the focus of the Founding Fathers was on the “tyranny of the monarch.” By the 1780s, they were still concerned with tyranny but now the focus [...]