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What makes for a good life, and how do we live one? What do we even mean when we use words like good, moral, and happy? Fourth century B.C. philosopher Aristotle seems to have figured it out.
Come join Boston College Behrakis Professor of Hellenic Political Studies Robert Bartlett for a three-day fall break seminar from October 21-23 diving deep into Aristotle’s moral and political philosophy around the good life. We’ll explore the inefficiencies of law, the moral and intellectual dimensions of our being, and what it means to attain virtue through friendship, community, and the life of reflection or thought. Join us!
The seminar will take place at the Buckley Institute offices in New Haven. Participants will be expected to complete a moderate amount of reading prior to the seminar. Students will receive free course materials, lunch and dinner will be provided for the duration of the seminar, and those who complete the full seminar will be eligible to receive a $150 stipend.
This seminar is open to current Yale undergraduate and graduate students.
Priority applications are due by September 14, 2026.
For any questions, reach out to
moe@buckleyinstitute.com.
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Robert C. Bartlett is the first Behrakis Professor of Hellenic Political Studies at Boston College. His principal area of research is classical political philosophy, with particular attention to the thinkers of ancient Hellas, including Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle. He has published articles in the
American Political Science Review,
American Journal of Politics,
Journal of Politics,
Review of Politics, and other leading scholarly journals. He is the author or editor of eight books, including
The Idea of Enlightenment, Plato's
Protagoras and Meno, and Xenophon's
The Shorter Socratic Writings. He is also the co-translator of Aristotle's
Nicomachean Ethics (University of Chicago Press, 2011), the author of
Sophistry and Political Philosophy: Protagoras' Challenge to Socrates (Chicago, 2012), and a new edition of Aristotle's
Art of Rhetoric (Chicago, 2019).
Before coming to Boston College, Robert Bartlett served as the Arthur M. Blank/National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Teaching Professor at Emory University.
