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Can War Be Justified?Fall 2026Lectures & Debates

Can War Be Justified?

6:45 to 8:45 PM, Monday, November 16th, 2026 Rice University DEBATE Email office@houstoninstitute.org for more information.
Philosophy as a Path to Wisdom: A Conversation with Prof. Jennifer FreyFall 2026Lectures & Debates

Philosophy as a Path to Wisdom: A Conversation with Prof. Jennifer Frey

Lecture 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm September 22, 2026 All undergraduate and graduate students are warmly welcome. Philosophy…
What Should We Value? Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and EvilFall 2026Reading Group

What Should We Value? Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil

Reading Group 6:15pm — 7:45pm, October 22 & 29; November 5 & 12 All undergraduate and graduate students…
Providence or Atoms? Marcus Aurelius’s MeditationsFall 2026Reading Group

Providence or Atoms? Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations

Reading Group 6:15pm — 7:45pm, October 1, 8, & 15 All undergraduate and graduate students are warmly welcome.…
In Praise of Love: Plato’s SymposiumFall 2026Reading Group

In Praise of Love: Plato’s Symposium

Reading Group 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm, September 29; October 6 & 20. All undergraduate and graduate students…
Fundamental Principles of Ethics: Aquinas’s Treatise on ActionFall 2026Reading Group

Fundamental Principles of Ethics: Aquinas’s Treatise on Action

Reading Group 6:15pm — 7:45pm, September 3, 10, 17, & 24. All undergraduate and graduate students are warmly…
Are You Free?Fall 2026Reading Group

Are You Free?

Reading Group 6:30pm - 8:00pm, September 1, 8, & 15 All undergraduate and graduate students are warmly welcome.…
Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for MeaningReading GroupSpring 2026

Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning

Reading Group 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm, February 17 & 24; March 3 All undergraduate and graduate students are…
Spring ‘26 Faculty Lecture SeriesLectures & DebatesSpring 2026

Spring ‘26 Faculty Lecture Series

Join us for lectures and discussion with faculty from Rice and other Houston-area universities. Dinner provided. Undergraduate and…
Aquinas on HappinessReading GroupSpring 2026

Aquinas on Happiness

Reading Group 1:00pm - 2:00pm, January 30; February 6, 20, & 27; March 6 All undergraduate and graduate…
Truth or Success? Plato’s GorgiasReading GroupSpring 2026

Truth or Success? Plato’s Gorgias

Reading Group 6:15pm - 7:45pm, January 27, February 3 & 10 All undergraduate and graduate students are warmly…
Why the Liberal Arts? With Zena HitzLectures & DebatesSpring 2026

Why the Liberal Arts? With Zena Hitz

7:30PM - 9pm, Tuesday January 20th, 2026 Rice University Why the Liberal Arts?   Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St.…