Steve NaragonProfessor of Philosophy
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“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.” — Aristotle “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” — Mark Twain “Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.” — Will Durant “Only the educated are free.” — Epictetus “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” — William Butler Yeats “Non scholae, sed vitae discimus.” [We learn not for school, but for life.] — Seneca “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” — H. G. Wells “The college was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the contrary.” — May Sarton “Genuine education is not a commodity, it is the awakening of a human being.” — Hunter Rawlings “What makes something part of the liberal arts? Whatever helps to make one free.” — Elof Carlson |
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Office and Hours: Academic Center 233, hours by appointment or as posted on my weekly schedule for Spring 2020.Courses offered for ... [see previous semesters]January 2020Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 201) 3 hrs. — MTWRF, 10:00-11:15 AM, 1:00-2:15 PM. Classroom: ACEN 243 [web syllabus] Spring 2020Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 201-A) 3 hrs. — TR, 9:30-10:45 AM. Classroom: ACEN 238 [web syllabus] Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 201-B) 3 hrs. — TR, 11:00 AM-12:15 PM. Classroom: ACEN 238 [web syllabus] 17th & 18th Century Philosophy (PHIL 318) 3 hrs. — MWF, 9:00-9:50 AM. Classroom: ACEN 356 [web syllabus] Environmental Philosophy (INTD 425) 3 hrs. — TR, 12:30-1:45 PM. Classroom: ACEN 238 [web syllabus] Retirement – May 2020After 29 years of teaching and service at Manchester College (now: Manchester University), I have run out of chalk. |
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• News Flash: Philosophy Bakes No Bread! • Walter Benjamin on Klee’s Angel • Vincent Van Gogh on “Being Good” • Jean-Jacques Rousseau on “Happiness” • The (old) MC Mission Statement |
• The value of studying philosophy [FAQ] • John Henry Newman on the value of a liberal education (1852). • Martha Nussbaum on the value of the humanities (2010). • Some thoughts on the nature of the Humanities • Race and Politics: Read and hear Barack Obama’s “More Perfect Union” speech in Philadelphia (March 18, 2008) |
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• In Conversation with Justin Lasser on Kant (28 June 2021)
(And yes, I’ve mentioned to Justin that this is not a painting of Kant – it’s actually of one of Kant’s contemporaries, F. H. Jacobi (1743-1819). For proper images of Kant, see Kant’s Body in Images.) |
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• Five Good Questions Worth Asking |
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• Five Reasons to Major in Philosophy |
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Manchester University // Registrar // Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies // Last updated: 14 May 2020 |