Pursuing Greatness — with Pano Kanelos
An interview with Pano Kanelos, the founding president of the University of Austin and the former President of St. John’s College, Annapolis.
In this episode:
- How founding a university is like running a diner
- The flourishing of American universities in the 19th century
- How old philosophers were men of action
- The Intellectual Foundations Program at UATX
- How The Brothers Karamazov explains our current moment
- Pursuing Greatness by finding your North Star
- Plutarch on self-reflection
- Why Heroes and Truth-tellers are needed when forming communities
- Analyzing the opening scene from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
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