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What does Christopher Nolan's new film get right, and wrong, about Homer's Odyssey? In this pair of videos, Ralston Classicist Dr David Butterfield responds to Nolan’s film and considers where its interpretation of the epic succeeds and fails. First, the positives:
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Ralston College alumna Mari Otsu on how Ralston changed her life:
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Are you awaiting the adventure of a lifetime? If so, this is your chance: devote a year to some of life’s most important questions in a community that values friendship and freedom of thought. Applications are now open for Ralston College’s One-Year MA in the Humanities. Priority deadline: December 18, 2026. Full and partial scholarships available.
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Being "a man of letters" is not just being well read. It means receiving and reading the pages of the past like letters addressed across millennia. To study the humanities, Dr Conlon says, is to realize that the past is not silent but is always there, ready and waiting to speak.
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APPLICATIONS OPEN: Ralston seeks 25 students with the curiosity and courage to find light in the darkness. Our one-year MA in the Humanities begins with two months learning Ancient and Modern Greek in Greece, before moving to beautiful Savannah, GA. Visit
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Ralston College's 2025 Sophia Lectures, delivered by Drs Bret Weinstein Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying Heather E Heying, will be made available to the public over the coming weeks. You can now watch the first of these four lectures, "Foundations", here:
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Join Ralston Provost David Butterfield on a tour through his library as he shares the ten books that have most influenced his life. The list spans 3,000 years, including epic poetry, philosophy, tragedy, philology, and the meaning of life itself. Which books would make your list?
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The first episode from Ralston College's landmark symposium on Artificial Intelligence and the Battle for the Soul premieres today: Dr Iain McGilchrist Dr Iain McGilchrist explores questions concerning the nature of intelligence, embodiment, wisdom, and the soul. Here's the trailer:
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The Ancient Greeks came to master philosophy by careful and critical study of their own language. The analysis of grammar and syntax revealed the logos – the fundamental logical principles by which we can make sense of our world. As Dr Conlon argues, languages sharpen the mind.
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The musicality of Horace's Odes is unmatched in Latin literature. Here Professor D'Angour unravels the wonderful rhythm of the famous "Carpe diem" ("Pluck the day") ode addressed to the mysterious Leuconoe. For his full lecture, delivered on the Bay of Naples, see the link below:
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Since it's 12 days to Christmas, our Provost David Butterfield takes us on another library tour to introduce his 12 Books of Christmas, selected over 2,500 years. There's Greek comedy, Roman fantasy, Renaissance rhetoric, modern satire—many curious things to pique your interest.
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Tradition is not the handing on of ashes but the transmission of fire. There is no other way to preserve a civilization than to set our younger generation on fire with the beauty, truth, and sheer adventure that it affords, of which they are the full and rightful inheritors. Nothing can better root or better reward them amid our current crisis of meaning. This is why Ralston College takes its students to Greece and Rome, to the very places where our civilization was forged and tested, and why we teach them these ancient languages—so that they can unlock directly the treasures of that invaluable inheritance, better understand the world they now inhabit, and share these immense riches with others. Here is a video of our first Latin program in Italy this summer, involving students from all over the world, who came together to learn this beautiful and profound language. Although most students had no knowledge of Latin at all when they arrived, they left able not just to read but also to speak it, each on fire with the flame that gives life meaning, illumination, and purpose. Let every spirit thrive: ANIMUS CRESCAT
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In 2018 we hosted a beautiful and memorable discussion between Sir Roger Scruton and Dr Jordan Peterson about the power of the transcendent. Here they discuss how the greatest literature, art, and music can communicate with us in a way that redescribes reality. Full link below.
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