named programs · 5 · from sources
What they call their work
Introduction to Philosophical Thinking
A seminar designed to cultivate a philosophical habit through structured readings and dialogue, emphasizing disciplined thinking and persistent engagement.
Lyceum Archives
A digital repository preserving all audio lectures, video discussions, and curated public-domain resources, accessible to members for recurrent and asynchronous study.
Resource Archive
A growing collection of thousands of open-source and public-domain books, articles, and diagrams organized for scholarly use in philosophy and the liberal arts.
Science: On Being, Language and Reason, and Cause in Aristotle’s Organon
A two-part seminar examining Aristotle’s logical method in the Organon, covering topics such as definition, categorization, induction, deduction, and demonstrative reasoning.
Thomistic Psychology Series
A sequence of seminars exploring the human soul, faculties, habits, passions, and moral psychology from an Aristotelian-Thomistic perspective, integrating insights from phenomenology and semiotics.
activities · 5 groups
What they do
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Professional Association Capacity Building 1 activity
- Builds institutional networks for shared intellectual resourcesDevelops and sustains a network of like-minded institutions to share insights, educational resources, and collaborative opportunities in support of liberal arts education and philosophical inquiry.
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Literary Events & Workshops 1 activity
- Facilitates guided reading circles and communal discussionsProvides structured reading circles on specific philosophical texts, led by expert instructors through live discussion sessions, to deepen comprehension and practice disciplined reading. Also hosts a weekly Philosophical Happy Hour open to the public, facilitating informal, collective thinking on complex topics.
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Professional Conference & Symposium Organization 1 activity
- Hosts philosophy seminars and academic colloquia for intellectual engagementOrganizes four philosophy seminars per year for small groups of 8–20 participants, led by PhD scholars, and hosts Institute-wide colloquia and symposia featuring pre-recorded lectures and live Q&A sessions with academics on philosophical, literary, and aesthetic topics. These events are designed to challenge thinking and foster deep intellectual exchange.
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Archival Digitization and Preservation 1 activity
- Maintains digital archives and resource library for member accessRecords and preserves audio lectures, video seminar discussions, and course materials in an online archive accessible to Advanced and Premium members. Also maintains a Resource Archive with thousands of curated open-source and public domain books, articles, and diagrams, supporting ongoing individual and communal study.
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Uncategorized 2 activities
- Delivers non-credentialing liberal arts education through online seminars and coursesOffers structured, non-credit courses in the Classical Trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric), classical languages (Latin, Greek), philosophy, and foundational liberal arts, combining live instruction, asynchronous lectures, readings, writing assignments, and translation exercises. Courses are offered at levels ranging from introductory to graduate-level and are available to a diverse public audience without conferring formal degrees or certificates.
- Supports community-based research and intellectual inquiryEngages members and Faculty Fellows in focused research inquiries, interpretative processing, and critical conversation as part of a community-centered model of intellectual formation. Research activities are integrated into seminars, reading groups, and colloquia rather than conducted as standalone publications or external projects.
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financials · form 990EZ · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$178K
Contributions & grants$151K85%
Program service revenue$27K15%
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Total expenses$37K
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Total assets$168K
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Net assets$168K
1 years on record · 2024–2024
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
paid leadership · 2
| Name | Title | Hours/wk | Compensation |
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| Brian Kemple | Executive Director | 70 | $5K |
| Daniel Wagner | Board of Directors | 1 | $3K |
board members · 4
- Christopher Rapcewicz — Board of Directors
- Jose Dominguez — Board of Directors
- Kirk Kanzelberger — Board of Directors
- Michel Accad — Board of Directors
relationships · 9
Who they work with
- Academics and intellectuals from outside the Lyceum Institute Partner — Invited to present at colloquia and symposia hosted by the Lyceum Institute.
- Albertus Magnus Institute Partner — Collaborates within a shared network of like-minded educational institutions focused on liberal learning and philosophical inquiry.
- Amazon Partner — Distributes the Lyceum Institute's Founding Document via print through Amazon.
- Catherine Project Partner — Collaborates within a shared network of like-minded educational institutions focused on liberal learning and philosophical inquiry.
- Instituto de Estudos Filosóficos Partner — Collaborates within a shared network of like-minded institutions engaged in philosophical research and advanced training.
- James Webb Space Telescope Partner — References and discusses scientific imagery from the James Webb Space Telescope in community conversations.
- Microsoft Teams Partner — Platform used for conducting seminars and distributing materials.
- Reality Partner — Collaborates within a shared network of like-minded institutions promoting genuine philosophical discourse outside traditional academic publishing paradigms.
- Reality: a Journal for Philosophical Discourse Partner — Academic journal affiliated with the Lyceum Institute where faculty are encouraged to publish research.
strategies · 3
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Communal Life of the Mindmethodology: communal philosophical conversationBy centering learning in reciprocal dialogue, communal reading, and informal philosophical conversation, the Lyceum Institute fosters intellectual growth because truth-seeking is inherently social and sustained engagement with others deepens understanding more than isolated study.
- Habit-Formation Educationmethodology: habit-formation educationBy cultivating good intellectual habits through sustained communal engagement and contemplative practices, rather than transmitting information or awarding credentials, the Lyceum Institute produces deeper intellectual and personal development because these habits are foundational to human flourishing in the digital age.
- Integrated Classical Triviummethodology: integrated triviumBy teaching grammar, logic, and rhetoric as an interconnected whole, the Lyceum Institute enables participants to master language and reason as unified arts, because this integration is essential to cultivating the intellectual habits required for philosophical clarity and human flourishing.