87 - 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