Cornell University

The Thomistic Institute at Cornell University presents a lecture by Dr. R.J. Snell of the Witherspoon Institute titled “Wasting Time Well: Leisure as the Point of Education.”

Physical Sciences Building 120

Tuesday, Apr. 26

6:00pm

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the speaker:

R. J. Snell is Director of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, NJ. Prior to his appointment at the Witherspoon Institute, he was Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded and directed the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good. He has been visiting instructor at Princeton University, where he is also executive director of the Aquinas Institute for Catholic Life. He's written books and articles on natural law, education, Bernard Lonergan, boredom, subjectivity, and sexual ethics for a variety of publications.