St. Ignatius Institute
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| Industry | Education |
|---|---|
| Location | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | The St. Ignatius Institute (SII) of the University of San Francisco offers a distinguished Great Books curriculum-- a historical sequence of courses based on classical works in literature, history, philosophy, and theology from ancient Greece to the contemporary world. The SII program is rooted in the Catholic intellectual tradition and introduces you to the greatest minds and works of the Western tradition and of the whole world. An outstanding and dedicated faculty offers personal attention. |
| Interests | Reading the classics, contemplating life, philosophizing, learning to die, long walks on the beach, San Francisco, learning living communities, the symphony, the opera, the ballet, free food, free sweatshirts, free retreats, friends, music, art, the Greeks, the Romans, the black plague, ethics, theology, small classes, St. Ignatius, Jesuits, and Barbara St. Marie. |
| Favorite movies | O Brother Where Art Though, 300, Fight Club, A Man of all Seasons, Beowulf, Rome, Planet Earth, It's a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, Trojan War, Romeo and Juliet, Adaptation, Gladiator, Spartacus, Othello, The Spartans, The Mission, The Usual Suspects, Pride and Prejudice (BBC Version), Night of the Living Dead, and Holes. |
| Favorite music | Mozart, Britney Spears, 30h!3, Shareefa, Paul Simon, Bach, Hildegard of Bingen, Techno, Metal, The Killers, Flute, Sitar, Bongos, Clap your Hands Say yeah, Car Sirens, Club Aaron, and whatever that kid with the instrument plays. |
| Favorite books | The Iliad, The Odyssey, War and Peace, The Fountain Head, Plato's Complete Works, Paradise Lost, St. Augustine's Confessions, Antigone, Grimm's Fairytales, Nicomachean Ethics, Thucycides, The Republic, Mrs. Dalloway, Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, On the Road, and Watchmen. |