The Monroe Community College English & Philosophy Department is pleased to announce the annual McMurry Lecture by. Lynn Sebastian Purcell, Associate Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Cortland.

Save the Date: Oct. 28, 3:30 to 5:00, Monroe B

Livestream: McMurry Lecture 2024

Professor Purcell’s topic is The Aztec’s 5-Fold Path to A Good Life

The Aztecs had a robust philosophical tradition that, unlike what popular culture suggests, was centered on learning to live a cooperative life well. This path had five parts. First, you must recognize that each of us slips up and errs. Second, we do this because we are unbalanced. Third, the solution to this lack of balance is to grow deep roots in our communities and with our dearest friends. Fourth, this is done through exercising the virtues of prudence, humility, justice, moderation, and courage. Finally, you must engage in a series of drills–sometimes called spiritual exercises–to form the right habits of those virtues. Their view is both strikingly like Aristotle’s yet at each moment differently focused.

Livestreamed at McMurry Lecture 2024

For more information, contact Robert L. Muhlnickel at rmuhlnickel@monroecc.edu.