What are the fundamental principles of our Republic? Are these principles based on a view of objective reality/nature, or simply the "consent of the governed"? Depending on how one addresses the previous question: Are these principles changeable, and if so on what grounds? How should one read the founding documents? What authority does the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary branches have? What are rights? Are they based on nature or consent? Are they inalienable?

Schedule:
12:00 - 1:00PM

Readings:
Declaration of Independence (download here), Selected Federalist Papers, The U.S. Constitution, Dred Scott Decision and Dissenting View (edited), Lincoln Douglass Debates (edited), Letter from Birmingham Jail

Location:
The Ojai Library
111 East Ojai Avenue
Ojai, California 93023

Tutors:
Tom Krause and Andy Gilman of The Agora Foundation

Schedule: 
9:30 - 10:00AM - Continental Breakfast
10:00AM - 12:00PM - Seminar I
12:00 - 1:00PM - Lunch
1:00 - 3:00PM - Seminar II

Location:Thomas Aquinas College
10,000 Ojai Road
Santa Paula, California 93060

Readings:
Selections from Lucretius, Bacon, Emerson, Thoreau, Jonas, and Oliver

Tutors:
Patricia Locke of St. John's College and Andy Gilman of The Agora Foundation

Location:
The Ojai Retreat
160 Besant Road
Ojai, California 93023

Tuition:
$800 per person, which includes meals, books, seminars, lectures, nature walks. Lodging is not included. The Ojai Retreat is offering a 15% discount for guests staying the length of the summer Intensive. Book your room directly with The Ojai Retreat.

Reading:
A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev

Tutor:
Elizabeth Reyes of Thomas Aquinas College

Schedule: 
9:30 - 10:00AM - Continental Breakfast
10:00AM - 12:00PM - Seminar
12:00 - 2:00PM - Lunch
2:00 - 4:30PM - Play Performance
4:30 - 5:00PM - Concluding seminar

Location:Antaeus Theatre
110 E. Broadway
Glendale, California 91205

Readings:
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and the Introduction and Conclusion from The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

Tutors:
Andy Gilman and Karl Haigler

Schedule: 
9:30 - 10:00AM - Continental Breakfast
10:00AM - 12:00PM - Seminar I
12:00 - 1:00PM - Lunch
1:00 - 3:00PM - Seminar II


Location:Thomas Aquinas College
10,000 Ojai Road
Santa Paula, California 93060

Tutors:
Roxana Zirakzadeh and Andy Gilman

Schedule: 
9:30 - 10:00AM - Continental Breakfast
10:00AM - 12:00PM - Seminar I
12:00 - 1:00PM - Lunch
1:00 - 3:00PM - Seminar II


Location:
The Agora Foundation
417 Bryant Circle
Ojai, California 93023