Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism

Exploring the Moral Foundations of Capitalism @ClemsonUniv

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

Thank you, Jeremy!

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

While many colleges are facing an enrollment crisis, merging, closing, and often desperate for students, the Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism at Clemson University has become even more selective than Harvard at a 2% acceptance rate.

Welcome to the new normal.

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"Demon" or "American Adam"? Hear @ClemsonUniv & @SnowInstitute Prof. Samuel Postell raise some themes students will consider in his seminar on #Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! The "epic of the American South."

6 days remain to apply for our Fall 2026 #HumanitiesAtHertog seminars!

[C. Bradley Thompson @CBradleyThomps1]

The Snow Institute's Lyceum Program is revolutionizing higher education, and we're doing it with the help of the Classical Learning Test, which is at the forefront of re-envisioning how to think about K-12 education.

[Prof Postell @SamuelPostell1]

These kids are going to make the world a better place!

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

We are happy to welcome our new cohort of Lyceum Scholars today! We look forward to walking with them over the next four years of their education. Congratulations and welcome!

[John T. Lowe @LoweJohnThomas]

The last 2 weeks at the John Adams Fellowship at @SnowInstitute was unlike anything I’ve ever attended. It truly was an “intellectual boot camp” for understanding the American Founding.

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

Thank you, John!

[John T. Lowe @LoweJohnThomas]

The last 2 weeks at the John Adams Fellowship at @SnowInstitute was unlike anything I’ve ever attended. It truly was an “intellectual boot camp” for understanding the American Founding.

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

We sat down today for an interview with Dr. James Stoner of LSU as a part of an upcoming video series we are producing called "The Good Lives." It aims to be an intimate look at lives shaped by a Great Books style education. We hope you will enjoy it (Jim did; see below).

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

We hope to post a retrospective this coming Monday, and want to remind you all that we plan on continuing the John Adams Fellows Program next summer.

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

Our John Adams Fellows Program concludes today with final lectures from William Watkins. As for our discussions: Once the new nation ratified the Constitution, the real work of understanding it began. The John Adams Fellows concluded their two-week program today first by revisiting the debates about funding and assumption of debt and the national bank, and then taking up the conflict over the Alien and Sedition Acts.

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

This came amid the second to last day of our John Adams Fellows Program. It's been an experience unlike any other in higher education.

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

Dr. James Stoner speaking at the John Adams Fellows Program on why Madison rejected Jefferson's idea of remaking the Constitution every generation: a nation of philosophers is as little to be expected as Plato's philosopher-kings.

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

Dr. James Stoner speaking at the John Adams Fellows Program on why Madison rejected Jefferson's idea of remaking the Constitution every generation: a nation of philosophers is as little to be expected as Plato's philosopher-kings.

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

The John Adams Fellows took up Publius’ famous discussion of faction and its relation to the people’s passions and interests. Further, if everyone agreed that the Articles of Confederation lacked sufficient energy to accomplish national tasks, what powers ought to belong to the new government?

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

Day three of week two has been a smashing success at the John Adams Fellows Program. Below is not only our schedule but a clip of Dr. James Stoner on Federalist 10 and the analogy between liberty and air we breathe.

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

Day two of week two is underway for the John Adams Fellows Program. Today we've been discussing the following: In a new nation made up of diverse interests, opinions, and views, how large a constituency is too large for an elected representative to take the sense of? Taking up the Federalist Papers, the Fellows also considered whether the Constitution is national, federal, or both.

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

Today we considered: If the best constitution for America involves balancing the powers of government, are humans wise enough to determine the right balance? Will the constitution proposed by the Philadelphia Convention lead to a consolidation of powers by the federal government? The John Adams Fellows took up early Anti-Federalist objections today.

[Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism @SnowInstitute]

Week two of the John Adams Fellows Program is now underway. We enjoyed a lecture from our guest William Watkins, Federal Prosecutor, who gave a talk on The Constitution this morning. See below for an interview with one of our fellows, Shane Leary, and description of today's seminar conversations.

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Shane Leary's experience as a John Adams Fellow:

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The editors of the Lyceum @ Clemson Substack are currently open to guest contributors. Please email [email protected] and/or [email protected] with pitches. Consult the images below for an introduction to what we publish.

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The 19th Digest of the Lyceum @ Clemson Substack is out, featuring essays from @SnowInstitute faculty on William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!," Madison's ideas on education, Cicero's advice to those choosing an area of study, and more. Read here: https://t.co/39O3GPc5lO