Modern Lyceum

est. Montréal 2026

IThe Series

A multi-disciplinary panel event series discussing the most pressing issues of our times.

IIOrigins

Philosophy's return to public life.

For too long now, society has been starved of authentic and approachable philosophy, that addresses the questions of the times.

That ends now.

IIIThe Goal

A more enlightened public.

A people who think badly govern badly. The quality of a democracy is the quality of its minds.

IVThe Method

Bring together different perspectives to weigh on a single issue, so the truth can be worked out.

All fields of knowledge stemmed from philosophy, so inquiry has to necessarily be multi-disciplinary.

VPrinciples

Not a debate platform.

Curiosity, humbleness and tolerance of disagreeable ideas is a prerequisite for participation.

Ideas rest on their own merits.

Appeals to authority and credentials don't matter here.

VIAudience

The insatiably curious, in the pursuit of truth, using reason as the apparatus.

“Have courage to use your own reason.” — Immanuel Kant, 1784