February 1, 1981 by •
Agathias,
angel(s),
aristocracy,
Asia,
Attila,
Augustine,
barbarians,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
churchmen,
civilized man,
conformity,
Constantine,
culture(s),
demands,
devil(s),
East and West,
education,
Emperor,
Empire,
fourth century A.D.,
free men,
freedom,
God,
Greece,
Greek,
internal decay,
Jesus Christ,
Khan(s),
landowners,
loyalty,
opposition,
oversimplification,
pagan(s),
panegyrics,
Persia,
persuasion,
polarized loyalties,
Priscus,
rhetoric,
Romanitas,
Romans,
Rome,
scholar(s),
Scythians,
society,
super-weapon,
the Church,
the Faith,
the nobles,
Two Worlds,
Vandals,
Western civilization
Western Political Quarterly 6:4 (1953):631-657; CWHN 10:195. An examination of the problem of loyalty in the 4th century, with obvious significance for our own time. — Midgley
March 11, 1976 by •
accumulation,
Brigham Young,
character,
computers,
customs and fashions,
degree,
Dialogue,
discipline,
economy,
education,
eternal progression,
eternity,
experience,
false doctrine,
false ideas,
fashion(s),
glory of God,
god of this world,
Holy Spirit,
honest heart,
ignorance,
intelligence,
Joseph Smith,
kingdom(s),
kitsch,
knowledge,
ladder,
learning,
light,
mediocre,
message,
moral(s) quality,
perishable objects,
practical knowledge,
principles,
real work,
revelation(s),
rhetoric,
riches,
security,
sensibility,
Shakespeare,
success,
talents,
taste,
teaching,
the Gospel,
the mind,
the Spirit,
truth,
vision,
wisdom,
work
Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo: BYU Press, 1976): 2-20. A talk given on March 11, 1976 at the Joseph Smith Auditorium at Brigham Young University; CWHN 13: 346-379. Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3. This recording is also found at BYU Speeches.
May 21, 1974 by •
Book of Mormon,
dispensation(s),
drama,
education,
eschatology,
eternity,
existence,
expanding mind,
falsehoods,
Heavenly Father,
Hugh Nibley,
ideologies,
Joseph Smith,
patterns,
Perspective,
pre-existence,
pride,
protology,
religious hobbies,
revelation(s),
self-knowledge,
Shakespeare,
temple(s),
testimony,
the Church leadership,
the Gospel,
time,
vanity
13 pp., typed transcript of a BYU Forum Assembly in which Nibley was interviewed by Louis Midgley, May 21, 1974
June 2, 1971 by •
Analiza Brigham Young on education,
Book of Mormon and education,
celestial Learning,
Contracted Mind,
education,
eternal things,
expanding mind,
Holy Ghost,
intelligence,
knowledge,
learning,
moral(s) life,
priorities,
revelation(s),
the expanding mind,
the Gospel,
Treasures of the Earth,
truth,
universal assembly curriculum,
universal curriculum
BYU Studies 11:1 (Autumn 1970):61-87; Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (Provo: Religious Studies Center, 1978):229-260; CWHN 13:306-345. Comparisons might be made with Nibley’s talks on Brigham Young delivered in June, 1967. — Midgley
June 9, 1967 by •
computers,
education,
glory,
health,
intelligence,
knowledge,
learning,
mechanism,
power(s),
principles of improvement,
truth,
weaknesses,
wisdom
15 pp., typescript of an addressed delivered on June 9, 1967. For a more refined version of Nibley’s treatment of Brigham Young’s views on education, see his “Educating the Saints,” in CWHN 13:306-345. — Midgley Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3. This recording is also found …
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February 18, 1966 by •
ancient world,
Apollodorus,
Athens,
Augustus Caesar,
blackmail,
Christianity,
disciples,
education,
Egypt,
Greeks,
idleness,
imposing appendix,
John Chrysostom,
Palaemon,
pseudo-wisemen,
rhetoric,
Rome,
Seven Sages,
Socrates,
Sophists,
Symmachus,
teachers,
the University of Athens,
tyrant(s),
underachievement,
upper-class,
wisdom
BYU Studies 9:4 (Summer 1969): 440-452; CWHN 10: 287-302. Nibley traces some interesting parallels in educational matters and especially in campus unrest in the decade after 1960 with the medieval world. — Midgley
July 2, 1963 by •
academic feud,
academic fraud,
anamnesis,
annihilation,
Aristotle,
Asael Woodruff,
awareness,
beautiful,
career,
death,
education,
eternal life,
eternity,
futility,
God,
golden proportion,
golden section,
good,
goods,
graduation,
Greek drama,
Hamlet,
insecurity,
intellect,
intent,
John Dewey,
Muses,
other world,
Plato,
Plutarch,
preparation,
reflection,
retirement,
shopping epidemic,
success,
thinking,
training,
true
Talk given to the Retired Teacher’s Association on 9 October 1987, at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. CWHN 9:524-553
February 17, 1962 by •
alternative,
Analiza Ann Eliza Young,
Analiza Brigham Young,
Analiza Young,
Ann Eliza Young,
anti-Mormon,
argument,
association,
attack,
bargain,
Brigham Young,
controversy,
credentials,
criminal charges,
education,
evidence,
exploit,
Fawn M. Brodie,
folksy,
geographical gap,
homey,
images,
imposing appendix,
intrigue,
Irving Wallace,
Joseph Smith,
Mormon(s),
Mormonism,
mysteries,
name-dropper,
pictures,
polemic,
probabilities,
purity,
purity of motives,
rhetoric,
rules of advertising,
scholar(s),
schoolmen,
sources,
Stenhouse,
thesis
Lecture II, February 17, 1962 in Seminar on the Prophet Joseph Smith (BYU Extension Publications, 1962): 30-41. This was reprinted (1964), pp. 31-42. Essentially a preview of Sounding Brass (1963). A long satirical list of informal rules commonly followed by those anxious to attack Mormon things. — Midgley Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for …
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