Toronto Talk

Full transcript and video below of my talk for the Toronto Society, September 24, 2026.

Oct 6 • 

Adam Robbert

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September 2025

Practice in Still Life 8: The Desert Philosopher

An introduction to Evagrius Ponticus (c. 345–399 AD), and his teachings on afflictive and virtuous thinking, put into the service of contemplation…

Sep 12 • 

Adam Robbert

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Speaking in Toronto

I’ll be in Toronto giving a talk on September 24 as part of the Toronto Society's Viaduct speakers series for this fall. Details and tickets below.

Sep 5 • 

Adam Robbert

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August 2025

Practice in Still Life 7: The Craft of Contemplation

An investigation into philosophy and contemplative prayer through the works of Dionysius the Areopagite and the anonymous fourteenth-century English…

Aug 21 • 

Adam Robbert

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Disputations 2: The Desire for Truth is the Desire for Justice

This is the second in our new disputations series on Substack Live, featuring Pedro Brea, Jacob Given, and yours truly

Aug 15 • 

Adam Robbert

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Jacob Given

, and 

Pedro Brea

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1:36:34

The Practice of Bergson’s Intuition

Henri Bergson makes clear that philosophy is upheld by transformations in perception, but we could do more to make those practices explicit. The…

Aug 11 • 

Adam Robbert

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Thinking is Creating

A description of thinking, via negativa, using Henri Bergson’s account of memory and perception—a thinking enabled by ekstasis, theōria, and poēsis.

Aug 1 • 

Adam Robbert

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July 2025

Practice in Still Life 6: Thinking as Gathering

The Art and Asceticism of Thought in St. Augustine and St. Gregory of Nyssa, with commentary from Martin Laird

Jul 25 • 

Adam Robbert

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Disputations 1: Attention is First Philosophy

Discussing my essay "Attention is First Philosophy" with responses from Matthew Segall and Jacob Given on Substack Live

Jul 13 • 

Adam Robbert

, 

Matthew David Segall

, and 

Jacob Given

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1:34:55

The Practice of Synthesis

A look at Kant's transcendental philosophy as a contemplative discipline, showing how a priori structures and faculties can enable the cultivation of…

Jul 11 • 

Adam Robbert

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The Art of Attention

An interview on the Tusk & Quill Podcast

Jul 8 • 

Adam Robbert

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June 2025

The Sounding Line

Below is the video and written notes from my recent talk on Practice in Still Life at The Alembic in Berkeley, CA, June 25, 2025.

Jun 27 • 

Adam Robbert

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