Dr. John Armstrong is Southern Virginia University’s Willis J. Smith Professor of Philosophy—an honor that acknowledges a senior professor for outstanding scholarship, teaching, and citizenship. Dr. Armstrong founded SVU’s philosophy program in 2002 and has been with the university since 1998. He has served as associate provost, coordinator of institutional accreditation, and chair of the humanities faculty. Dr. Armstrong has published in top journals on Plato, Aristotle, and Epicureanism, teaches courses on ethics, political philosophy, early Chinese philosophy, and ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. He is working on new English translations of Aristotle’s ethical works and some of Plato’s dialogues for college students and the general public.
In this episode, John shares his philosophy-filled journey, dispels the myth that philosophy majors can't get jobs, and shares how he continues to learn every day!

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