Hunter V. McClure
St. John’s College Graduate Institute, Santa Fe
Editor and graduate student
Editor and graduate student
μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν.
Curriculum Vitae
A PDF version is available here.
Education
- M.A., Middle Eastern Classics (Focus: Islamic Philosophy), St. John’s College, Santa Fe (May 2027)
- M.A., Liberal Arts (Focus: Politics and Society), St. John’s College, Santa Fe (May 2025)
- B.A., English Literature (Minors: Philosophy and Early Modern Studies), University of Alabama in Huntsville (December 2020)
Advanced Study
- Symposium on the Science of History, Santa Fe Institute (June 2025)
- Symposium on Leo Strauss’s Natural Right and History, University of Austin (January 2025)
- Institute for Human Ecology Seminar, Hillsdale College DC Campus (March 2022)
- T. S. Eliot International Summer School, University College London (July 2019)
Areas of Interest
Ancient philosophy · Jewish and Islamic philosophy · Political philosophy · History of philosophy · Philosophy of technology · Hegel · American Founding
Teaching
- Socratic Seminar Leader, Classical Educator Training, Holy Child Catholic School, Tijeras, NM (2023–2026)
Editorial Experience
Copyeditor, First Things (2021–Present)
- Nathan Pinkoski, “Hannah and Her Resisters”
- Matthew Rose, “Leo Strauss and the Closed Society”
- Christopher Caldwell, “Regime Change, American Style” and “The Fateful Nineties”
Academic and Trade Press — Selected projects:
- Pierre Manent, The Religion of Humanity: The Illusion of Our Times (St. Augustine’s Press, 2022) — Copy-editor and subject-matter consultant
- Richard Ferrier, The Declaration of America: Our Principles in Thought and Action (St. Augustine’s Press, 2023) — Copy-editor and subject-matter consultant
- Will Morrissey, Shakespeare’s Politic Comedy (St. Augustine’s Press, 2023) — Copy-editor
- Fr. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem., The Foundations of Wisdom, Vols. I–II (TAN Books, 2022–2023) — Developmental editor and subject-matter consultant
- Nalin Ranasinghe and Lee Oser, Shakespeare’s Reformation: Christian Humanism and the Death of God (St. Augustine’s Press) — Copy-editor
- Stanley L. Jaki, Scientist and Catholic: Pierre Duhem, revised edition (Christendom Press) — Copy-editor
- Fustel de Coulanges, The Ancient City, trans. Faith Bottum (St. Augustine’s Press, 2026) — Line-editor of the translation
Curricular and Educational
- Editor and consultant, Humanitas primary source reader series (Classical Academic Press). Volumes on the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages, Reformation, and early modernity. Consulted, edited, and contributed to sections covering the medieval Near East, medieval Far East, Islam, Scholasticism, the Scientific Revolution, liberalism, and the Enlightenment.
- Christopher Perrin and Carrie Eben, The Good Teacher (Classical Academic Press) — Copy-editor
- The Justice Reader: Classical Readings on the Cardinal Virtue of Justice (Classical Academic Press) — Copy-editor and subject-matter consultant
- Elizabeth Winslow, Lost Letters of the American Revolution — Developmental editor
Essays
- “‘Succeeding by the power of thought alone’: Oedipus Tyrannus’s Teaching on the Limits of Reason in Politics”
- “A Dynamic Originalism: Judicial Interpretation and the Authority of Intention in Farabi”
- “Slaves Without Masters: The Problem Posed to Human Freedom by the Cult of Well-being”
- “‘Living without the future of a purpose and the past of an accomplishment’: Administrative Despotism and the Neo-Savage”
Languages
Classical Arabic (basic reading knowledge) · Ancient Greek (basic reading knowledge) · Latin (basic reading knowledge)
References
Available upon request.