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Dr. John Armstrong is Southern Virginia University\\u2019s Willis J. Smith Professor of Philosophy\\u2014an honor that acknowledges a senior professor for outstanding scholarship, teaching, and citizenship. Dr. Armstrong founded SVU\\u2019s 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\\u2019s ethical works and some of Plato\\u2019s 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!