Membership to the Society is by petition. Not everyone comes to Columbia willing to lay bare and deepen their convictions in the face of scrutiny. A temperament of intellectual curiosity and honesty is expected. A familiarity with intellectual history is desirable. Members should expect to engage in the faithful pursuit of truth.
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Importantly, members should carry with them a strong sense of personal integrity, without which the competition of values and ideas loses its potential for virtuous formation. 
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For more information about the petitioning process, please contact the Lord Chairman.

"I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine."
-Bertrand Russell