THE GREAT BOOKS PROGRAM

READ WITH THE MINDS

The foundational texts of civilization — read alongside Socrates, Nietzsche, Aurelius, and the council. Highlight any passage. A thinker responds in the margin.

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PLATO RECOMMENDS
The Republic
Plato · ~380 BC

The blueprint for every utopia and every tyranny. What is justice? Who should rule? Plato answers — and the answers are dangerous.

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AURELIUS RECOMMENDS
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius · ~170 AD

Private journals of a Roman emperor at war. Not philosophy for the academy — philosophy for survival.

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NIETZSCHE RECOMMENDS
On the Genealogy of Morals
Friedrich Nietzsche · 1887

Where did "good" and "evil" come from? Nietzsche traces the bloodline and finds something disturbing.

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SOCRATES RECOMMENDS
The Apology of Socrates
Plato · ~399 BC

Socrates on trial for his life. His defense is not a defense — it is an attack on everyone in the room.

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SOCRATES RECOMMENDS
The Odyssey
Homer · ~700 BC

The original homecoming story. Every detour is a test. Every monster is a mirror.

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PLATO RECOMMENDS
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri · 1320

The descent into Hell, the climb through Purgatory, the blinding light of Paradise. The most ambitious poem ever written.

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NIETZSCHE RECOMMENDS
Hamlet
William Shakespeare · 1601

A man who thinks too much and acts too late. The question is not "to be or not to be" — it is why he cannot decide.

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EINSTEIN RECOMMENDS
Relativity: The Special and General Theory
Albert Einstein · 1916

Einstein explains his own revolution — in plain language, for anyone willing to think carefully.

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