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School of Philosophy

The Library of the Philosophers of the Future

I. Heraclitus

c. 535–475 BC

Essential writings — 1

The Art and Thought of Heraclitus — Introduce yourself to the philosopher at the root of Western thought. Polemos, the Cosmic Fire, and the Childlike Aeon at Play.

II. Plato

c. 428–348 BC

Where to begin

Start with: Symposium — Eros and Philosophy.

Then: Phaedo — Socrates’ last day, the Soul, the Afterlife, Reincarnation, and Recollection.

Essential writings — 27

III. Aristotle

384–322 BC

Where to begin

Start with: Nicomachean Ethics — The first systematic answer to "how should a life go?" Still the benchmark.

Then: Politics — What the good life demands of the city that houses it.

Essential writings — 23

IV. Immanuel Kant

1724–1804

Where to begin

Start with: Critique of Pure Reason — The book that redrew the limits of what the mind can know.

Then: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals — Morality derived from reason alone, in under a hundred pages.

Essential writings — 16

Thoughts on the True Estimation of Living Forces (1749)
Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens (1755)
The Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God (1763)
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (1764)
Dreams of a Spirit-Seer (1766)
Inaugural Dissertation (1770)
Critique of Pure Reason (1781/1787)
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics (1783)
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (1785)
Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science (1786)
Critique of Practical Reason (1788)
Critique of Judgment (1790)
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason (1793)
Toward Perpetual Peace (1795)
The Metaphysics of Morals (1797)
Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798)

V. G.W.F. Hegel

1770–1831

Where to begin

Start with: Phenomenology of Spirit — The Phenomenology of Phenomenologies. First person conscious experience from Hegel.

Then: Lectures on Aesthetics — Art as the appearance of truth in sensuous form — Hegel at his most readable.

Essential writings — 8

VI. Friedrich Nietzsche

1844–1900

Where to begin

Start with: The Birth of Tragedy — The Origin of Western Tragedy and the Dionysian and Apollonian Artistic Drives.

Then: Thus Spoke Zarathustra — Zarathustra’s going down. The Overman must go down before he can fly higher than the highest eagle. Join Zarathustra and his animals in his search for the Overman.

Essential writings — 13

VII. Martin Heidegger

1889–1976

Where to begin

Start with: The Question Concerning Technology — Technology precedes science. The danger of Technology is also its saving power.

Then: Being and Time — Heidegger’s magnum opus on existence. From the great philosopher of the 20th century.

Essential writings — 10

Being and Time (1927)
Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics (1929)
Introduction to Metaphysics (1935/1953)
Contributions to Philosophy (1936–1938)
Off the Beaten Track / Holzwege (1950)
What Is Called Thinking? (1954)
On the Way to Language (1959)
Pathmarks
The Question Concerning Technology
Nietzsche (lecture volumes)

VIII. Hannah Arendt

1906–1975

Where to begin

Start with: The Human Condition — Labor, work, action — natality, action, and the rebirth of men.

Then: On Revolution — Why some revolutions found freedom and others devour it. A historical study of revolutions.

Essential writings — 11

IX. Jason Reza Jorjani

b. 1981

Where to begin

Start with: Fundamental Thinkers — The quintessential introduction to philosophy.

Then: Philosophy of the Future — This is the Philosophy of the Future heralded by Friedrich Nietzsche. Dr. Jorjani is the Philosopher of the Future who lights the way and keeps the cosmic flame alive for all future philosophers.

Essential writings — 18

X. Alex Karp

b. 1967

Essential writings — 1

The Technological Republic (2025) — Why the West’s engineers must return to hard problems in service of national purpose.

School of Astrapsychology

The Cosmic Library

I. Michel Gauquelin

1928–1991

Essential writings — 1

Cosmic Influences on Human Behavior (1973)

II. Richard Tarnas

b. 1950

Essential writings — 2

Prometheus the Awakener (1995)
Cosmos and Psyche (2006)

III. Rupert Sheldrake

b. 1942

Essential writings — 1

Morphic Resonance: The Nature of Formative Causation (1981/2009)

IV. C. G. Jung

1875–1961

Essential writings — 1

The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (1959)

School of Athletics

The Prefontaine Library

Named for Steve Prefontaine. Twelve books and one film — the training systems, the racing history, and the novel every distance runner ends up reading.

I. John L. Parker Jr.

Miler, University of Florida

Essential writings — 1

Once a Runner (1978) — The novel every distance runner ends up reading — Quenton Cassidy, the mile, and what it costs.

II. Arthur Lydiard

Coach, Auckland, New Zealand

Essential writings — 1

Running the Lydiard Way (1978) — Aerobic base first, then hills, then speed — the system modern distance training is built on.

III. Chris Lear

Sportswriter

Essential writings — 1

Running with the Buffaloes (2000) — A season inside Colorado cross country — Adam Goucher, Coach Wetmore, and what a 100-mile week actually looks like.

IV. Without Limits

Warner Bros., 1998

The film

Without Limits (1998) — Prefontaine and Bill Bowerman, from Coos Bay to Munich. The film the library is named for.

V. Jack Daniels

Coach and exercise physiologist

Essential writings — 1

Daniels’ Running Formula (1998) — VDOT — the system behind the School’s pace calculator and every plan we write.

VI. Tim Noakes

Sports scientist, Cape Town

Essential writings — 1

Lore of Running (1985) — Physiology, training, history, injuries — the most complete book on running ever assembled.

VII. Jim Fixx

Writer

Essential writings — 1

The Complete Book of Running (1977) — The book that started the first running boom — why to run, straight from 1977.

VIII. Pete Pfitzinger & Scott Douglas

Olympic marathoner & running journalist

Essential writings — 1

Advanced Marathoning (2001) — The standard reference for serious marathon preparation — the 18-week plans marathoners actually follow.

IX. Neal Bascomb

Journalist and historian

Essential writings — 1

The Perfect Mile (2004) — Bannister, Landy, and Santee race to break four minutes — the best story in the sport.

X. Scott Jurek

Ultramarathon champion

Essential writings — 1

Eat and Run (2012) — Seven straight Western States wins on a plant-based diet — an ultrarunning life, told straight.

XI. Adharanand Finn

Journalist and runner

Essential writings — 1

Running with the Kenyans (2012) — Six months in Iten to find out why the best distance runners on earth come from one valley.

XII. Roger Bannister

First sub-four-minute mile, 1954

Essential writings — 1

The First Four Minutes (1955) — The four-minute mile, told by the man who ran it.

XIII. Christopher McDougall

Journalist

Essential writings — 1

Born to Run (2009) — The Tarahumara, barefoot running, and the case that humans evolved to run long.

School of Capital

The 100x Investing Library

Nothing here is advice, and nothing here is a shortcut. These are the books of the most legendary investors of all time.

I. Charlie Munger

Berkshire Hathaway

Essential writings — 1

Poor Charlie’s Almanack — Munger’s mental models, collected. Worldly wisdom as a discipline.

II. Peter Lynch

Fidelity Magellan Fund

Where to begin

Start with: One Up on Wall Street — Invest in what you can understand and verify. The friendliest serious book here.

Then: Beating the Street — The Magellan years in detail — the method of One Up, shown pick by pick.

Essential writings — 3

III. Chris Camillo

Social-arbitrage investing

Essential writings — 1

Laughing at Wall Street (2011) — How he beat the pros by reading tabloids, shopping the mall, and watching social media — information Wall Street ignores.

IV. Benjamin Graham

Columbia Business School

Essential writings — 1

The Intelligent Investor (1949) — Margin of safety and Mr. Market. The book Buffett calls the best ever written on investing.

V. Seth Klarman

Baupost Group

Essential writings — 1

Margin of Safety (1991) — Risk comes first. Long out of print — read it however you can find it.

VI. Joel Greenblatt

Gotham Capital

Essential writings — 1

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius (1997) — Spin-offs, restructurings, and the market’s neglected corners — where small investors still have an edge.

VII. Howard Marks

Oaktree Capital

Essential writings — 1

The Most Important Thing (2011) — Second-level thinking, cycles, and risk — the memos distilled into one book.

VIII. Morgan Housel

The Collaborative Fund

Essential writings — 1

The Psychology of Money (2020) — Behavior beats brilliance. Why good investing is mostly temperament.

IX. Burton G. Malkiel

Princeton University

Essential writings — 1

A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) — The strongest case for humility — and for index funds — ever assembled.

X. Jeremy Siegel

The Wharton School

Essential writings — 1

Stocks for the Long Run (1994) — Two centuries of returns behind one conclusion: own stocks, and hold on.

XI. William N. Thorndike

Housatonic Partners

Essential writings — 1

The Outsiders (2012) — Eight unconventional CEOs and the capital-allocation playbook behind their returns.

XII. Jack D. Schwager

The Market Wizards interviews

Essential writings — 1

Market Wizards (1989) — The traders in their own words — what the best actually do, asked well.

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