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Plato (c. 428–348 BC) The founding documents of philosophy — twenty-seven works, every one of them a conversation. **Start with:** [Symposium](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Symposium%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — Eros and Philosophy. **Then:** [Phaedo](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Phaedo%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — Socrates’ last day, the Soul, the Afterlife, Reincarnation, and Recollection. Essential writings — 27: - [Apology](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Apology%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Crito](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Crito%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Euthyphro](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Euthyphro%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Charmides](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Charmides%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Laches](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Laches%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Lysis](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lysis%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Ion](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Ion%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Hippias Minor](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Hippias%20Minor%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Hippias Major](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Hippias%20Major%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Protagoras](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Protagoras%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Gorgias](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Gorgias%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Meno](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Meno%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Euthydemus](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Euthydemus%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Cratylus](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Cratylus%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Phaedo](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Phaedo%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Symposium](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Symposium%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Republic](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Republic%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Phaedrus](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Phaedrus%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Parmenides](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Parmenides%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Theaetetus](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Theaetetus%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Sophist](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Sophist%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Statesman](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Statesman%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Philebus](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Philebus%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Timaeus](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Timaeus%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Critias](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Critias%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Laws](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Laws%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Seventh Letter](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Seventh%20Letter%20Plato&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) ### III. Aristotle (384–322 BC) Plato’s student and the most complete mind on record — logic, physics, biology, ethics, politics, poetics. **Start with:** [Nicomachean Ethics](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0872204642?tag=07292026-20) — The first systematic answer to "how should a life go?" Still the benchmark. **Then:** [Politics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Politics%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — What the good life demands of the city that houses it. Essential writings — 23: - [Categories](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Categories%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [On Interpretation](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=On%20Interpretation%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Prior Analytics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Prior%20Analytics%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Posterior Analytics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Posterior%20Analytics%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Topics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Topics%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [On Sophistical Refutations](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=On%20Sophistical%20Refutations%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Physics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Physics%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [On the Heavens](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=On%20the%20Heavens%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [On Generation and Corruption](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=On%20Generation%20and%20Corruption%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Meteorology](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Meteorology%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [On the Soul](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=On%20the%20Soul%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Parva Naturalia](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Parva%20Naturalia%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [History of Animals](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=History%20of%20Animals%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Parts of Animals](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Parts%20of%20Animals%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Movement of Animals](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Movement%20of%20Animals%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Generation of Animals](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Generation%20of%20Animals%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Metaphysics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Metaphysics%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Nicomachean Ethics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Nicomachean%20Ethics%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Eudemian Ethics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Eudemian%20Ethics%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Politics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Politics%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Rhetoric](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Rhetoric%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Poetics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Poetics%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Constitution of the Athenians](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Constitution%20of%20the%20Athenians%20Aristotle&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) ### IV. Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) The hinge of modern thought: what can we know, what should we do, what may we hope. **Start with:** [Critique of Pure Reason](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Critique%20of%20Pure%20Reason%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — The book that redrew the limits of what the mind can know. **Then:** [Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Groundwork%20of%20the%20Metaphysics%20of%20Morals%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — Morality derived from reason alone, in under a hundred pages. Essential writings — 16: - [Thoughts on the True Estimation of Living Forces](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Thoughts%20on%20the%20True%20Estimation%20of%20Living%20Forces%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1749) - [Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Universal%20Natural%20History%20and%20Theory%20of%20the%20Heavens%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1755) - [The Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Only%20Possible%20Argument%20in%20Support%20of%20a%20Demonstration%20of%20the%20Existence%20of%20God%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1763) - [Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Observations%20on%20the%20Feeling%20of%20the%20Beautiful%20and%20Sublime%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1764) - [Dreams of a Spirit-Seer](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Dreams%20of%20a%20Spirit-Seer%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1766) - [Inaugural Dissertation](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Inaugural%20Dissertation%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1770) - [Critique of Pure Reason](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Critique%20of%20Pure%20Reason%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1781/1787) - [Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Prolegomena%20to%20Any%20Future%20Metaphysics%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1783) - [Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Groundwork%20of%20the%20Metaphysics%20of%20Morals%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1785) - [Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Metaphysical%20Foundations%20of%20Natural%20Science%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1786) - [Critique of Practical Reason](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Critique%20of%20Practical%20Reason%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1788) - [Critique of Judgment](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Critique%20of%20Judgment%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1790) - [Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Religion%20within%20the%20Bounds%20of%20Bare%20Reason%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1793) - [Toward Perpetual Peace](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Toward%20Perpetual%20Peace%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1795) - [The Metaphysics of Morals](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Metaphysics%20of%20Morals%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1797) - [Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Anthropology%20from%20a%20Pragmatic%20Point%20of%20View%20Immanuel%20Kant&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1798) ### V. G.W.F. Hegel (1770–1831) History has a shape and thought moves it — the most ambitious system ever attempted. **Start with:** [Phenomenology of Spirit](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Phenomenology%20of%20Spirit%20G.W.F.%20Hegel&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — The Phenomenology of Phenomenologies. First person conscious experience from Hegel. **Then:** [Lectures on Aesthetics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lectures%20on%20Aesthetics%20Hegel&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — Art as the appearance of truth in sensuous form — Hegel at his most readable. Essential writings — 8: - [Phenomenology of Spirit](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Phenomenology%20of%20Spirit%20Hegel&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1807) - [Science of Logic](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Science%20of%20Logic%20Hegel&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1812–1816) - [Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Encyclopedia%20of%20the%20Philosophical%20Sciences%20Hegel&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1817) - [Elements of the Philosophy of Right](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Elements%20of%20the%20Philosophy%20of%20Right%20Hegel&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1821) - [Lectures on the Philosophy of History](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lectures%20on%20the%20Philosophy%20of%20History%20Hegel&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Lectures on Aesthetics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lectures%20on%20Aesthetics%20Hegel&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lectures%20on%20the%20Philosophy%20of%20Religion%20Hegel&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Lectures on the History of Philosophy](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lectures%20on%20the%20History%20of%20Philosophy%20Hegel&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) ### VI. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) The hammer. Read him when comfortable ideas need testing. **Start with:** [The Birth of Tragedy](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Birth%20of%20Tragedy%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — The Origin of Western Tragedy and the Dionysian and Apollonian Artistic Drives. **Then:** [Thus Spoke Zarathustra](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Thus%20Spoke%20Zarathustra%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — 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: - [The Birth of Tragedy](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Birth%20of%20Tragedy%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1872) - [Untimely Meditations](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Untimely%20Meditations%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1873–1876) - [Human, All Too Human](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Human%2C%20All%20Too%20Human%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1878–1880) - [Dawn](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Dawn%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1881) - [The Gay Science](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Gay%20Science%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1882/1887) - [Thus Spoke Zarathustra](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Thus%20Spoke%20Zarathustra%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1883–1885) - [Beyond Good and Evil](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Beyond%20Good%20and%20Evil%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1886) - [On the Genealogy of Morality](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=On%20the%20Genealogy%20of%20Morality%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1887) - [The Case of Wagner](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Case%20of%20Wagner%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1888) - [Twilight of the Idols](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Twilight%20of%20the%20Idols%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1888) - [The Antichrist](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Antichrist%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1888) - [Ecce Homo](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Ecce%20Homo%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1888) - [Nietzsche contra Wagner](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Nietzsche%20contra%20Wagner%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1888) ### VII. Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) The question of Being, reopened after two thousand years. **Start with:** [The Question Concerning Technology](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Question%20Concerning%20Technology%20Martin%20Heidegger&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — Technology precedes science. The danger of Technology is also its saving power. **Then:** [Being and Time](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0061575593?tag=07292026-20) — Heidegger’s magnum opus on existence. From the great philosopher of the 20th century. Essential writings — 10: - [Being and Time](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Being%20and%20Time%20Martin%20Heidegger&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1927) - [Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Kant%20and%20the%20Problem%20of%20Metaphysics%20Martin%20Heidegger&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1929) - [Introduction to Metaphysics](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Introduction%20to%20Metaphysics%20Martin%20Heidegger&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1935/1953) - [Contributions to Philosophy](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Contributions%20to%20Philosophy%20Martin%20Heidegger&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1936–1938) - [Off the Beaten Track / Holzwege](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Off%20the%20Beaten%20Track%20%2F%20Holzwege%20Martin%20Heidegger&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1950) - [What Is Called Thinking?](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=What%20Is%20Called%20Thinking%3F%20Martin%20Heidegger&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1954) - [On the Way to Language](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=On%20the%20Way%20to%20Language%20Martin%20Heidegger&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1959) - [Pathmarks](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Pathmarks%20Martin%20Heidegger&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [The Question Concerning Technology](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Question%20Concerning%20Technology%20Martin%20Heidegger&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) - [Nietzsche (lecture volumes)](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Nietzsche%20(lecture%20volumes)%20Martin%20Heidegger&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) ### VIII. Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) Thinking turned on the public world: totalitarianism, revolution, action, and the nature of evil. **Start with:** [The Human Condition](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Human%20Condition%20Hannah%20Arendt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — Labor, work, action — natality, action, and the rebirth of men. **Then:** [On Revolution](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=On%20Revolution%20Hannah%20Arendt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — Why some revolutions found freedom and others devour it. A historical study of revolutions. Essential writings — 11: - [Love and Saint Augustine](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Love%20and%20Saint%20Augustine%20Hannah%20Arendt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1929) - [The Origins of Totalitarianism](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Origins%20of%20Totalitarianism%20Hannah%20Arendt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1951) - [Rahel Varnhagen](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Rahel%20Varnhagen%20Hannah%20Arendt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1958) - [The Human Condition](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Human%20Condition%20Hannah%20Arendt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1958) - [Between Past and Future](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Between%20Past%20and%20Future%20Hannah%20Arendt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1961) - [On Revolution](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=On%20Revolution%20Hannah%20Arendt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1963) - [Eichmann in Jerusalem](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Eichmann%20in%20Jerusalem%20Hannah%20Arendt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1963) - [Men in Dark Times](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Men%20in%20Dark%20Times%20Hannah%20Arendt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1968) - [On Violence](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=On%20Violence%20Hannah%20Arendt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1970) - [Crises of the Republic](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Crises%20of%20the%20Republic%20Hannah%20Arendt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1972) - [The Life of the Mind](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Life%20of%20the%20Mind%20Hannah%20Arendt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1978) ### IX. Jason Reza Jorjani (b. 1981) The living end of the line — a philosophy of the future, written in the present tense. **Start with:** [Fundamental Thinkers](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Fundamental%20Thinkers%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — The quintessential introduction to philosophy. **Then:** [Philosophy of the Future](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Philosophy%20of%20the%20Future%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — 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: - [Prometheus and Atlas](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Prometheus%20and%20Atlas%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2016) - [World State of Emergency](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=World%20State%20of%20Emergency%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2017) - [Lovers of Sophia](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lovers%20of%20Sophia%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2017) - [Novel Folklore](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Novel%20Folklore%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2018) - [Iranian Leviathan](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Iranian%20Leviathan%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2019) - [Prometheism](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Prometheism%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2020) - [Faustian Futurist](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Faustian%20Futurist%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2020) - [Closer Encounters](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Closer%20Encounters%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2021) - [Promethean Pirate](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Promethean%20Pirate%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2022) - [Uber Man](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Uber%20Man%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2022) - [Artemis Unveiled](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Artemis%20Unveiled%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2023) - [Psychotron](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Psychotron%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2023) - [Erosophia](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Erosophia%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2024) - [Philosophy of the Future](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Philosophy%20of%20the%20Future%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2024) - [Satanaeon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Satanaeon%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2024) - [Thanosis](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Thanosis%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2025) - [Metapolemos](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Metapolemos%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2025) - [Fundamental Thinkers](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Fundamental%20Thinkers%20Jason%20Reza%20Jorjani&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2026) ### X. Alex Karp (b. 1967) The builder among the thinkers — a software company argued for as a national project. Essential writings — 1: - [The Technological Republic](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Technological%20Republic%20Alex%20Karp&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2025) — Why the West’s engineers must return to hard problems in service of national purpose. ## The Cosmic Library _Gonino School of Astrapsychology_ ### I. Michel Gauquelin (1928–1991) The statistical study of planetary positions at birth and professional eminence — the research behind the Gauquelin sectors the School’s natal calculator marks. Essential writings — 1: - [Cosmic Influences on Human Behavior](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Cosmic%20Influences%20on%20Human%20Behavior%20Michel%20Gauquelin&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1973) ### II. Richard Tarnas (b. 1950) A cultural historian’s case for correlations between planetary cycles and human history — including the study of Uranus behind the School’s Prometheus designation. Essential writings — 2: - [Prometheus the Awakener](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Prometheus%20the%20Awakener%20Richard%20Tarnas&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1995) - [Cosmos and Psyche](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Cosmos%20and%20Psyche%20Richard%20Tarnas&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2006) ### III. Rupert Sheldrake (b. 1942) The hypothesis of morphic resonance — nature carrying a memory of its own forms through form-shaping fields. Essential writings — 1: - [Morphic Resonance: The Nature of Formative Causation](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Morphic%20Resonance%3A%20The%20Nature%20of%20Formative%20Causation%20Rupert%20Sheldrake&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1981/2009) ### IV. C. G. Jung (1875–1961) The collected papers where Jung defines the archetypes of the collective unconscious — the concept astrapsychology reads charts through. Essential writings — 1: - [The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Archetypes%20and%20the%20Collective%20Unconscious%20Jung&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1959) ## The Prefontaine Library _Gonino School of Athletics_ > 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) A former Florida miler; his novel is the book runners hand each other. Essential writings — 1: - [Once a Runner](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Once%20a%20Runner%20John%20L.%20Parker%20Jr.&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1978) — The novel every distance runner ends up reading — Quenton Cassidy, the mile, and what it costs. ### II. Arthur Lydiard (Coach, Auckland, New Zealand) Coached Peter Snell and Murray Halberg to Olympic gold; modern base training descends from him. Essential writings — 1: - [Running the Lydiard Way](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Running%20the%20Lydiard%20Way%20Arthur%20Lydiard&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1978) — Aerobic base first, then hills, then speed — the system modern distance training is built on. ### III. Chris Lear (Sportswriter) Embedded with the University of Colorado cross-country team for its 1998 season. Essential writings — 1: - [Running with the Buffaloes](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Running%20with%20the%20Buffaloes%20Chris%20Lear&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (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) Robert Towne’s film of Steve Prefontaine — the runner this library is named for. The film: - [Without Limits](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DX88ISM?tag=07292026-20) (1998) — Prefontaine and Bill Bowerman, from Coos Bay to Munich. The film the library is named for. ### V. Jack Daniels (Coach and exercise physiologist) Runner’s World called him the world’s best running coach; his VDOT tables power the School’s pace calculator. Essential writings — 1: - [Daniels’ Running Formula](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Daniels%E2%80%99%20Running%20Formula%20Jack%20Daniels&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1998) — VDOT — the system behind the School’s pace calculator and every plan we write. ### VI. Tim Noakes (Sports scientist, Cape Town) Ran the sports-science institute at the University of Cape Town and wrote the field’s encyclopedia. Essential writings — 1: - [Lore of Running](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lore%20of%20Running%20Tim%20Noakes&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1985) — Physiology, training, history, injuries — the most complete book on running ever assembled. ### VII. Jim Fixx (Writer) His 1977 bestseller set off the first running boom and sold America on the sport. Essential writings — 1: - [The Complete Book of Running](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Complete%20Book%20of%20Running%20Jim%20Fixx&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1977) — The book that started the first running boom — why to run, straight from 1977. ### VIII. Pete Pfitzinger & Scott Douglas (Olympic marathoner & running journalist) Pfitzinger raced two Olympic marathons; his plans are the default answer to how to train for one. Essential writings — 1: - [Advanced Marathoning](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Advanced%20Marathoning%20Pfitzinger&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2001) — The standard reference for serious marathon preparation — the 18-week plans marathoners actually follow. ### IX. Neal Bascomb (Journalist and historian) Reconstructed the 1954 race to the four-minute mile from all three sides. Essential writings — 1: - [The Perfect Mile](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Perfect%20Mile%20Neal%20Bascomb&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2004) — Bannister, Landy, and Santee race to break four minutes — the best story in the sport. ### X. Scott Jurek (Ultramarathon champion) Won the Western States 100 seven years in a row. Essential writings — 1: - [Eat and Run](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Eat%20and%20Run%20Scott%20Jurek&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2012) — Seven straight Western States wins on a plant-based diet — an ultrarunning life, told straight. ### XI. Adharanand Finn (Journalist and runner) Moved his family to Iten, Kenya, to train with the best and report back. Essential writings — 1: - [Running with the Kenyans](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Running%20with%20the%20Kenyans%20Adharanand%20Finn&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (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) Broke four minutes at Iffley Road in 1954, then wrote the account himself. Essential writings — 1: - [The First Four Minutes](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20First%20Four%20Minutes%20Roger%20Bannister&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1955) — The four-minute mile, told by the man who ran it. ### XIII. Christopher McDougall (Journalist) The book that sent a generation of readers out the door running. Essential writings — 1: - [Born to Run](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Born%20to%20Run%20Christopher%20McDougall&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2009) — The Tarahumara, barefoot running, and the case that humans evolved to run long. ## The 100x Investing Library _Gonino School of Capital_ > 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) Warren Buffett’s partner for sixty years, and the plainest talker in the business. Essential writings — 1: - [Poor Charlie’s Almanack](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Poor%20Charlie%E2%80%99s%20Almanack%20Charlie%20Munger&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — Munger’s mental models, collected. Worldly wisdom as a discipline. ### II. Peter Lynch (Fidelity Magellan Fund) Ran Magellan from 1977 to 1990 at 29% a year — by buying what he could see working. **Start with:** [One Up on Wall Street](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0743200403?tag=07292026-20) — Invest in what you can understand and verify. The friendliest serious book here. **Then:** [Beating the Street](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Beating%20the%20Street%20Peter%20Lynch&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) — The Magellan years in detail — the method of One Up, shown pick by pick. Essential writings — 3: - [One Up on Wall Street](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=One%20Up%20on%20Wall%20Street%20Peter%20Lynch&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1989) - [Beating the Street](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Beating%20the%20Street%20Peter%20Lynch&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1993) - [Learn to Earn](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Learn%20to%20Earn%20Peter%20Lynch&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1995) ### III. Chris Camillo (Social-arbitrage investing) A self-taught investor who turned noticing consumer shifts early into a repeatable method. Essential writings — 1: - [Laughing at Wall Street](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Laughing%20at%20Wall%20Street%20Chris%20Camillo&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (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) The father of value investing — everyone else in this library is downstream of him. Essential writings — 1: - [The Intelligent Investor](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Intelligent%20Investor%20Benjamin%20Graham&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1949) — Margin of safety and Mr. Market. The book Buffett calls the best ever written on investing. ### V. Seth Klarman (Baupost Group) Runs one of the most respected value funds alive; wrote the book collectors pay four figures for. Essential writings — 1: - [Margin of Safety](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Margin%20of%20Safety%20Seth%20Klarman&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1991) — Risk comes first. Long out of print — read it however you can find it. ### VI. Joel Greenblatt (Gotham Capital) Ran Gotham Capital through a decade of extraordinary returns, then taught the method at Columbia. Essential writings — 1: - [You Can Be a Stock Market Genius](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=You%20Can%20Be%20a%20Stock%20Market%20Genius%20Joel%20Greenblatt&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1997) — Spin-offs, restructurings, and the market’s neglected corners — where small investors still have an edge. ### VII. Howard Marks (Oaktree Capital) The memo writer of record — Buffett says they are the first thing he opens. Essential writings — 1: - [The Most Important Thing](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Most%20Important%20Thing%20Howard%20Marks&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2011) — Second-level thinking, cycles, and risk — the memos distilled into one book. ### VIII. Morgan Housel (The Collaborative Fund) The clearest living writer on how money actually behaves in a life. Essential writings — 1: - [The Psychology of Money](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Psychology%20of%20Money%20Morgan%20Housel&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2020) — Behavior beats brilliance. Why good investing is mostly temperament. ### IX. Burton G. Malkiel (Princeton University) The economist who told the profession most of it can’t beat the index — and kept the evidence current for fifty years. Essential writings — 1: - [A Random Walk Down Wall Street](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A%20Random%20Walk%20Down%20Wall%20Street%20Burton%20Malkiel&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1973) — The strongest case for humility — and for index funds — ever assembled. ### X. Jeremy Siegel (The Wharton School) The long-run data on stock returns, kept current for three decades. Essential writings — 1: - [Stocks for the Long Run](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Stocks%20for%20the%20Long%20Run%20Jeremy%20Siegel&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1994) — Two centuries of returns behind one conclusion: own stocks, and hold on. ### XI. William N. Thorndike (Housatonic Partners) Studied the CEOs whose capital allocation beat the market for decades. Essential writings — 1: - [The Outsiders](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The%20Outsiders%20William%20Thorndike&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (2012) — Eight unconventional CEOs and the capital-allocation playbook behind their returns. ### XII. Jack D. Schwager (The Market Wizards interviews) Spent a career interviewing the best traders alive and writing down what they said. Essential writings — 1: - [Market Wizards](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Market%20Wizards%20Jack%20Schwager&i=stripbooks&tag=07292026-20) (1989) — The traders in their own words — what the best actually do, asked well. --- Browse the shelves at https://goninoschool.com/library · All Schools: https://goninoschool.com/llms.txt