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Why did human beings ever build things like this? Because their minds were ordered toward objective Beauty and Truth. We must order our minds as they did — that's why we started this book club. Our group is studying the great texts and ideas upon which Western Civilization was...

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Never forget: once your culture is gone, it's gone forever. Government education has failed to teach the great books of the West for decades. Deliberately failed. That's why we started an independent group to study the Western canon, ourselves. Together, we are reading the books that form the mind and shape the spirit. The books our ancestors read. Western Civilization has given us the greatest works ever known — but it takes effort and an open mind to read them. Homer, Augustine, Dante, and Shakespeare are not just names in a syllabus, but guides to a deeper and more ordered life. If this sounds like something you'd like to be part of, please join our group. We read a new classic every month, and meet biweekly to discuss. We are about to start Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. If you want to support our efforts, please consider a paid subscription. It makes a huge difference to the time and resources we can dedicate to this. We are funded ENTIRELY by the members of this community who wish to keep our efforts going — to spread the lessons and virtues contained in the Western canon. Join us! Paid members get: - Live book club discussions (biweekly) - Essays to guide you through the books we're reading - The full archive of essays and podcasts - Access to the community chat room - Ability to vote on what we read next This is not school. There are no grades, no credentials, and definitely no status games. Just a community of readers serious about recovering what's been lost, and using it to build something better. Welcome.

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