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Week 16 readings are available for download.

Schedule: Oct 2–8, 2023.
Readings: Approx. 90 pages.
Reading time: 3 hours.

1. Parallel Lives PDF EPUB
   Plutarch, Trans. by Long & Stewart
   Volume 1, Romulus
   C. 100, 1894, George Bell & Sons
2. Discourses on Livy PDF EPUB
   Niccolò Machiavelli, Trans. by Ninian Hill Thomson
   Book 1, Chapter 9
   1517, 1883, Kegan Paul Trench & Co
3. The Prince PDF EPUB
   Niccolò Machiavelli, Trans. by William Marriott
   Chapters 6 and 21
   1532, 1908, E. P. Dutton
4. The Question of Machiavelli PDF
   Isaiah Berlin
   1971, The New York Review

Schedule: Oct 9–15, 2023.
Readings: Approx. 80 pages.
Reading time: 3 hours.

1. The Power Broker PDF EPUB
   Robert Caro
   Chapter 20
   1974, Vintage Books
2. More Than My Fair Share of It All PDF EPUB
   Kelly Johnson
   Chapter 16
   1985, Smithsonian Books
3. Steve Jobs PDF EPUB
   Walter Isaacson
   Chapters 24–25
   2011, Simon & Schuster

1. Young At Heart Lyrics Play
   Frank Sinatra
   1953, Capitol Records
2. The Times They Are A-Changin’ Lyrics Play
   Bob Dylan
   1964, Columbia Records
3. Soldier, Poet, King Lyrics Play
   The Oh Hellos
   2015, Elektra Records

Schedule: Oct 16–22, 2023.
Readings: Approx. 110 pages.
Reading time: 3.5 hours.

1. Parallel Lives PDF EPUB
   Plutarch, Trans. by Long & Stewart
   Volume 1, Numa
   C. 100, 1894, George Bell & Sons
2. Discourses on Livy PDF EPUB
   Niccolò Machiavelli, Trans. by Ninian Hill Thomson
   Book 1, Chapters 11–15
   1517, 1883, Kegan Paul Trench & Co
3. I See Satan Fall Like Lightning PDF EPUB
   René Girard, Trans. by James Williams
   Introduction, and Parts 1–2, Chapters 1–8
   1999, 2001, Orbis Books

Schedule: Oct 23–29, 2023.
Readings: Approx. 140 pages.
Reading time: 4.5 hours.

1. The True Believer PDF EPUB
   Eric Hoffer
   Part 4, Chapters 15–18
   1951, Harper & Brothers
2. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty PDF EPUB
   Albert Hirschman
   Chapter 7
   1970, Harvard University Press
3. Private Truths, Public Lies PDF
   Timur Kuran
   Part 4, Chapters 15–16
   1995, Harvard University Press
4. Dominion PDF EPUB
   Tom Holland
   Preface, and Chapters 3–4
   2019, Little Brown

1. Sympathy For The Devil Lyrics Play
   The Rolling Stones
   1968, Decca Records
2. Rasputin Lyrics Play
   Boney M.
   1978, Hansa Records

Schedule: Oct 30–Nov 5, 2023.
Readings: Approx. 120 pages.
Reading time: 4 hours.

1. 1 Kings 3 PDF EPUB
   Jeremiah, KJV Trans.
   C. 550 BC, 1611, Robert Barker
2. Parallel Lives PDF EPUB
   Plutarch, Trans. by Long & Stewart
   Volume 1, Lycurgus, Solon
   C. 100, 1894, George Bell & Sons
3. The Prince PDF EPUB
   Niccolò Machiavelli, Trans. by William Marriott
   Chapters 12–13
   1532, 1908, E. P. Dutton
4. The Decline of Byzantium PDF
   Gisèle Littman, Trans. by Kochan & Littman
   Chapters 1–3
   1991, 1996, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Schedule: Nov 6–12, 2023.
Readings: Approx. 60 pages.
Reading time: 2 hours.

1. The Spirit of the Laws PDF
   Montesquieu, Trans. by Cohler, Miller, & Stone
   Part 6, Book 29
   1748, 1989, Cambridge University Press
2. Toward Natural Right and History PDF EPUB
   Leo Strauss, ed. by Colen & Minkov
   Natural Right
   1946, 2018, University Of Chicago Press
3. Conspiracy PDF EPUB
   Ryan Holiday
   Chapters 13–14
   2018, Portfolio Penguin

1. A Change Is Gonna Come Lyrics Play
   Sam Cooke
   1964, RCA Records
2. Changes Lyrics Play
   2Pac ft. Talent
   1998, Amaru Entertainment

Schedule: Nov 13–19, 2023.
Readings: Approx. 60 pages.
Reading time: 2 hours.

1. Parallel Lives PDF EPUB
   Plutarch, Trans. by Long & Stewart
   Volume 3, Caesar
   C. 100, 1894, George Bell & Sons
2. Discourses on Livy PDF EPUB
   Niccolò Machiavelli, Trans. by Ninian Hill Thomson
   Book 1, Chapter 46–48
   1517, 1883, Kegan Paul Trench & Co
3. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World PDF EPUB
   Edward Shepherd Creasy
   Chapter 2
   1851, 2008, Dover Publications

Schedule: Nov 20–26, 2023.
Readings: Approx. 220 pages.
Reading time: 7.5 hours.

1. On War PDF
   Carl von Clausewitz, Trans. by Howard & Paret, Ed. by Hauser
   Introduction, and Book 1, Chapter 1
   1832, 2007, Oxford University Press
2. The Great Illusion PDF
   Norman Angell
   Part 1, Chapter 4, Part 2, Chapters 1–3, and Part 3, Chapter 1
   1910, G. P. Putnam’s & Sons
3. Battling to the End PDF
   René Girard with Benoît Chantre, Trans. by Mary Baker
   Chapters 1, 3–4, and Epilogue
   2007, 2010, Michigan State University Press
4. AI Superpowers PDF EPUB
   Kai-Fu Lee
   Chapter 2
   2018, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
5. Interpreting René Girard PDF Play
   Johnathan Bi with David Perell
   Lecture 7
   2022, YouTube

1. Over There Lyrics Play
   Billy Murray
   1917, Edison Records
2. Run Through The Jungle Lyrics Play
   Creedence Clearwater Revival
   1970, Fantasy Records
3. The Watcher Lyrics Play
   Dr. Dre
   2001, Aftermath Entertainment
4. Pale White Horse Lyrics Play
   The Oh Hellos
   2015, Elektra Records

Schedule: Nov 27–Dec 3, 2023.
Readings: Approx. 100 pages.
Reading time: 3.5 hours.

1. The Prince PDF EPUB
   Niccolò Machiavelli, Trans. by William Marriott
   Chapters 15–19
   1532, 1908, E. P. Dutton
2. The Theory of the Leisure Class PDF
   Thorstein Veblen, Ed. by Martha Banta
   Introduction, and Chapters 2–3, 7, and 13
   1899, 2007, Oxford University Press
3. Profits from Power PDF EPUB
   Frederic Lane
   Chapter 4
   1979, State University of New York Press

Schedule: Dec 4–10, 2023.
Readings: Approx. 170 pages.
Reading time: 5.5 hours.

1. Progress and Poverty PDF
   Henry George, Ed. by Bob Drake
   Parts 4–5, Chapters 18–23
   1879, 2006, Fourth Edition, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
2. Status Anxiety PDF EPUB
   Alain de Botton
   Part 1, Chapters 2–4
   2004, Oxford University Press
3. The Origin of Wealth PDF
   Eric Beinhocker
   Part 1, Chapters 1–3
   2006, Harvard Business School Press
4. The Ascent of Money PDF
   Niall Ferguson
   Chapter 3
   2008, The Penguin Press

1. Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend Lyrics Play
   Marilyn Monroe
   1953, 20th Century Fox
2. It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World Lyrics Play
   James Brown
   1966, King Records
3. Juicy Lyrics Play
   The Notorious B.I.G.
   1994, Bad Boy Records

Schedule: Dec 11–17, 2023
Readings: Approx. 40 pages.
Reading time: 1.5 hours.

1. The Histories PDF EPUB
   Polybius, Trans. by William Paton
   Volume 3, Book 6, Fragments 1–2, 5, and 7–8
   C. 155 BC, 1923, Loeb Classical Library
2. Discourses on Livy PDF EPUB
   Niccolò Machiavelli, Trans. by Ninian Hill Thomson
   Book 1, Chapters 17–20, and 25–27
   1517, 1883, Kegan Paul Trench & Co
3. The True Benjamin Franklin PDF EPUB
   Sydney George Fisher
   Chapter 11
   1898, 2014, Skyhorse Publishing
4. The Age of Augustus PDF
   Werner Eck, Trans. by Deborah Schneider
   Chapter 7
   1998, 2007, Second Edition, Blackwell Publishing
5. The Industrial Revolution Never Happened PDF
   Emmet Penney
   2023, Praxis

Schedule: Dec 18–23, 2023, followed by a two-week break.
Readings: Approx. 60 pages.
Reading time: 2 hours.

1. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln PDF EPUB
   Abraham Lincoln, Ed. by Roy Basler
   Lyceum Address
   1838, 1953, Rutgers University Press
2. The American Story PDF EPUB
   Garet Garrett
   Book 4, Chapters 6–9
   1955, Henry Regnery Company
3. A People’s Tragedy PDF EPUB
   Orlando Figes
   Chapter 15, Part 2
   1997, 2017, The Bodley Head

1. Won’t Get Fooled Again Lyrics Play
   The Who
   1971, Decca Records
2. If I Ruled The World Lyrics Play
   Nas ft. Lauryn Hill
   1996, Columbia Records

Schedule: Jan 8–14, 2024.
Readings: Approx. 110 pages.
Reading time: 3.5 hours.

1. The Reasonableness of Christianity PDF EPUB
   John Locke, Ed. by George Ewing
   Part 3, Paragraphs 61–163
   1695, 1965, Henry Regnery Company
2. Persecution and the Art of Writing PDF
   Leo Strauss
   Chapter 2
   1941, 1952, The Free Press
3. Private Truths, Public Lies PDF
   Timur Kuran
   Part 3, Chapters 10–11
   1995, Harvard University Press

Schedule: Jan 15–21, 2024.
Readings: Approx. 90 pages.
Reading time: 3 hours.

1. Can We Survive Technology? PDF
   John von Neumann
   1955, Fortune Magazine
2. Two Concepts of Liberty PDF
   Isaiah Berlin
   1958, 1969, Oxford University Press
3. Manliness PDF
   Harvey Mansfield
   Conclusion
   2006, Yale University Press
4. The Crime of Reason PDF
   Robert Laughlin
   Chapters 1–2
   2008, Basic Books
5. Every Angel Is Terrifying PDF Play
   Riva-Melissa Tez
   2023, Praxis

1. Policy of Truth Lyrics Play
   Depeche Mode
   1990, Mute Records
2. Brave Lyrics Play
   Sara Bareilles
   2013, Epic Records
3. Shake It Off Lyrics Play
   Taylor Swift
   2014, Big Machine Records

Schedule: Jan 22–28, 2024.
Readings: Approx. 120 pages.
Reading time: 4 hours.

1. The Book of Revelation PDF EPUB
   John the Apostle, KJV Trans.
   Chapter 21
   C. 95, 1611, Robert Barker
2. The Prince PDF EPUB
   Niccolò Machiavelli, Trans. by William Marriott
   Chapter 25
   1532, 1908, E. P. Dutton
3. The New Atlantis PDF
   Francis Bacon
   1626, 1999, Oxford University Press
4. The Religious Foundations of Francis Bacon’s Thought PDF
   Stephen McKnight
   Chapters 1–3
   2006, University of Missouri Press

Schedule: Jan 29–Feb 4, 2024.
Readings: Approx. 50 pages.
Reading time: 2 hours.

1. Profiles of the Future PDF EPUB
   Arthur Clarke
   Chapters 1–2
   1962, 2013, Second Edition, Gateway
2. Will Robots Inherit The Earth? PDF EPUB
   Marvin Minsky
   1994, Scientific American
3. The Sovereign Individual PDF EPUB
   James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg
   Chapter 2
   1997, 2020, Touchstone
4. The Inadequacies of the Invincible PDF
   Michael Gibson
   2017, 2022, Encounter Books

1. The Best Is Yet To Come Lyrics Play
   Frank Sinatra
   1964, Reprise Records
2. Unwritten Lyrics Play
   Natasha Bedingfield
   2004, Phonogenic Records