This is the list I needed as a 16 year-old that I was never given, time to catch up! I’m planning on making my way through the Bible, would you recommend these as side-alongs or before/after?
Interesting read. The Greeks definitely knew what they were doing. Maybe I should something like this for the Ancient Romans. Let me know what books you'd like to recommend.
I've been reading Plato and Aristotle seriously for several years.
Ill letbyou facilitate my understanding of the others.
These writers are a major stabilizing force in my daily life as my brain combats the cognitive dissonance of everything around me. GregSadler.com facilitates my understanding as well
If Plato is one student of Socrates, Xenophon is the other. The Anabasis and Education of Cyrus both reward a close reading and offer a very different window into the Socratic world and the Greek understanding of leadership.
Also, a practical hack for newcomers: Hackett’s Plato: Five Dialogues (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo) gives you the core Socratic arc in a single volume. Hard to beat as a starting point.
I agree with all of these, but I think I’d add The Bacchae, by Euripides. Supplemented by a non-Greek book, The Greeks and the Irrational, by E.R. Dodds.
No love for Epictetus?
(He wouldn’t be upset for being left off the list)
I respect the Stoics, but not in my personal top 10. Epictetus’ humility and fortitude are certainly noteworthy though!
I can’t wait to read these in our book club!
Most definitely! We’ll have to tackle all of them eventually
Wonderful list, particularly number 4! The nuances surrounding conceptions of justice remain so applicable today, an imperative read 👏
Thank you Charlotte! And yes, prob the most underrated on the list imo 🙌
This is the list I needed as a 16 year-old that I was never given, time to catch up! I’m planning on making my way through the Bible, would you recommend these as side-alongs or before/after?
Either works! Side along is perfectly fine if you were already planning on jumping into Scripture
Read Thucydides and Xenophon (Socrates other famous student) as well. Military leaders, historians, and statesmen still learn from them.
I'm reading the Aeneiad and I now realize what the discussion if Virgil was greater then Homer really means.
Interesting read. The Greeks definitely knew what they were doing. Maybe I should something like this for the Ancient Romans. Let me know what books you'd like to recommend.
I've been reading Plato and Aristotle seriously for several years.
Ill letbyou facilitate my understanding of the others.
These writers are a major stabilizing force in my daily life as my brain combats the cognitive dissonance of everything around me. GregSadler.com facilitates my understanding as well
Great list. One major omission, though: Xenophon.
If Plato is one student of Socrates, Xenophon is the other. The Anabasis and Education of Cyrus both reward a close reading and offer a very different window into the Socratic world and the Greek understanding of leadership.
Also, a practical hack for newcomers: Hackett’s Plato: Five Dialogues (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo) gives you the core Socratic arc in a single volume. Hard to beat as a starting point.
Great stuff!
I agree with all of these, but I think I’d add The Bacchae, by Euripides. Supplemented by a non-Greek book, The Greeks and the Irrational, by E.R. Dodds.