Beauty Matters

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.

Once your culture is gone, it isn't coming back. If the schools and universities won't teach us the great books of the West, we will do it ourselves. We are forming an independent group dedicated to the study and preservation of the Western canon of literature — the books that built our civilization. If that sounds like something you'd like to be part of, please join us. We tackle a new classic text every month. Currently, we're reading Virgil's Aeneid, and discussing it together. We meet biweekly.

Once your culture is gone, it isn't coming back. To preserve a culture, you must continually read the books and ideas that created it. That's why we started an online book club to study the greatest texts of Western Civilization. Every month, we study a new great work — so far we've covered Augustine's Confessions, Dante's Inferno, The Count of Monte Cristo, Don Quixote, etc. Currently, we're reading Virgil's Aeneid. Western Civilization has given us the greatest books ever written, but it takes effort to read them, and even more to read them well. That’s what we’re doing here, slowly, together. 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 project. Paid members get: - Live community book discussions (biweekly) - Deep-dive essays to guide you through the books we’re reading - The full archive of book reviews, essays, and our 100 Great Texts reading list - Access to all community discussion threads (via the subscriber chat) - Ability to vote on what we read next This is not school. There are no grades, no credentials, and no status games. Just a community of readers serious about recovering what’s been lost, and using it to build something better. Welcome!

Once your culture is gone, it isn't coming back. To preserve a culture, you must continually read the books and ideas that created it. That's why we started an online book club to study the greatest texts of Western Civilization. Every month, we study a new great work — so far we've covered Augustine's Confessions, Dante's Inferno, The Count of Monte Cristo, Don Quixote, etc. Currently, we're reading Virgil's Aeneid. Western Civilization has given us the greatest books ever written, but it takes effort to read them, and even more to read them well. That’s what we’re doing here, slowly, together. 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 project. Paid members get: - Live community book discussions (biweekly) - Deep-dive essays to guide you through the books we’re reading - The full archive of book reviews, essays, and our 100 Great Texts reading list - Access to all community discussion threads (via the subscriber chat) - Ability to vote on what we read next This is not school. There are no grades, no credentials, and no status games. Just a community of readers serious about recovering what’s been lost, and using it to build something better. Welcome!

A lot of men and women have joined our book club today. They’re here for what most people have lost — a real connection to the great minds of the past. Follow us now and take your place among those who refuse to live shallow lives.