Books like The scholemaster
12 books with a reading profile close to The scholemaster by Roger Ascham. Deep and outward-looking; a demanding read.
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Utilitarianism
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic
John Stuart Mill defends the Greatest Happiness Principle, asserting that actions are right if they promote pleasure and wrong if they produce pain.
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The Lives of the Artists
Also outward-looking · academic, classic literature
Giorgio Vasari’s seminal text traces the progression of Italian art from its medieval decline to its sixteenth-century peak.
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Discourse on Method
Also deep · philosophy, academic
René Descartes outlines a four-part system intended to establish certainty in the sciences by rejecting any premise subject to the slightest doubt.
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Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, classic literature
The Galactic Empire has ruled millions of worlds for twelve thousand years, but its internal systems are rotting.
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Leviathan
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic
Published during the English Civil War, this work posits that humanity exists in a natural state of perpetual conflict, driven by competition, diffidence, and glory.
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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
by Sam Harris
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic
Sam Harris argues that the modern world can no longer afford the luxury of religious moderation.
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Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
Also deep · philosophy, academic
René Descartes establishes a radical epistemological system by rejecting any belief that permits even a grain of doubt.
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, classic literature
Mary Wollstonecraft argues that the apparent intellectual inferiority of women results from a lack of formal education rather than natural biological capability.
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The Social Contract
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic
Jean-Jacques Rousseau argues that political legitimacy stems from the collective agreement of individuals rather than divine right or force.
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History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides
Also deep and outward-looking · academic, classic literature
Thucydides recounts the twenty-seven-year conflict between the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
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Foundation and Empire
by Isaac Asimov
Also outward-looking · philosophy, classic literature
In the second installment of the Foundation series, Hari Seldon’s mathematical predictions face two distinct threats.
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