We live in an era rife with cultural conflict. The 21st century is by no means free of wars, terrorism, riots, famine, nor epidemics. We may attempt to solve the challenges of our times by uniting the humanistic disciplines of philosophy, science, and technology. Our modern reality requires a fundamental understanding of the problems beleaguering our existence. Science and literature are key tools for gaining this insight. The wisdom accumulated throughout the centuries by scientists, philosophers, and writers is a solid foundation on which modern man can build the future. Our ability to learn from those who have come before is precisely what led Protagoras to declare that “Man is the measure of all things.” The 33 works in this book possess foundational importance and continue to influence our modern world. The reader of these texts is well-positioned to understand causes and plot new paths away from the problems that plague us.

• Edwin A. Abbott. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
• Aristotle. The Basic Works
• Dale Breckenridge Carnegie. The Art of Public Speaking
• Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Eugenics and Other Evils
• Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Orthodoxy
• René Descartes. Discourse on the Method
• Epictetus. The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
• Sigmund Freud. Dream Psychology
• Hermann Hesse. Siddhartha
• David Hume. Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
• Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching
• David Herbert Lawrence. Fantasia of the Unconscious
• Niccolò Machiavelli. The Art of War
• Niccolò Machiavelli. The Prince
• John Mill. On Liberty
• John Mill. Utilitarianism
• Prentice Mulford. Thoughts are Things
• Thomas More. Utopia
• The Meditations Of The Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
• Friedrich Nietzsche. Thus Spake Zarathustra
• Friedrich Nietzsche. Beyond Good and Evil
• Friedrich Nietzsche. The Antichrist
• Plato. The Republic
• Plato. The Apology Of Socrates
• Plato. Symposium
• Bertrand Russell. Proposed Roads to Freedom
• Bertrand Russell. The Problems of Philosophy
• Bertrand Russell. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays
• Sun Tzu. The Art of War
• Vatsyayana. The Kama Sutra
• Voltaire. Candide
• H. G. Wells. A Modern Utopia
• Frances Bacon. The New Atlantis