YOUR ADVENTURE THROUGH
3000 YEARS OF ART, HISTORY
LITERATURE, & PHILOSOPHY.
YOUR ADVENTURE
THROUGH 3000 YEARS
OF ART, LITERATURE,
HISTORY, & PHILOSOPHY.
A MEMBERS-ONLY GROUP DEDICATED
to discussing humanity's most profound questions as explored by its wisest minds,
bequeaths to its members a wondrous education in what culture was like before the universities ruined it, while making you conversant with all that is beautiful
& sublime in the intellectual
& moral worlds.
And our 2024 SEASON
SHALL CONSIST OF
3 SEMESTERS...
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IS A MEMBERS-ONLY GROUP DEDICATED
to discussing humanity's most profound
questions as explored by its wisest minds.
Bequeathing to our members a wondrous education in
what culture was like before the universities ruined it,
we make you conversant with all that is beautiful
& sublime in the intellectual & moral worlds.
And our 2024 season shall consist of 3 semesters:
THE ENCHIRIDION
(APRIL - JUNE)
Explore the most important subjects ever pondered by humanity's wisest minds, including:
Wisdom & Truth
Myth & Religion,
Freedom & Equality,
Art & Beauty, Civilisation & Modernity, Progress & Science—and Life,
Love, & Unhappiness.
INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT GREECE
(JULY - SEP)
Discover The West's
ancient & excellent youth
as from Achilles to
Alexander—and from Zeus
to Zeno—you converse with Europe's original
(& greatest) gods, heroes, poets, philosophers, dramatists, historians, warriors, wanderers,
artists, & geniuses.
A HISTORY OF
THE WORLD
(OCT - DEC)
Begin, or deepen,
your acquaintance with
history as we inquire into
the remarkable relevance
of The Late Roman Empire,
The Protestant Reformation, Napoleonic Europe,
the colonisation of Australia, Nazi Germany,
The Vietnam War, and
Modern Palestine & Israel.
And our 2024 season shall consist of 3 semesters:
THE ENCHIRIDION
(APRIL - JUNE)
INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT GREECE
(JULY - SEP)
A HISTORY
OF THE WORLD
(OCT - DEC)
Ever so quickly,
your tutor here
explains precisely how
The New Cavalier
Reading Society
works...
Ever so quickly,
your tutor here explains precisely
how The New Cavalier Reading Society works...
AND OUR
NEXT SEMESTER
— STARTING APRIL 29th —
SHALL BE:
AND OUR UPCOMING SEMESTER
— STARTING APRIL 29th —
SHALL BE:
NAMED AFTER THE BOOK THAT IS ITS FOUNDATION,
OUR ENCHIRIDION
INTRODUCES YOU TO HUMANITY'S
MOST IMPORTANT PHILOSOPHICAL
QUESTIONS—
& THE PROFOUND ANSWERS ALREADY
POSITED BY ITS
WISEST MINDS.
NAMED AFTER THE BOOK THAT IS ITS FOUNDATION,
OUR ENCHIRIDION INTRODUCES YOU TO ALL
OF HUMANITY'S MOST IMPORTANT
PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS
& THE PROFOUND ANSWERS ALREADY
POSITED BY ITS WISEST MINDS.
SO YOU'LL SPEND 10 WEEKS
EXPLORING & DISCUSSING:
— TRADITION, CULTURE, & EDUCATION —
— WISDOM, TRUTH, & BELIEF—
— ANTIQUITY, HISTORY, & HELLAS —
— GOD, MYTH, & RELIGION —
— FREEDOM, SLAVERY, & INEQUALITY —
— CIVILISATION, MODERNITY, & DECLINE —
— DEMOCRACY, TYRANNY, & THE -ISMS —
— SCIENCE, NATURE, & PROGRESS —
— ART, BEAUTY, & GENIUS —
— LIVE, LOVE, & UNHAPPINESS —
AND TO ACCOMPANY THIS
ADVENTURE IN NOBLE WONDER
SO ACROSS 10 WEEKS
YOU'LL EXPLORE
& DISCUSS:
· TRADITION,
CULTURE, & EDUCATION
· WISDOM, TRUTH, & BELIEF
· ANTIQUITY, HISTORY, & HELLAS
· GOD, MYTH, & RELIGION
· FREEDOM, SLAVERY,
& INEQUALITY
· CIVILISATION,
MODERNITY, & DECLINE
· DEMOCRACY,
TYRANNY, & THE -ISMS
· SCIENCE, NATURE, & PROGRESS
· ART, BEAUTY, & GENIUS
· LIVE, LOVE, & UNHAPPINESS
& TO ACCOMPANY
THIS ADVENTURE IN
NOBLE WONDER
IS IMMENSELY EXCITED TO BEQUEATH TO ITS MEMBERS
IS IMMENSELY EXCITED
TO BEQUEATH TO YOU
(The Commonplace Books have to be seen to be believed—
a video is their best introduction.)
(The Commonplace Books have to be seen
to be believed—a video is their best introduction.)
Only available to our members,
just 2 priceless Volumes of
Only available
to our members,
just 2 priceless Volumes of
contain:
contain:
• 600 pages of the best that has ever been written, said, or done;
• 700 different authors writing on 500 separate subjects;
• 1500 quotations & excerpts from more than 500 books, 50 essays & lectures, and 54 poems & plays;
• Over 100 images—of paintings, tombs, temples, inscriptions,
maps, & monuments;
• 7 years of reading distilled
into 2 volumes.
• 600 pages of the best that has ever been written, said, or done;
• 700 different authors writing on 600 separate subjects;
• 1500 quotations & excerpts from more than 500 books, 60 essays, and 50 poems & plays.
• Over 100 images—of paintings, tombs, temples, inscriptions, maps, & monuments;
• 7 years of reading distilled into 2 volumes.
THEN EACH
WEEKEND IN
AND EACH WEEK IN
— AFTER DOING OUR UNIQUE READING —
WE COME TOGETHER FOR LIVE TUTORIALS
AFTER DOING OUR UNIQUE READING,
WE COME TOGETHER FOR LIVE TUTORIALS
WHEREIN WE DISCUSS, AS A SOCIETY,
ALL THE CULTURAL DELIGHTS
YOU'VE BEEN READING.
WHEREIN WE DISCUSS,
AS A SOCIETY,
ALL THE
CULTURAL DELIGHTS
YOU'VE BEEN READING.
IF
DEFYING the flight from learned magnificence; RECOVERING
the lost art of noble thinking;
and REDISCOVERING what culture was like before the universities ruined it;
and
becoming conversant with ALL THAT IS BEAUTIFUL & SUBLIME
in the moral & intellectual worlds
appeal to you....
AND IF
RECEIVING NOBLE INSTRUCTION from the men and women whose words surpass in magnificence all others of all times
and
DISCOURSING daily with
3000 years of culture,
— AND! —
RETURNING to the eternal superiority of wisdom
over knowledge
ALL also appeal to you...
IF
DEFYING the flight from learned magnificence; RECOVERING
the lost art of noble thinking;
and REDISCOVERING what culture was like before the universities ruined it;
and
becoming conversant with ALL THAT IS BEAUTIFUL & SUBLIME
in the moral & intellectual worlds
appeal to you....
AND IF
RECEIVING NOBLE INSTRUCTION from the men and women whose words surpass in magnificence all others of all times
and
DISCOURSING daily with
3000 years of culture,
— AND! —
RETURNING to the eternal superiority of wisdom
over knowledge
ALL also appeal to you...
WHAT DO
NEW CAVALIERS
— PAST & PRESENT —THINK OF THEIR
READING SOCIETY?
— WHAT DO NEW CAVALIERS PAST & PRESENT THINK
OF THEIR READING SOCIETY EXPERIENCE? —
KATEE
Teacher, Sacramento
"I decided after debating for many months to join The New Cavalier Reading Society.
I can say I’ve found myself enamoured with the pondering of the topics we tackle each week.
After a bit too much nonsense viewing and reading lately it has been a joy
to engage in intellectual discussions with people of all viewpoints
without a need to agree and only the goal of open discussions.
I'm glad I took the leap and joined this enriching activity."
"I decided, after debating for many months, to join the New Cavalier Reading Society.
I can say I’ve found myself enamoured with the pondering of the topics we tackle each week. After a bit too much nonsense viewing and reading during quarantine it has been a joy to engage in intellectual discussions with people of all viewpoints without a need to agree and only the goal of open discussions. I'm glad I took the leap and joined this enriching activity."
KATEE
Teacher, Sacramento
"I decided after debating for many months to join The New Cavalier Reading Society.
I can say I’ve found myself enamoured with the pondering of the topics we tackle each week.
After a bit too much nonsense viewing
and reading lately it has been a joy
to engage in intellectual discussions with people of all viewpoints without a need to agree and only the goal of open discussions.
I'm glad I took the leap and
joined this enriching activity."
"As soon as I joined The New Cavalier Reading Society I thought—I've found my people.
Not in the sense that we were all the same, but that I’d found intellectual
(but in no way pretentious) discussion with opinions and knowledge so
different to my own. I didn't just learn things, I expanded in ways
I didn't expect, I stretched myself in the opinions
I hold, and why I think the way I do."
PATRICK
Engineer, Oxford
"Josh has travelled the literary globe for the last 3000 years & in his Commonplace Books has crafted quite possibly the most magnificent treasure chest of words & wisdom that I’ve ever come across. I have spent hours, days & weeks buried in the splendour of The New Cavalier Reading Society & the conversations we’ve had
in our global classroom have been
truly mind-blowing."
PATRICK
Engineer, Oxford
"As soon as I joined The New Cavalier Reading Society I thought—I've found my people.
Not in the sense that we were all the same,
but that I’d found intellectual
(but in no way pretentious) discussion
with opinions and knowledge so
different to my own.
I didn't just learn things, I expanded in ways
I didn't expect, I stretched myself in the opinions I hold, and why I think the way I do."
CASSANDRA
Teacher, Melbourne
"Josh has travelled the literary globe for the last 3000 years & in his Commonplace Books has crafted quite possibly the most magnificent treasure chest of words & wisdom that I’ve ever come across.
I have spent hours, days & weeks buried in the splendour of The New Cavalier Reading Society
& the conversations we’ve had in our global classroom have been truly mind-blowing."
"The New Cavalier Reading Society is my new addiction. A group of diverse people brought together by a restless, learned, & talented young writer whose dazzling intellect never ceases to amaze us, Josh has managed to keep us each day more enthused, respecting each other's opinions, and cherishing each other's company as we truly & passionately pursue wisdom together."
"The New Cavalier Reading Society is my new addiction. A group of diverse people brought together by a restless, learned, & talented young writer whose dazzling intellect never ceases to amaze us, Josh has managed to keep us each day more enthused, respecting each other's opinions, and cherishing
each other's company as we truly & passionately pursue wisdom together."
SERGIO
English Tutor, Sao Paolo
KATIE
Company Director, Boston
"A truly magical educational fellowship created from the ether, just when I thought I was drowning in a Groundhog-Day existence, the opportunity to join The New Cavalier Reading Society tethered me back to myself. The Commonplace Books have become my bible & speak to me daily. Our varied discussions make me analyse all my thinking & both re-evaluate & reaffirm my beliefs, and my synapses are now
firing 24/7 again.
Jung said, “Who looks outside dreams;
who looks inside, awakes.”
Thanks to The New Cavalier Reading
Society I am AWAKE!"
"A truly magical educational fellowship created from the ether, just when I thought I was drowning in a Groundhog-Day existence, the opportunity to join The New Cavalier Reading Society tethered me back to myself. The Commonplace Books have become my bible & speak to me daily. Our varied discussions make me analyse all my thinking & both re-evaluate & reaffirm my beliefs, and my synapses are now firing 24/7 again.
Jung said, “Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
Thanks to The New Cavalier Reading Society I'm awake!"
"I wholeheartedly recommend The New Cavalier Reading Society. It introduced me to a world
I thought was reserved for those with a formal education. As someone who didn’t receive
that privilege, each session is like unlocking a treasure chest of timeless classics and
profound ideas. The depth of the tutorial discussions is unparalleled, fostering
intellectual growth and encouraging diverse perspectives—every discussion
breaks down complex works into accessible insights. It's more than
just a reading group; it's a lifeline to the world of literature
that I never knew I could be a part of."
HEATHER
Retired, Connecticut
HEATHER
Retired, Connecticut
"I'd wholeheartedly recommend
The New Cavalier Reading Society.
It introduced me to a world I thought was reserved for those with a formal education.
As someone who didn’t receive that privilege, each session is like unlocking a treasure chest
of timeless classics and profound ideas.
The depth of the tutorial discussions is unparalleled, fostering intellectual growth and encouraging diverse perspectives—every
discussion breaks down complex works
into accessible insights.
It's more than just a reading group;
it's a lifeline to the world of literature
that I never knew I could be a part of."
MUAZ
International Development Consultant, Toronto
"A truly magical educational fellowship created from the ether, just when I thought I was drowning in a Groundhog-Day existence, the opportunity to join The New Cavalier Reading Society tethered me back to myself. The Commonplace Books have become my bible & speak to me daily. Our varied discussions make me analyse all my thinking & both re-evaluate & reaffirm my beliefs, and my synapses are now
firing 24/7 again.
Jung said, “Who looks outside dreams;
who looks inside, awakes.”
Thanks to The New Cavalier Reading
Society I am AWAKE!"
"The New Cavalier Reading Society has been a singular intellectual joyride for me.
The immersive learning and discussions are enlightening and intellectually
stimulating and I love the lectures and discussions, they are so very
informative. I strongly recommend joining to anyone interested in
art, culture, history, or philosophy; it’s money worth spending."
MUAZ
International Development Consultant, Toronto
"The New Cavalier Reading Society has been
a singular intellectual joyride for me.
The immersive learning and discussions
are enlightening and intellectually
stimulating and I love the lectures
and discussions, they are
so very informative.
I strongly recommend
joining to anyone interested in
art, culture, history, or philosophy;
it’s money worth spending."
SUMMER
Director of Learning Design, Education Changemakers;
Chair of the Board, Little Dreamers Australia;
Advisor to the United Nations’ Global Educator Taskforce.
SUMMER
Director of Learning Design,
Education Changemakers;
Chair of the Board, Little Dreamers Australia;
Advisor to the United Nations’
Global Educator Taskforce.
"The New Cavalier Reading Society is an incredible opportunity
to grow your smarts, your heart & your community.
Joshua curates a learning environment where your interpretations, opinions & creations are accepted, iterated and validated.
The tutorials are intriguing & invite creativity & push you a little further in character, knowledge, & communication & have become a treasured part of my week. The Commonplace Books are so precious I take them with me wherever I go. It’s incredible how they've become a reference, a North Star—a point of fascination for fleeting
moments in trains & hour upon hour of curiosity
curled up on the couch.
As an education professional I’ve seen many attempts at both online learning & online community and I can confidently attest that
The Reading Society is well-designed, magnificently facilitated
& tremendously curated. It's engaging adult learning at its best & you’ll be grateful for the investment you make in yourself
—socially, emotionally, & intellectually—
by communing as a New Cavalier."
"The New Cavalier Reading Society
is an incredible opportunity to grow your smarts, your heart & your community.
Joshua curates a learning environment where your interpretations, opinions & creations are accepted, iterated and validated.
The tutorials are intriguing & invite creativity & push you a little further in character, knowledge, & communication & have become a treasured part of my week. The Commonplace Books are so precious I take them with me wherever I go. It’s incredible how they've become a reference, a North Star—a point of fascination for both fleeting moments in trains & hour upon hour of curiosity curled
up on the couch.
As an education professional I’ve seen many attempts at both online learning & online community and I can confidently attest that The New Cavalier Reading Society is well-designed, magnificently facilitated & tremendously curated. It's engaging adult learning at its best & you’ll be grateful for the investment you make in yourself
—socially, emotionally, & intellectually—
by communing as a New Cavalier."
AS A
NEW MEMBER OF
THE NEW CAVALIER READING SOCIETY
YOU'LL GET:
· 8 months of the cultural exuberance that is our 2024 season.
· The Commonplace Book Vols. I & II.
· A specialised and exclusive Commonplace Book for each of
our year's semester.
· Your own 250-page New Cavalier
Reading Society Notebook.
· An invitation to a Reading Society-only tour of Ancient Athens
in September.
· Access to our private Forum, where our cultural conversation never stops.
· Access to our MEMBERS' LIBRARY, with years of downloadable reading.
& MOST
IMPORTANTLY OF ALL
· Weeks, hours, months
of LIVE New Cavalier tutorial discussion, where you'll discuss nothing but humanity's most
profound questions!
AS A NEW MEMBER OF
THE NEW CAVALIER READING SOCIETY
YOU GET:
· 8 months of the cultural exuberance that is our 2024 season.
· The Commonplace Book Volumes I & II.
· A specialised and exclusive Commonplace Book for each semester.
· Your very own New Cavalier Reading Society Notebook.
· An invitation to a Reading Society-only tour of Ancient Athens in September.
· Access to our private Forum, where the cultural conversation never stops.
· Access to our MEMBERS' LIBRARY, with years of downloadable reading.
— AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL —
· Weeks, hours, months of LIVE
New Cavalier tutorial discussion,
where you'll discuss nothing but humanity's
most profound questions.
FROM THE ETERNAL
STUDENT TO THE LAPSED INTELLECTUAL,
THE
NEW CAVALIER
READING SOCIETY
can take up as little or as much
of your time as you'd like.
—
Our tutorial discussions aren't compulsory
nor are our wider cultural explorations.
—
And once you've received them,
The Commonplace Books
ARE YOURS TO ENJOY
FOREVER,
however you'd like,
whenever you'd like.
& FROM THE OCCASIONAL READER TO THE
INK-NOSED BOOKWORM...
THE
NEW CAVALIER
READING SOCIETY
is for anyone and everyone who wishes
to pursue the glorious & everlasting thing
that is
INTELLECTUAL EXCELLENCE.
—
You need no doctorate,
no degree, no diploma.
—
We ask only that you approach us
with a vast curiosity,
an appetite for wisdom,
& A PASSION FOR LEARNING.
FROM THE ETERNAL
STUDENT TO THE LAPSED INTELLECTUAL,
THE
NEW CAVALIER
READING SOCIETY
can take up as little or as much
of your time as you'd like.
—
Our tutorial discussions aren't compulsory nor are our wider
cultural explorations.
—
And once you've received them,
The Commonplace Books
ARE YOURS TO ENJOY
FOREVER,
however you'd like,
whenever you'd like.
& FROM THE OCCASIONAL READER TO THE
INK-NOSED BOOKWORM...
THE
NEW CAVALIER
READING SOCIETY
is for anyone and everyone who wishes to pursue the glorious & everlasting thing
that is
INTELLECTUAL EXCELLENCE.
—
You need no doctorate,
no degree, no diploma.
—
We ask only that you approach us
with a vast curiosity,
an appetite for wisdom,
& A PASSION FOR LEARNING.
RECONNECT
with history, art,
& literature;
EXALT your heart
&
ENNOBLE your mind;
DISCUSS
humanity's most
profound questions
with a global society
of freethinkers;
have
A NOVELIST
as your tutor;
— AND —
TO FALL BACK IN LOVE
WITH CULTURE...
— AND ! —
TO FALL BACK IN LOVE WITH CULTURE
RECONNECT
with 3000 years of
history, art, & literature;
EXALT your heart
&
ENNOBLE your mind;
DISCUSS
humanity's most
profound questions
with a global group
of freethinkers;
TO HAVE
A NOVELIST
as your tutor;
— AND —
TO FALL BACK IN LOVE
WITH CULTURE...
— AND —
TO FALL BACK IN LOVE
WITH CULTURE...
THEN YOU ARE
HEREBY INVITED BY
TO BEGIN YOUR
PHILOSOPHICAL ADVENTURE!
YOU ARE HEREBY INVITED
BY
TO BEGIN YOUR
ADVENTURE
THROUGH 3000 YEARS
OF HISTORY, ART, LITERATURE, & PHILOSOPHY.
— QVESTIONS ABOVT BECOMING A NEW CAVALIER? —
Do contact your New Cavalier curator Joshua Humphreys at
membership@newcavalierreadingsociety.com
and he'll get back to you as soon as is cavalierly possible.
QVESTIONS
— ABOVT —
MEMBERSHIP?
Feel free to contact your New Cavalier tutors at
membership@
newcavalierreadingsociety.com
and they'll get back to you as soon as is cavalierly possible.
— QVESTIONS ABOVT BECOMING A NEW CAVALIER? —
Do contact your New Cavalier curator Joshua Humphreys at
membership@newcavalierreadingsociety.com
and he'll get back to you as soon as is cavalierly possible.
·SOLVM·
·SAPIENTEM·
·ESSE·
·LIBERVM·
·ONLY·
·THE·WISE·
·ARE·
·FREE·