IS A YEAR-ROUND ADVENTURE THROUGH
3000 YEARS OF ART, HISTORY, & PHILOSOPHY.
IS AN ALL-YEAR ADVENTURE THROUGH 3000 YEARS OF ART, 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 crushed it, & serves as a most noble guide to keeping one conversant with
all that is beautiful & sublime in the intellectual & moral world.
·SOLVM·
·SAPIENTEM·
·ESSE·
·LIBERVM·
·ONLY·THE·
·WISE·
·PERSON·
·IS·FREE·
IS A MEMBERS-ONLY GROUP DEDICATED
to discussing mankind's most profound questions,
as explored by humanity's wisest minds.
Bequeathing to its members a wondrous education in what culture was like before the universities crushed it,
we serve as a most noble guide in keeping one conversant
with all that is beautiful & sublime in the
intellectual & moral world.
In our 2020 season—the biggest & best yet—you're going to:
In our 2020 season you'll:
RECONNECT
with 3000 years of history.
You'll walk through the histories of Classical Greece, Imperial Rome, Ancient Israel—
wonder at in the mythologies of Mt Olympus, Buddhist Thailand, Hindu India;
spend sunlit days in Gothic Venice and the European Renaissance, fight your way through the American and French Revolutions, be appalled by Soviet Russia and astounded by the First & Second World Wars.
ENNOBLE
your intellect.
by engaging with the minds of Nietzsche, Einstein, Socrates, Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Thomas Aquinas, Jesus of Nazareth, Buddha, John Ruskin, Freud, Epictetus, Gandhi, King David, Marin Luther King, Montaigne, Bertrand Russell, Confucius, Erasmus, Seneca, Napoleon,
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Emerson, Kraus,
Beethoven, & Richard Wagner.
ENNOBLE
your intellect.
by engaging with the minds of Nietzsche, Einstein, Socrates, Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Thomas Aquinas, Jesus of Nazareth, Buddha, John Ruskin, Freud, Spengler, Epictetus, Gandhi, King David, Marin Luther King, Montaigne, Confucius, Erasmus, Seneca, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Napoleon, Emerson, Beethoven, & Richard Wagner.
FALL IN LOVE
with the life & work
of Byron, Blake, Horace, Hokusai, Michelangelo, Rossetti, Yeats, Homer, Hemingway, Flaubert, Shakesepeare, Nabokov, Delacroix, Wilde, Mitford, Casanova—& over 830 writers, poets, philosophers, playwrights, painters, saints, sinners, scientists, generals, geniuses, adventurers, explorers,
kings, comedians, & composers!
FALL IN LOVE
with the life & work
of Byron, Blake, Horace, Hokusai,
Michelangelo, Rossetti, Virgil, Yeats, Homer, Hemingway, Millais, Flaubert, Nabokov, Delacroix, Wilde, Mitford, Casanova, the best bits from 20 Shakespeare plays—and over 830 other writers, poets, philosophers, playwrights, painters, saints, sinners, scientists, generals, geniuses, adventurers, explorers, kings, comedians, & composers!
RECONNECT
with 3000 years of history.
You'll walk through the histories of Classical Greece, Imperial Rome, Ancient Israel—wonder at in the mythologies of Mt Olympus, Buddhist Thailand, Hindu India;
spend sunlit days in Gothic Venice and the European Renaissance, fight your way through the American and French Revolutions, be appalled by Soviet Russia and astounded by the First & Second World Wars.
ENNOBLE
your intellect.
by engaging with the minds of Nietzsche, Einstein, Socrates, Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Thomas Aquinas, Jesus of Nazareth, Buddha, John Ruskin, Freud, Spengler, Epictetus, Gandhi, King David, Marin Luther King, Montaigne, Bertrand Russell, Confucius, Erasmus, Seneca, Napoleon,
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Emerson, Kraus,
Beethoven, & Richard Wagner.
ENNOBLE
your intellect.
by engaging with the minds of Nietzsche, Einstein, Socrates, Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Thomas Aquinas, Jesus of Nazareth, Buddha, John Ruskin, Freud, Spengler, Epictetus, Gandhi, King David, Marin Luther King, Montaigne, Confucius, Erasmus, Seneca, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Napoleon, Emerson, Beethoven, & Richard Wagner.
FALL IN LOVE
with the life & work
of Byron, Blake, Horace, Hokusai, Michelangelo, Rossetti, Yeats, Homer, Hemingway, Flaubert, Nabokov, Delacroix, Wilde, Mitford, Casanova—the best bits from 20 Shakespeare plays—& over 830 writers, poets, philosophers, playwrights, painters, saints, sinners, scientists, generals, geniuses, adventurers, explorers, kings, comedians, & composers!
FALL IN LOVE
with the life & work
of Byron, Blake, Horace, Hokusai,
Michelangelo, Rossetti, Virgil, Yeats, Homer, Hemingway, Millais, Flaubert, Nabokov, Delacroix, Wilde, Mitford, Casanova, the best bits from 20 Shakespeare plays—and over 830 other writers, poets, philosophers, playwrights, painters, saints, sinners, scientists, generals, geniuses, adventurers, explorers, kings, comedians, & composers!
& FOR THIS
— ADVENTURE IN —
NOBLE WONDER
— & FOR THIS ADVENTURE IN NOBLE WONDER —
IS IMMENSELY EXCITED TO BEQUEATH TO ITS MEMBERS
IS IMMENSELY EXCITED TO BEQUEATH TO ITS MEMBERS
(The Commonplace Books truly have to be seen to be believed:
so a video is their best introduction...)
Only available to members of
The New Cavalier Reading Society,
the 2 priceless Volumes of
Only available to members of
The New Cavalier Reading Society,
the 2 priceless
Volumes of
contain:
contain:
• 600 pages of the best that has ever been written, said, or done;
• 600 different authors writing on 550 separate subjects;
• 2500 quotations & excerpts from more than 600 books, 60 essays & lectures, and 50 poems & plays;
• Over 100 images—of paintings, tombs, temples, inscriptions, maps,
& monuments;
• 8 years of reading distilled
into 2 volumes.
AND THEIR ECLECTIC & EXUBERANT PAGES
FORM YOUR CORE READING THROUGHOUT OUR SEMESTER.
• 600 pages of the best that has ever been written, said, or done;
• 600 different authors writing on 550 separate subjects;
• 2500 quotations & excerpts from more than 600 books, 60 essays, and 50 poems & plays.
• Over 100 images—of paintings, tombs, temples, inscriptions, maps, & monuments;
• 8 years of reading distilled into 2 volumes.
AND THEIR ECLECTIC & EXUBERANT PAGES
FORM YOUR CORE READING THROUGHOUT OUR SEMESTER.
Care to indulge your intellect right now—to sample what Depths of Wisdom & Heights of Elegance shall all yours be?!?
READ 25
NEW CAVALIER
READING SOCIETY
SAMPLE PAGES
Care to indulge your intellect right now—
to sample what Depths of Wisdom &
Heights of Elegance shall all yours be?!?
READ 25
NEW CAVALIER READING SOCIETY
SAMPLE PAGES
— THEN EACH WEEK WE COME TOGETHER FOR 3 LIVE TUTORIALS —
THEN EACH WEEK WE COME TOGETHER FOR
3 LIVE TUTORIALS
AND WE DISCUSS, AS A SOCIETY,
ALL
THE CULTURAL DELIGHTS
YOU'VE BEEN READING.
AND WE DISCUSS,
AS A SOCIETY,
ALL
THE CULTURAL DELIGHTS
YOU'VE BEEN READING.
NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 4 MONTHS
is flinging open its ornate doors to new members,
AND SHALL START A NEW SEMESTER ON
September 21st!
NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 12 MONTHS
is flinging open its ornate doors to new members,
AND SHALL START ITS 2020 SEASON ON JANUARY 13TH!
NOW,
— FOR THE FIRST TIME —
IN 4 MONTHS
is gently opening its ornate doors to new members,
AND SHALL START A NEW SEMESTER ON SEPTEMBER 21st!
IF
DEFYING the flight from learned magnificence; RECOVERING the lost art of noble thinking;
and REDISCOVERING what culture was like before the professors crushed 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? —
KATEE
Teacher, Sacramento
"A few weeks ago I decided after debating for many months to join the New Cavalier Reading Society. After 2 weeks I can say I’ve found myself enamored 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."
"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."
"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."
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."
SERGIO
English Tutor, Sao Paolo
"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."
"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!"
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!"
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."
"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."
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 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."
—
"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 GET:
· 3 months of the cultural exuberance that is our 2020 season.
· Volumes I & II of THE COMMONPLACE BOOK of JOSHVA HVMPHREYS.
· Exclusive access to Volumes III & IV of The Commonplace Book.
· Your own 250-page New Cavalier Reading Society Notebook.
· Access to THE ENCHIRIDION, an online distillation of the above.
· Access to our private Forum, where the cultural conversation never stops.
· Access to our MEMBERS' LIBRARY, with years of downloadable reading.
· NEW! Ongoing access to The Stones of Venice Tour.
· 12 weeks of the cultural exuberance that is our
Winter Semester.
· Lifetime membership of The New Cavalier Reading Society.
· Volumes I & II of THE COMMONPLACE BOOK of JOSHVA HVMPHREYS.
· Exclusive access to the upcoming Volume III of The Commonplace Book.
· THE ENCHIRIDION, your extraordinary textbook.
· Your own 250-page New Cavalier Reading Society Notebook.
· Access to our MEMBERS' LIBRARY, with years of extended reading.
· Access to our CLERESTORY, where all of our exclusive publications are housed .
— AND —
MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL:
· 3 months of LIVE Cavalier Societal tutorial discussion!
— AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL —
· 12 weeks/over 50 hours of LIVE
New Cavalier tutorial discussion;
where we discuss, as a society, humanity's most profound questions, as explored by its wisest minds!
AS A NEW MEMBER OF
THE
NEW CAVALIER READING SOCIETY
YOU GET:
· 12 weeks of the cultural exuberance that is our upcoming Winter Semester.
· Lifetime membership of The New Cavalier Reading Society.
· Volumes I & II of THE COMMONPLACE BOOK of JOSHVA HVMPHREYS.
· Exclusive access to the upcoming Volume III of The Commonplace Book.
· THE ENCHIRIDION, your extraordinary textbook.
· Your own 250-page New Cavalier Reading Society Notebook.
· Access to our MEMBERS' LIBRARY, with years of extended reading.
· Access to our CLERESTORY, where all of our exclusive publications are housed .
· 3 months of the cultural exuberance that is our 2020 season.
· Volumes I & II of
THE COMMONPLACE BOOK of JOSHVA HVMPHREYS.
· Exclusive access to Volumes III & IV of The Commonplace Book.
· Your own 250-page New Cavalier Reading Society Notebook.
· Access to THE ENCHIRIDION,
an online distillation of the above.
· Access to our private Forum,where the cultural conversation never stops.
· Access to our MEMBERS' LIBRARY, with years of downloadable reading.
· NEW!
Ongoing access to
The Stones of Venice Tour;
— AND —
MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL:
· 12 weeks / over 50 hours
of LIVE Cavalier Societal tutorial discussion!
AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL,
· 3 months of LIVE Cavalier Societal tutorial discussion!
FROM THE ETERNAL STUDENT
TO THE CASUAL READER,
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, and nor are our wider cultural explorations.
—
Once you're enrolled as a member,
The Commonplace Books
ARE YOURS TO ENJOY
FOREVER,
however you'd like, whenever you'd like.
FROM THE PHILISTINE
TO THE INTELLECTUAL...
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 require of you
only a vast curiosity,
an appetite for wisdom,
& A PASSION FOR LEARNING.
FROM THE PHILISTINE
TO THE INTELLECTUAL...
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 require of you
only a vast curiosity,
an appetite for wisdom,
& A PASSION FOR LEARNING.
RECONNECT
with 3000 years of
history, art, & culture.
EXALT your heart
&
ENNOBLE your mind.
DISCUSS
humanity's most
profound questions;
AND
have a novelist
AS YOUR TUTOR
— AND! —
TO FALL BACK IN LOVE
WITH PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE,
POETRY, ART, & MUSIC...
— AND ! —
TO FALL BACK IN LOVE WITH PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, POETRY, ART, & MUSIC...
THEN YOU ARE
HEREBY INVITED BY
TO BEGIN YOUR
ADVENTURE IN
NOBLE WONDER
THEN YOU ARE
HEREBY INVITED BY
TO BEGIN YOUR ADVENTURE IN NOBLE WONDER.
TO BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY IN NOBLE WONDER.
·SOLVM·
·SAPIENTEM·
·ESSE·
·LIBERVM·
·ONLY·THE·
·WISE·
·PERSON·
·IS·FREE·