IS A YEAR-ROUND ADVENTURE THROUGH
3000 YEARS OF HISTORY, LITERATURE, & PHILOSOPHY.
NEW ENROLMENTS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED.
COMMENCING MID-2022,
OUR NEXT SEMESTER WILL BE A CAVALIER INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT GREECE
IS AN ALL-YEAR ADVENTURE THROUGH 3000 YEARS OF HISTORY, LITERATURE, & PHILOSOPHY
NEW ENROLMENTS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED.
COMMENCING MID-2022,
OUR NEXT SEMESTER
WILL BE
A CAVALIER INTRODUCTION
TO ANCIENT GREECE
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 worlds.
·SOLVM·
·SAPIENTEM·
·ESSE·
·LIBERVM·
·ONLY·
·THE·WISE·
·ARE·
·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 worlds.
And our 2021 season shall consist of two semesters:
And our 2021 season
consists of 2 new semesters:
ANCIENT GREECE
You'll be astonished by the history of the
5 centuries that constitute humanity's exuberant youth as you discover and discuss the works, the lives, the minds of Europe's first (& greatest) philosophers,
historians, poets, dramatists,
artists, & statesmen.
(UN)LOST CAUSES
As the 21st century becomes increasingly inhuman & dystopian we'll look at a delightful handful of ideas, subjects,
& epochs the study of which can only
steer humanity towards a greater,
freer, & happier future.
ANCIENT GREECE
You'll be astonished by the history of the
5 centuries that constitute The West's exuberant youth as you discover & discuss the works, the lives, the minds of
Europe's first (& greatest) philosophers,
historians, poets, dramatists,
artists, & statesmen.
(UN)LOST CAUSES
As the 21st century becomes increasingly inhuman & dystopian we'll look at a delightful handful of ideas, subjects,
& epochs the study of which can only
steer humanity towards a greater,
freer, & happier future.
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.
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...
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 YOU
(The Commonplace Books truly have to be seen to be believed—a video
is their best introduction.)
(The Commonplace Books truly have to be seen
to be believed—a video is their best introduction.)
Only available to our members,
2 priceless Volumes of
Only available to members of
The New Cavalier Reading Society,
2 priceless Volumes of
contain:
contain:
• 600 pages of the best that has ever been written, said, or done;
• 700 different authors writing on 600 separate subjects;
• 2000 quotations & excerpts from more than 600 books, 60 essays & lectures, and 50 poems & plays;
• Over 70 images—of paintings, tombs, temples, inscriptions, maps,
& monuments;
• 9 years of reading distilled
into 2 volumes.
AND THEIR
ECLECTIC & EXUBERANT PAGES SHALL AUGMENT
YOUR CORE READING
THROUGHOUT...
• 600 pages of the best that has ever been written, said, or done;
• 700 different authors writing on 600 separate subjects;
• 2000 quotations & excerpts from more than 600 books, 60 essays, and 50 poems & plays.
• Over 70 images—of paintings, tombs, temples, inscriptions, maps, & monuments;
• 7 years of reading distilled into 2 volumes.
AND THEIR ECLECTIC & EXUBERANT PAGES
SHALL AUGMENT YOUR CORE READING THROUGHOUT...
IN (UN)LOST CAUSES
WE'LL LOOK AT A HANDFUL OF SUBJECTS,
THE STUDY OF WHICH CAN ONLY AID IN
CREATING A GREATER, HAPPIER,
& FREER FUTURE—
INCLUDING:
LIBERTY
Once a cornerstone of the modern West, we'll look at how words like Liberty & Freedom have changed their meaning over the centuries and what they might—& ought to—look
like in the 21st.
THE ENVIRONMENT
The ultimate cause
—as the only one upon which
all others depend—we'll look
at both the history and future
of humanity's impact
on planet earth.
TOTALITARIANISM
Focusing on Soviet Russia,
we’ll study the nature, effects,
& horrors of the largest experiment
in social engineering ever
(yet) attempted.
LIBERTY
Once a cornerstone of the modern West, we'll look at how words like Liberty & Freedom have changed their meaning over the centuries and what they might—& ought to—look
like in the 21st.
THE ENVIRONMENT
The ultimate cause
—as the only one upon which
all others depend—we'll look
at both the history and future
of humanity's impact
on planet earth.
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.
TOTALITARIANISM
Focusing on Soviet Russia,
we’ll study the nature, effects,
& horrors of the largest experiment
in social engineering ever
(yet) attempted.
IN (UN)LOST CAUSES
WE'LL LOOK AT A HANDFUL OF SUBJECTS,
THE STUDY OF WHICH
CAN ONLY AID IN CREATING
A GREATER, HAPPIER,
& FREER FUTURE—
INCLUDING:
LIBERTY
Once a cornerstone of the modern West, we'll look at how words like
Liberty & Freedom have changed their meaning over the centuries and
what they might—& ought to—
look like in the 21st.
THE ENVIRONMENT
The ultimate cause
—the only one upon which
all others depend—we'll look
at both the history and future
of humanity's impact
on planet earth.
& TOTALITARIANISM
Focusing on Soviet Russia,
we’ll study the nature, effects,
& horrors of the largest experiment
in social engineering ever
(yet) attempted.
LIBERTY
Once a cornerstone of the modern West, we'll look at how words like Liberty & Freedom have changed their meaning over the centuries and what they might—& ought to—look
like in the 21st.
THE ENVIRONMENT
The ultimate cause
—as the only one upon which
all others depend—we'll look
at both the history and future
of humanity's impact
on planet earth.
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.
TOTALITARIANISM
Focusing on Soviet Russia,
we’ll study the nature, effects,
& horrors of the largest experiment
in social engineering ever
(yet) attempted.
AND SO
EACH WEEKEND IN
SO EACH WEEK IN
— AFTER DOING OUR READING —
WE COME TOGETHER FOR 3 LIVE TUTORIALS
AFTER DOING
OUR READING WE COME TOGETHER FOR
3 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.
NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN 5 MONTHS,
is flinging open its
ornate doors to new members,
AND SHALL START A NEW SEMESTER ON
OCTOBER 5th.
NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 5 MONTHS,
is flinging open its ornate doors to new members,
AND SHALL START A NEW SEMESTER ON
OCTOBER 5th.
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
"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."
"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."
"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 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.
"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 2021 season.
· Volumes I & II of THE COMMONPLACE BOOK of JOSHVA HVMPHREYS.
· Dedicated Volumes for your semester, which includes your philosophical contributions to our discussions.
· 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 our cultural conversation never stops.
· Access to our MEMBERS' LIBRARY, with years of downloadable reading.
· 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 —
· Weeks, hours, months 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 2021 season.
· Volumes I & II of
THE COMMONPLACE BOOK of JOSHVA HVMPHREYS.
· Dedicated Volumes for both semesters, which include your own philosophical contributions to them.
· 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.
— AND —
MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL:
· Weeks, hours, months of LIVE
New 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
nor are our wider cultural explorations.
—
And 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, literature,
& philosophy.
EXALT your heart
&
ENNOBLE your mind.
DISCUSS
humanity's most
profound questions
with a global society of
culturally-minded people;
AND
have a novelist
AS YOUR TUTOR;
— AND —
TO FALL BACK IN LOVE
WITH CULTURE...
— AND ! —
TO FALL BACK IN LOVE WITH PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, POETRY, ART, & MUSIC...
RECONNECT
with 3000 years of
history, literature,
& philosophy.
EXALT your heart
&
ENNOBLE your mind.
DISCUSS
humanity's most
profound questions
with a global society of
culturally-minded people;
AND
have a novelist
AS YOUR TUTOR;
— AND —
TO FALL BACK IN LOVE
WITH CULTURE...
— AND ! —
TO FALL BACK IN LOVE WITH CULTURE...
TO BEGIN YOUR ADVENTURE IN NOBLE WONDER.
IS CURRENTLY CLOSED TO NEW ENROLMENTS
OUR WAITING LIST RECEIVES 1st OFFERS OF NEW ENROLMENT,
& YOU CAN JOIN
THAT LIST USING
THIS FORM:
IS CURRENTLY CLOSED TO NEW ENROLMENTS
OUR WAITING LIST RECEIVES 1st OFFERS OF
NEW ENROLMENT, & YOU CAN JOIN
THAT LIST USING THIS FORM:
TO BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY IN NOBLE WONDER.
QVESTIONS
— ABOVT —
MEMBERSHIP?
Feel free to contact your New Cavalier tutor 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 tutor 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·