Literature

Tolkien's Warning About Technology

An appeal against automation

Aug 22 • The Culturist

What I Learned Reading Shakespeare

4 critical life lessons

Aug 15 • The Culturist

Tolkien’s Guide to Living Through Dark Times

The philosophy of Samwise Gamgee

Aug 1 • The Culturist

Is Neutrality as Bad as Evil?

Dante & the Vestibule of Hell

Jul 25 • The Culturist

The Strangest Scene in The Odyssey

The lesson of the Lotus-eaters

Jul 22 • The Culturist

Paradise Lost and the Nature of Evil

Is the Devil a rebellious hero?

Jul 18 • The Culturist

The Best Books You Can Read in a Day

5 essential novellas

Jul 15 • The Culturist

What I Learned From Reading Dostoevsky

5 piercing insights into the human condition

Jul 11 • The Culturist and Evan Amato

The Problem With Great Books Programs

How not to be a well-read relativist

Jul 8 • The Culturist and Ascend Book Club

Short Stories You Can Read in One Sitting

5 essentials of the Western canon

Jul 1 • The Culturist

The Odyssey's Most Uncomfortable Lesson

Returning home a stranger...

Jun 27 • The Culturist

Where to Start With H.P. Lovecraft

And why horror matters...

Jun 10 • The Culturist

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