"On the Reading of Old Books"

Phil and Daniel discuss Lewis' introduction to On the Incarnation.

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Beginner Recommendations

• The Bible
• Homer, The Essential Iliad & The Essential Odyssey (8th century)
• Sophocles, Antigone (441 BC)
• Plato, Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo (399 BC)
• Virgil, The Essential Aeneid (19 BC)
• Shakespeare, Macbeth (1606)
• Voltaire, Candide (1759)
• Princeton University Press: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Intermediate Recommendations

• St. Augustine, Confessions (397)
• Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy (523)
• St. Catherine of Siena, The Dialogue of Divine Providence (14th century)
• Julien of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (15th century)
• Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789)
• Wyss, The Swiss Family Robinson (1812)
• St Vladimir's Seminary Press, Popular Patristics
• St. John’s College Reading List

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