Lectures
Text from lectures presented by students of the School.
Practical Economics: Guiding Principles and Their Current Application
By Christopher Wood, April 2009
Notes and Quotes On Forgiveness
By Michael Posnick, January 2011
Interactive Dialogue with the General Assembly on Harmony with Nature
By Christopher Wood at United Nations Headquarters, NYC April, 2013
The Lives of Plato and Socrates
By Russell Bosworth
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Monica Vecchio, head of Shakespeare Studies at the New York School of Practical Philosophy, offers some interesting links for Shakespeare lovers.
Philosophy, Science and Religion
By Howard Schott, October 2007
Cosimo di Medici & The Florentine Renaissance
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By Clement Salaman, March 25, 1991
The Platonic Academy in Florence
By Clement Salaman, March 1991
Marsilio Ficino & Botticelli’s Primavera
By Clement Salaman, March 27, 1991
Suggested Readings
This reading list includes texts from course materials and recommendations from your tutors. Enjoy.
| Title | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| CLASSICS OF PHILOSOPHY & LITERATURE | ||
| Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness | Epictetus; Sharon Lebell, trans. | HarperOne |
| Dialogues of Plato: Crito, Phaedo, Symposium | Plato; Benjamin Jowett, trans. | Dover |
| Good Company: An Anthology of Sayings, Stories and Answers to Questions by HH Sri Shantananda Saraswati | HH Shantananda Saraswati | Element Books Ltd |
| Hamlet, Sonnets | Shakespeare | Arden |
| Inspired Talks | Vivekananda | Obscure Press |
| Old and New Testaments | ||
| Tao Te Ching | Lao Tzu; Stephen Mitchell, trans | Harper Perennial |
| The Emperor’s Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations | Marcus Aurelius; David Hicks, et al, trans | Simon & Schuster |
| The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry | Stephen Mitchell, ed | Harper Perennial |
| The Enlightened Mind | Stephen Mitchell, ed | Harper Perennial |
| The Essential Rumi | Coleman Barks, trans | Harper One |
| The Geeta | Shri Purohit Swami, trans | Faber & Faber |
| The Heart of the Eastern Mystical Teaching | H.P. Shastri | Shanti Sadan |
| The Portable Emerson | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Viking Books |
| The Koran: Selected Suras | Arthur Jeffrey, trans | Dover |
| The Man Who Wanted to Meet God | HH Shantananda Saraswati | Harmony |
| The Ten Principal Upanishads | Purohit Swami,trans W.B. Yeats, contributor | Faber & Faber |
| CONTEMPORARY WORKS | ||
| A Little Book on Love | Jacob Needleman | Delta |
| Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth | Mohandas Gandhi | Dover Publications |
| Back to the Truth: 5000 years of Advaita | Dennis Waite | Mantra Books |
| Care of the Soul | Thomas Moore | Haper Perennial |
| No Future Without Forgiveness | Desmond Tutu | Image |
| Radical Acceptance | Tara Brach | Random House |
| Siddhartha | Hermann Hesse | Bantam |
| Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion | Gregory Boyle | Free Press |
| The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now | Tich Nhat Hanh | Random House Uk |
| The Artist’s Way | Julia Cameron | Tarcher Perigee |
| The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World | The Dalai Lama, Bishop Tutu | Avery |
| The Choice: Embrace the Possible | Dr. Edith Eva Eger | Scribner |
| The Four Agreements | Don Miguel Ruiz | Amber-Allen Publishing |
| The Power of Now & Stillness Speaks | Eckhart Tolle | New World Library |
| The Prophet | Kahlil Gibran | Reader’s Library Classics |
| The Surrender Experiment – My Journey into Life’s Perfection | Michael A. Singer | Harmony Rodale |
| The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself | Michael A. Singer | New Harbinger Publications |
| Tales of the Hasidim | Martin Buber | Schocken |
