Lectures
Audio and text from lectures presented by students of the School.
The Meaning of Meaning
A Saturday Evening Talk in Search of a Point
By Randolph Kraus May 9, 2015
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
The following is a list of books that students have found complementary to both their individual study and the School’s teachings. Many of these books are available for purchase at the Good Company Bookstore.
| Title | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| A Book of Quotations | William Shakespeare | Dover |
| Complete Sonnets of Shakespeare | William Shakespeare | Dover |
| Dialogues of Plato: Crito, Phaedo, Symposium | Benjamin Jowett (Tr) | Dover |
| The Essential Rumi | Coleman Barks | Harper SF |
| The Enlightened Heart | Stephen Mitchell | Harper |
| The Geeta | Shri Purohit Swami | Faber & Faber |
| Good Company | H.H. Shantanand Saraswati | Study Society |
| The Great Divorce | C.S. Lewis | HarperSF |
| The Heart of the Eastern Mystical Teaching | H.P. Shastri | Shanti Sadan |
| Inspired Talks | Swami Vivekananda | Ramakrishna |
| Letters of Mozart | H. Mermann, Ed. | Dover |
| The Man Who Wanted to Meet God | H.H. Shantanand Saraswati | Argo |
| Meditations | Marcus Aurelius | Dover |
| Meditations on the Soul | Marsilio Ficino | Inner Traditions |
| No Future Without Forgiveness | Bishop Desmond Tutu | Doubleday |
| Old and New Testaments | King James Version | Thomas Nelson |
| The Perennial Philosophy | Aldous Huxley | Harper |
| The Power of Now | Eckhart Tolle | New World Library |
| The Portable Emerson | Carl Bode (ed.) | Viking/Penguin |
| The Portable Thoreau | Carl Bode (ed.) | Viking/Penguin |
| The Portable Whitman | Mark Van Doren (ed.) | Viking/Penguin |
| The Screwtape Letters | C.S. Lewis | HarperSF |
| Shakespeare’s Plays | William Shakespeare | Arden |
| Siddhartha | Hermann Hesse | New Directions |
| The Ten Principal Upanishads | W. B. Yeats/Shri Purohit Swami | Faber & Faber |
| World Within the Mind | H.P. Shastri | Shanti Sadan |
| Zen Flesh, Zen Bones | Paul Reps | Shambhala |
| Zen in the Art of Archery | Eugen Herrigel | Vintage |
Cafe & Bookstore
Good Company, the New York School of Practical Philosophy’s cafe and bookstore, offers an informal place to refresh and connect with fellow students from all levels of the School before and during the break in classes.
