The Cause - Rob Pirie

8 Books You Should Read To Save Society - Before It's Too Late...

Jun 12, 2024

This podcast series explores the impact of education and morals on society, highlighting the importance of classical education in safeguarding liberty. The speaker covers eight essential books addressing societal issues, government influence, and the political theory of the American Founding. Through these books, the audience is encouraged to educate themselves and stand as a union to combat external forces closing in.

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Classical education emphasizes the importance of understanding ancient civilizations for sustaining a democratic society.

Rejecting moral foundations leads to societal decay and diminishes individual humanity.

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Theme 1: The Importance of Classical Education in Sustaining a Just Civilization

Classical education, as highlighted in 'A Defense of Classical Education' by Richard Livingston, emphasizes the significance of understanding Greek and Roman achievements to comprehend the American founding. Without this education, a society cannot sustain a democratic republic form of government. The book stresses the need for individuals to be educated to think and judge correctly, guided by agreed-upon virtues.

Intro

4min

Analyzing Books on Societal Issues and Political Theory

2min

Exploring Eight Books to Address Societal Issues and Encourage Discourse

2min

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This new-themed 8-book reading series is going to cover the demise of education and how that leads to a lack of morals and eventually the road to totalitarianism.
What happens when we move away from a classical education? What happens to society when morals are lost? These are some of the issues we will be covering in this reading series and we will also go over how society has been corrected and fixed in the past. These books below are not all-inclusive of the problems and surely not the sole fix. Reading books and reading important books has never been more important than now. We must do our duty to safeguard the liberty we still exercise and push back against all the external forces closing in. No single person can stop the demise but if we all educate ourselves and stand as a union again, we will at least have a chance. I hope you enjoy this reading series and I would love it if you would join me along this journey. The books are listed below in the order I will cover them. Stay blessed!

1. A Defense Of Classical Education: https://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/mp/a-defence-of-classical-education/
2. Weapons Of Mass Instruction: https://amzn.to/3RojPS1
3. The Republic: https://amzn.to/45kkp9o
4. The Social Contract: https://amzn.to/4cl1Ns9
5. The Abolition Of Man: https://amzn.to/3VD5X92
6. Discourse On Voluntary Servitude: https://amzn.to/3x3AFPv
7. The Road to Serfdom: https://amzn.to/3Xq8hSp
8. The Political Theory Of The American Founding: https://amzn.to/4chLD2x

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