Welcome to Four Civility Books that Will Change Your Life!

I created this course to give you a sneak peek at the content of the book, and a slightly deeper dive on some of my favorite books that I discovered as part of writing my book for you.

In this course, you’ll learn the timeless principles of human flourishing—principles that thoughtful minds have discovered independently across time and place, and which can help us live well with others today, even in our deeply divided and lonely era.

Together over the next four modules, we’ll explore…

• The Teachings of Ptahhotep from 2600 B.C. Egypt, and the oldest book in the world
• The work of Ancient Greek philosopher Isocrates, a contemporary of Socrates and the “miss manners” of the Greco Roman world
• Cato Distichs, the wildly popular medieval Latin textbook that nourished minds from Geoffrey Chaucer, Benjamin Franklin and also the brilliant Erasmus of Rotterdam
• A Handbook on Manners for Children, by Erasmus of Rotterdam, the intellectual superstar of the European renaissance

And along the way, we’ll derive insights from dozens of other civility writers and thinkers who reflected deeply on the stuff of the good life with others.

I hope you’ll enjoy consuming this course (and my book!) as much as I enjoyed creating it!

I can’t wait to hear from you. After you finish the course (and book!) write to me at [email protected] and let me know what you think!

Thank you for your support in buying The Soul of Civility, taking this course, and the commitment these decisions reflect to healing our divides through the wisdom of the past.

Warmly,
Lexi