Develop Intellectual Skills for a Purpose-Driven Life

Our mission is to impart an education that will prepare young people to be principled, creative individuals of independent judgment, capable of succeeding and leading in tomorrow’s dynamic world civilization. 

Build a Life of Creative Achievement

In our college-level program, we use specialized methods which strengthen reasoning skills and independent judgment.
 

These include a focus on the objective basis of knowledge in every field, physics to poetry, as well as the relation between abstract ideas and real-world consequences.

We combine these methods with content from world-changing classic texts, modern science and economics, and a special emphasis on reasoning, logic, psychological self-awareness, and practical skills, for a content-rich program.

Students learn to think for themselves as well as implement ideas in the world.

Our Programs

We host programs for young adults to learn to adapt to life’s challenges by starting from within, with self-understanding, self-responsibility, self-direction, and determination.

Great Books Conversations

Join us bi-weekly for enlightening conversations about classic texts that have extraordinary relevance to modern life. Our aim: respectful conversations that help you judge ideas and issues for yourself. Always free to attend with reading materials provided.

Overseas
Trips

Learn from the greatest thinkers and worthwhile modern works in an overseas excursion filled with riveting conversation, explorations of historical sites, and convivial meals. Delve into pivotal texts in the ancient cities where they were written with a group of thinkers. 

Seminars

Radically strengthen your reasoning power and autonomy in a week-long seminar of collaborative conversations about topics ranging from physics to philosophy, sculpture to sociology; see how ideas shape the world around you in thought-provoking outings.

What Makes Our Method Different from Other Programs?

Many young people haven’t had the opportunity or the experiences needed to learn how to judge what’s best for themselves. If you are one of them, our program will save you money and grief by helping you figure out what direction you should take and how to go about taking it before you waste money and valuable time.

You’ll discuss works of great authors about key topics which will sharpen your understanding of how to think and how to live.

We focus on enabling you to have excellent independent judgment, self-confidence, reasoning powers, social skills, and to learn about ideas across the ideological spectrum, so you can think for yourself.

You’ll have an opportunity to work on a real world problem with a small group, and you’ll also learn about personal finance, economics, the stock market, technology, and the role of art in a well-lived life.

What Students & Parents Say

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