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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Join us next month for an afternoon of intellectual community in Philly! Apply now for our Public Seminar on "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson in partnership with our friends at Collegium Institute. View the full schedule and apply here: catherineproject.fillout.com/philly_2026

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🅱️askerville @baskerville.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A partial list of authors read: Dostoevsky, George Eliot, Augustine, Dante, Virgil, Shakespeare, Cormac McCarthy, Spinoza, Plato, Hobbes, Thucydides, Xenophon, Homer, Aristotle, Heidegger, Melville

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cpmcinerney.bsky.social @cpmcinerney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Incredibly excited to start a new group this week with @catherineproject.bsky.social reading Aristotle's Metaphysics A in Greek. Fingers crossed I can make more sense of the text in a language I barely know than I can in translation!

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🅱️askerville @baskerville.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Wrapped up Moby-Dick with @catherineproject.bsky.social last night. Another fantastic, dedicated group of readers. After five years & dozens of books, I’m taking some time off this fall as we prepare for our second child. The Project is an amazing thing. If you’re considering joining, do so!

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Works of Genius @worksofgenius.org · 13/08/2026

Tomorrow is the deadline for applications! Don’t miss out. 📖📚

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Martyn Wendell Jones @martynwendell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This fall’s reading group listings comprise one of the richest @catherineproject.bsky.social offerings I’ve seen so far. There are multiple Moby-Dick sections, including one in a young parent-friendly 8–10 p.m. slot—consider! Would be a great way to spend a damp, drizzly November in your soul!

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

You should sign up for a Catherine Project group. Learn Ancient Greek, go whaling, memorize some poetry. It's good (and free).

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Enrollment for Fall 2026 is now open! 📚🍂 Join our global readership for thoughtful, open-ended discussions on books that matter. Browse what's on offer and apply today: catherineproject.org Applications close August 14.

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Martyn Wendell Jones @martynwendell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Covered one of the great passages tonight in our @catherineproject.bsky.social reading group on Moby-Dick. “But as in landlessness alone resides the highest truth, shoreless, indefinite as God—so, better it is to perish in that howling infinite, than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee…”

Two-page spread from Moby-Dick covering chapter 23, “The Lee Shore.” Before the text is a dark illustration of the central figure, the sailor Bulkington, his face obscured in silhouette as he faces the sea from the deck of a small boat; following the text is a dark that shows a bird flying over a lightning bolt through clouds. Here is as much of the text as will fit:
Some chapters back, one Bulkington was spoken of, a tall, new-landed mariner, encountered in New Bedford at the inn.
When on that shivering winter’s night, the Pequod thrust her vindictive bows into the cold malicious waves, who should I see standing at her helm but Bulkington! I looked with sympathetic awe and fearfulness upon the man, who in midwinter just landed from a four years’ dangerous voyage, could so unrestingly push off again for still another tempestuous term. The land seemed scorching to his feet. Wonderfullest things are ever the unmentionable; deep memories yield no epitaphs; this six-inch chapter is the stoneless grave of Bulkington. Let me only say that it fared with him as with the storm-tossed ship, that miserably drives along the leeward land. The port would fain give succor; the port is pitiful; in the port is safety, comfort, hearthstone, supper, warm blankets, friends, all that’s kind to our mortalities. But in that gale, the port, the land, is that ship’s direst jeopardy; she must fly all hospitality; one touch of land, though it but graze the keel, would make her shudder through and through. With all her might she crowds all sail off shore; in so doing, fights ’gainst the very winds that fain would blow her homeward; seeks all the lashed sea’s landlessness again; for refuge’s sake forlornly rushing into peril; her only friend her bitterest foe!
Know ye, now, Bulkington? Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea; while the wildest winds of heaven …

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Martyn Wendell Jones @martynwendell.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul—and I find myself pausing before coffin warehouses—and my hypos get the upper hand of me—that's when I know it's time to go back to Moby-Dick. Extremely chuffed to be embarking on an M-D @catherineproject.bsky.social group one week from today...

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Kasey Bailes @kaseynbailes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I already miss my Spring @catherineproject.bsky.social Homer group. Hopefully I'll see some of them again for Fall Plato, but til then...

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I am an ape in an enclosure. I require enrichment activities. I could do worse than reading Thucydides. (you should sign up for one of these *free* groups)

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kevin @kevinbarrett.org · 22/02/2026

I’ve spent the past six months reading Aquinas with @catherineproject.bsky.social folks and it’s been lovely. Fun to have your default state of being be rumination of what some dude named Thomas was up to. Or, put differently: I;m thinking about thos Beens

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Sandstone Violin @sandstoneviolin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

It's been a difficult week on multiple levels — and having a Thursday with two @catherineproject.bsky.social discussions of Dante and Dostoyevsky with groups of incredibly thoughtful readers has been the absolute highlight of it. Tremendously spirit-lifting. (And completely free.)

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🅱️askerville @baskerville.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Is it a damp, drizzly November in your soul? Tempted to go out in the street knocking men’s hats off? I know just what you need: sun, summer, and the sea! Come read MOBY-DICK with me this summer for the @catherineproject.bsky.social Tuesday nights 8-10pm est! catherineproject.org/general-offe...

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General Offerings In addition to our Core Program, we offer a variety of courses focused on particular great books, ancient languages, and other related subjects. These courses offer opportunities to ...

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Summer 2026 enrollment is now open! 📚☀️ Explore great books with readers worldwide this summer. Browse our course offerings and apply today: catherineproject.org Applications close Friday, April 3rd.

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Brooklyn Institute @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Idiot | Winter-Spring Courses 2026 | BISR Online | buff.ly/b34PJ0i

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TheForceWorks @forceworksthe.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

If you want to read the poem but feel it may be overwhelming, check out @catherineproject.bsky.social Its a great, completely free (that accepts donations) project that creates reading groups and courses on a variety of topics, including Homer.

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🅱️askerville @baskerville.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Wrapped up Being and Time w/ my @catherineproject.bsky.social group last night. Always so impressed with readers who sign up for Catherine Project groups. Intelligent, engaged people tackled one of the most difficult works of western philosophy for 13 weeks in their off time. Did a great job.

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Works of Genius @worksofgenius.org · 26/11/2025

Registration closes on Friday! Don’t miss out!

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Kasey Bailes @kaseynbailes.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Current reads: Gulliver's Travels (with @catherineproject.bsky.social) and another @rbratten.bsky.social entry 📚

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🅱️askerville @baskerville.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Have you found yourself asking: what is the deal with poiesis? Come read Plato’s TIMAEUS and Heidegger’s THE QUESTION CONCERNING TECHNOLOGY with me this Spring! Or sign up for many other great @catherineproject.bsky.social offerings! catherineproject.org/general-offe...

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Enrollment for our Spring 2026 term is open! View our Spring 2026 offerings and apply here: catherineproject.org Registration will close on Friday, November 28th.

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Steven Gnocchi @okeydoxy.com · 24/10/2025

I enjoyed a really thoughtful and insightful conversation about Sophocles' Philoctetus today, thanks to the @catherineproject.bsky.social (also great to finally be in a seminar with @kaseynbailes.bsky.social !)

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Curious about what we do? Join us on Friday, October 24th for a one-off seminar on the Greek tragedy Philoctetes by Sophocles! Learn more and register: catherineproject.org/community-se...

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Neha Zaidka @nzaidka.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

It’s been a year of @catherineproject.bsky.social organizing seminars in the NL. I’m thrilled to see the community growing here. So far we have gathered to discuss Shakespeare, Wordsworth, and Chaucer. Join us on 1st Nov. to discuss Shakespeare’s Hamlet! Register: forms.fillout.com/t/s8opMPj79Bus

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

In partnership with the Graduate Institute at St. John's College, we're excited to announce an in-person event happening Saturday, October 11th on the College's beautiful Annapolis campus. To view a full schedule of events and register, follow this link: catherineproject.fillout.com/annapolis-se...

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

So this is outside of my training, but I know a lot of classicists on here: what would you suggest for someone post-college looking to teach themselves the language? My instinct is 'Wheelock, blood, sweat and tears' but I assume there is a better answer.

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✦ @mnchrm.co · 12/08/2025

Registrations *just* closed, but @catherineproject.bsky.social offers an introductory Latin (and ancient Greek!) tutorial that uses Lingua Latina and Colloquia Personarum, depending on the section. catherineproject.org/general-offe...

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Today is the last day to apply! We have over 100 courses on offer this fall. Join us for thoughtful, open-ended discussions on great books. Readers from all backgrounds are welcome; participation is free. View our offerings & apply here: catherineproject.org

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Karen Carlson @sloopie72.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Right now I'm trying to decide between Plato (Republic), Virginia Woolf (Mrs. Dalloway/To The Lighthouse), or Borges (Ficciones). Or James Joyce (Dubliners/Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man). Oh, Or Dostoevsky. Or

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🅱️askerville @baskerville.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Have you ever wondered what being means? Want to not find out? Come read BEING AND TIME with me on Tuesday nights this Fall! Or sign up for one of many other great @catherineproject.bsky.social offerings! catherineproject.org/general-offe...

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Karen Carlson @sloopie72.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Who wants to read something cool with me this Fall?

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Enrollment for our Fall 2025 term is open! View our Fall 2025 offerings and apply here: catherineproject.org Registration will close on August 8th.

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Registration for our Fall term will open this Thursday, 7/31... But if you just can't wait to read a great book with great people, we're opening early registration for four groups that start in August! Follow the link to register or learn more: forms.fillout.com/t/4vGEpx8LN8us

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Calling all Boston readers! Join our summer reading group on utopia and human flourishing. We'll be reading ancient and modern writings by Hesiod, Aristotle, and Aldous Huxley and meeting at Boston University. See flyer for more details and register at: catherineproject.org/events

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

If, by some delightful chance, you live in Southern Indiana, we're hosting a series of one-off seminars in Bloomington this summer. Dave knows that study and conversation are the grounds of true love! Don't you want to love?! Register here: forms.fillout.com/t/2avxbuFk23us

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Join us in Chicago on Saturday, 6/14 for a seminar on selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses! Visit catherineproject.org/events for more info and to register.

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Brooklyn Institute @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Fyodor Dostoyevski: Crime and Punishment (In-Person) | June BISR Courses at Tribeca Therapy | buff.ly/TwYhLaG

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Karen Carlson @sloopie72.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

“All human beings by nature stretch themselves out towards knowing.” On my experience wrestling with Aristotle's 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴 via the @catherineproject.bsky.social - and my recovery from same. #ClassicsBluesky #philsky sloopie72.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/a...

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Aristotle: Metaphysics via the Catherine Project

[982a 12] And among the kinds of knowledge, we assume the one that is for its own sake and chosen for the sake of knowing more to be wisdom than the one chosen for the sake of results, and that the…

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Works of Genius @worksofgenius.org · 25/04/2025

Only one more @catherineproject.bsky.social meeting left for this reading group. 😭

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Kasey Bailes @kaseynbailes.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

So everyone should stop what they're doing right now and go read “Bartleby, the Scrivener”

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Registration for our Summer term is now closed. Thank you to all 1,000 readers who applied! Placement decisions will start going out on 5/12. Stay tuned for some exciting upcoming in-person events and see our Community Calendar for Fall term dates.

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Community Calendar Please note that while we do our best to provide accurate estimates, all dates are subject to change. To receive the most up-to-date news about our offerings and events, we invite y...

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Martyn Wendell Jones @martynwendell.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I applied to join a @catherineproject.bsky.social reading group this summer, and you should, too. Deadline's today! Pictured are the summer offerings through D. (What is there at F and beyond? Guess you'll have to click through to find out...) catherineproject.org/general-offe...

Reading Groups

Groups meet on the identified dates and times to discuss readings in the listed text(s). Unless otherwise noted, meetings are conducted in English and take place online.

Please note: all meeting times are listed in U.S. Eastern Time and dates follow the convention of month/day/year. All reading loads are approximate.

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, and Arrow of God

Mondays, 7:00-8:30 PM ET, 6/30-8/18 (8 wks)
Reading load: 70 pages/week

Thomas Aquinas, Selections from the Summa Theologica on Charity and Love

Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00 PM ET, 6/24-8/12 (8 wks)
Reading load: 20-30 (dense) pages/week

Aristotle, On the Soul

Thursdays, 8:00-10:00 PM ET, 6/12-7/24 (7 wks)
Reading load: 20 pages/week

Georges Bernanos, Diary of a Country Priest

Mondays, 6:00-7:30 PM ET, 7/07-7/28 (4 wks)
Reading load: 80 pages/week

Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

Tuesdays, 8:00-9:30 PM ET, 6/10-7/29 (8 wks)
Reading load: 40 pages/week

EN ESPAÑOL: Pedro Calderón de la Barca, La vida es sueño

Programa: Sábados, 8:30-10:00 AM ET, 07/05-07/26 (4 sem.)
Cantidad de lectura: 35 pgs. por semana
Este grupo de lectura leerá y discutirá el texto en español. Los participantes deberían poder participar de

On the Monastic Life: John Cassian’s Conferences

Wednesdays, 8:00-9:30 PM ET, 6/04-7/30 (9 wks)
Reading load: 20-30 pages/week

Dante, The Divine Comedy

Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 PM ET, 6/05/25-1/22/26 (34 wks)
Reading load: 20 pages/week

The Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, and selections from The Federalist Papers

Tuesdays, 8:00-10:00 PM ET, 6/03-8/05 (10 wks)
Reading load: 10 pages/week

Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

Mondays, 8:00-9:30 PM ET, 6/09-8/25 (12 wks)
Reading load: 70 pages/week

Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00 PM ET, 6/04-8/27 (13 wks)
Reading load: 70 pages/week

Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

Thursdays, 8:30-10:00 PM ET, 6/05-8/28 (13 wks)
Reading load: 70 pages/week

M. Forster, Howards End
Wednesdays, 7:00-8:30 PM ET, 6/25-7/16 (4 wks)
Reading load: 70 pages/week

Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish

Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 PM ET, 6/05-8/07 (10 wks)
Reading load: 30-40 pages/week

Robert Frost, North of Boston

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Catherine Project @catherineproject.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

We are thrilled to announce the publication of Issue #2 of our community journal, Commonplace. Inside are essays on George Eliot, the Iliad, writing as therapy, a Vermeer painting, and Thoreau's approach to education, as well as poetry and art—all by friends and members of our community!

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Issues Commonplace 2, Spring 2025 Commonplace 1, Summer 2024 *Commonplace is meant to be shared! We encourage readers to print out copies and leave them in local libraries, bookstores, coffee shops, e...

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Kasey Bailes @kaseynbailes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Though I will have my hands full with a spin-off Joyce group covering Ulysses this summer, I highly encourage everyone to check out @catherineproject.bsky.social's summer offerings — there are almost TOO many great ones to choose from! 📚🐝

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Lyceum Institute @lyceuminstitute.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

TODAY! (4/2/25) 5:45–7:15pm ET Lyceum Institute Happy Hour on the Future of Education and Technology. We'll be discussing Adam Pugen's article, “The Future is Technoclassical”. Open to the public. Details at the link below. lyceum.institute/new...

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On the Future of Education and Technology

A Philosophical Happy Hour discussing education and technology in light of the first entry in Adam Pugen's “Future is Technoclassical” article.

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Karen Carlson @sloopie72.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Decisions, decisions: what do I want to read this summer: Fiction (Melville, Lu Xun, Bronte, Dostoevsky, Woolf, Achebe)? Poetry (Frost, Milton, Virgil, Li Qingzhao)? Thematic grouping (Democracy, Individualism, Ancient Rome)?

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🅱️askerville @baskerville.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Come read DE ANIMA with me this summer! Or sign up for many other great offerings

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