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School of Civilization

The long study of how peoples have built, and lost, capable orders.

The capstone school of the Academy. Civilization is the study of the institutions, ideas, and technologies by which peoples have built durable orders — and the record of how those orders have failed. The other six schools produce the individual; this school reminds the individual what they are for.

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I
Program

History and Institutions

The record of how orders were made, and how they ended.

  • 101
    The Ancient World
    7 lessons
  • 102
    The Medieval World
    4 lessons
  • 103
    The Modern World
    7 lessons
  • 104
    Comparative Institutions
    3 lessons
II
Program

Political Philosophy

The ideas beneath every political institution.

  • 201
    The Ancients
    5 lessons
  • 202
    The Moderns
    4 lessons
  • 203
    The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
    7 lessons
III
Program

Economics and Technology

The material history of human capability.

  • 301
    The History of Economic Thought
    6 lessons
  • 302
    Growth and Development
    4 lessons
  • 303
    The History of Technology
    3 lessons
  • 304
    The Present Moment
    3 lessons
IV
Program

Ethics and the Good Order

The oldest question in the school.

  • 401
    Ancient Ethics
    7 lessons
  • 402
    Religious Ethics
    3 lessons
  • 403
    Modern Ethics
    4 lessons
  • 404
    The Good Order
    3 lessons