Mário Sergio Cortella is a Brazilian philosopher, educator, and writer known for his work popularizing philosophy and reflecting on ethics, leadership, and education. A professor for decades and author of numerous widely circulated books in Brazil, he has become one of the country's most recognized public voices when it comes to philosophy applied to everyday and professional life.
His list of recommendations reveals a curation anchored in the great classics of Western thought: from Plato (Phaedo) to Aristotle (Politics, Poetics, Rhetoric), passing through Descartes, Marcus Aurelius, Machiavelli, and Thomas Aquinas. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, by Paulo Freire, points to his commitment to the critical Brazilian educational tradition, while Reinações de Narizinho, by Monteiro Lobato, suggests an appreciation for reading formation from childhood. It is a list from someone who believes the canonical philosophical and literary repertoire is the indispensable foundation for thinking rigorously.
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”And Meditations is also worth reading.”
”It is one of the classics that simply must be read”
”A book that tells of an adventure in the fifth century and, at the same time, carries a whole reflection on the origin of life. It is wonderful. More than six hundred pages of pure joy”
”Arte Retórica and Arte Poética are also worth reading, very striking for understanding the place of art, the place of perception, of human communication”
”There is no philosophy without Aristotle.”
”Arte Retórica and Arte Poética are also worth reading, very striking for understanding the place of art, the place of perception, of human communication”
”It seeks to capture the need for an education that leads a person to break free of their chains.”
