# 10 Books That Secretly Built History's Greatest Minds (and how they'll build yours)
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Original URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5sIPvQ0aYQ
Author: Stephen Petro
Platform: youtube
## Content
Want to GAIN the critical thinking & persuasion skills of the TOP 1%? Go here: https://stephenlpetro.systeme.io/c529416d *Correction Notes:* I said "Presidents... Hamilton" absolutely by accident when filming; obviously Alexander Hamilton was never president. With respect to Lincoln, I said he mastered "all 6 books" when I should have simply stated he "mastered 6 books", as there are 13 books of Euclid's Elements. ----------------------------------------- What made history's greatest thinkers the people they were was how they trained their minds, and the books they read played a major role. In this video, I share 10 of these books and how reading them will transform your thinking. Join my FREE Discord Community for real-time support & coaching! https://discord.com/invite/vZdjjGXXkz ==================== Want to work with me personally? Join the Critical Thinking Academy! https://stephenlpetro.systeme.io/ea77b76e Get social with me: Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/@thinkitthrough411 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@stephenpetro411 Time codes: 00:00-00:26: The books behind the world's greatest minds 00:27-01:50: Book 1 01:51-03:02: Book 2 03:03-04:25: Book 3 04:26-05:57: Book 4 05:58-07:16: Book 5 07:17-08:17: Book 6 08:18-09:22: Book 7 09:23-10:50: Book 8 10:51-11:52: Book 9 11:53-13:27: Book 10 Books mentioned in this video: "Plutarch's Lives" by Plutarch "Euclid's Elements" by Euclid "De Rerum Natura" by Lucretius “Consolation of Philosophy” by Boethius "Essays" by Michel Montaigne "Cyropaedia" by Xenophon “Enchiridion” by Epictetus "The Analects of Confucius" “History of the Peloponnesian War” by Thucydides "The Arabian Nights"