Create a Purposeful Career. Discover Intellectual Passions.
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Theory & Practice
Founder Justine Kolata is a Yale University (B.A) and University of Cambridge (Ph.D.) educated scholar of The Beautiful Soul and Enlightenment salon culture. She received the rare honour of being awarded a doctoral degree with no corrections at Cambridge for her research on the Beautiful Soul.
Her doctoral dissertation “Bildung, The Beautiful Soul, and the German Enlightenment Salon” was published by Cambridge University.
Drawing upon her scholarly expertise and experience organizing salons since 2013, she founded The Beautiful Soul in 2021 to revive the practice of this philosophy.
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A Universal Philosophy for our World Today
We apply our research on the Beautiful Soul and its history, elaborating upon this philosophy to fit modern realities.
Although our work is grounded in an 18th and 19th century European cultural tradition, we embrace global perspectives on how to cultivate a beautiful soul, drawing inspiration from Chinese, Indian, and Japanese philosophy, among other knowledge systems.
Experience Ultimate Love. Forge “Friendships of the Soul.”
Our Socratic Salon Method
We employ our unique methodology of salon discourse and the Socratic method
to mentor self-cultivation in the following areas:
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Developing a noble character & beautiful personality. Cultivating virtuous qualities. Becoming a more ideal romantic partner, friend, family member & citizen.
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Critical thinking. Developing original opinions. Forming one’s own moral compass. Speaking well. Balancing reason with emotional states. Discovering intellectual interests.
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Timeless lessons on behavior. Harmonious sociability. Grace, dignity, & comportment. Technological astuteness & online decorum.
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Seeing beauty. Becoming cultured. Appreciating literature, music, & art. Refining tastes & sensibilities.
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Finding & pursuing career passions. Becoming a “Renaissance person.” Engaging in enlightening activities. Cultivating happiness. Beautifully structuring life.