Five minutes a day

History's greatest ideas, in five minutes a day.

Corpus turns philosophy and economics into short daily lessons built around the thinkers who shaped them: Socrates, Adam Smith, Kahneman, and more. An idea, a real source, then a question. Not lectures. Thinking.

No feed. No filler. One real idea a day.
IDEA

Today's Idea

Most people live their lives on autopilot, doing what's expected of them and believing what society taught them, without ever stopping to ask: "Wait, why?"

Philosophy isn't a profession for academics. It's a habit, the habit of asking the questions most people skip over.

And the man who invented this habit paid for it with his life.

SOURCE

From Plato's Apology, 38a

"The greatest good for a man is to discuss virtue every day, and the unexamined life is not worth living."Plato, Apology 38a

Athens, 399 BC. Socrates, 70 years old, stands trial, charged with corrupting the youth. The penalty is death. Instead of begging for mercy, he explains why he cannot stop questioning.

CHECK YOURSELF

Imagine someone always told that "financial stability is the most important thing." They never asked why; they simply chose a safe, predictable path because everyone around them did.

According to Socrates, what kind of life is this?

A real lesson. Swipe through, and answer the last one.
Why Corpus

Depth that fits in a coffee break.

Most apps are built to keep you scrolling. Corpus is built to make you think, then let you go.

Five real minutes

A complete idea every day. Short enough to keep up with, deep enough to stay with you.

Dialogues, not lectures

You think alongside the thinker, answering questions, not just reading answers.

Philosophy & economics

From "what is a good life?" to how markets really move. The ideas behind how we live.

Minds worth knowing

Time with the people who actually moved human thought, made approachable, never dumbed down.

How it works

Three steps. Five minutes.

1

Open today's lesson

A new thinker and idea waiting each day. No setup, no syllabus.

2

Read it, then answer

An idea, a real historical source, then a question that makes you think it through.

3

Keep one idea

Leave with a single thought worth carrying into the rest of your day.

Who you'll meet

Collect history's greatest minds.

Two worlds, side by side. Tap any card to take a closer look, and unlock dozens more as you go.

Philosophy
Plato, Kant, Nietzsche, and more
Economics
Keynes, Ricardo, Hayek, and more
Early readers

People are already hooked.

One of the most encouraging things I've come across in a long time.

Nadav

It sparks curiosity and makes the ideas accessible, without provoking the resistance that usually gets in the way.

Galit

What a joy to learn heavy subjects like philosophy in a way this light and fun.

Ido

Five minutes a day with thinkers like these.

That's Corpus. Open it, answer one question, and see what stays with you.

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