Publius
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ AMERICA'S 250TH β€” JULY 4, 2026

Publius

Learn Like a Founder

The Founding Fathers didn't just build America β€” they studied the greatest thinkers in history to do it. Now you can learn what they learned, in 5 minutes a day.

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47
Lessons
6
Founding Fathers
5
Classical Thinkers
5 min
Per Lesson

Meet the Founders

Seven lessons each. From their first bold move to their lasting legacy.

Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
7 lessons
George Washington
Washington
7 lessons
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
7 lessons
John Adams
Adams
7 lessons
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
7 lessons
James Madison
Madison
7 lessons

Learn What They Learned

The Founders studied Socrates, Cicero, and Aristotle. Now you can too.

Socrates
Socrates
The Socratic Method
1 lesson
Cicero
Cicero
Civic Virtue
1 lesson
Aristotle
Aristotle
Virtue Ethics
1 lesson
John Locke
Locke
Empiricism
1 lesson
Plutarch
Plutarch
Parallel Lives
1 lesson

How It Works

Beautiful illustrated cards you tap through at your own pace. No lectures. No textbooks. Just stories.

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Tap-Through Stories

Each lesson is a series of beautifully illustrated cards. Tap to advance. Read at your own pace. Done in 5 minutes.

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Quiz Yourself

Every lesson ends with a quick quiz. Not to grade you β€” to help the ideas stick.

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Connected Learning

Discover how Franklin connects to Socrates. How Jefferson leads to Cicero. The Founders didn't learn in isolation β€” neither should you.

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Classical Roots

Five bonus tracks on the classical thinkers who shaped the Founders: Socrates, Cicero, Aristotle, Plutarch, and the Enlightenment philosophers.

Why "Publius"?

In 1787, three men set out to convince America to ratify its new Constitution. They wrote 85 essays β€” brilliant, urgent, persuasive β€” and published them all under one pseudonym: Publius.


Those three men were Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. Their essays became The Federalist Papers β€” the most important political writing in American history.


We named this app after them because Publius did exactly what we're trying to do: make the ideas behind America accessible to everyone.

Ready to learn like a Founder?

Free to download. Start with Franklin. You'll be hooked by card three.

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