# Aeterna Institute

> A non-profit sanctuary for the classical liberal arts, dedicated to preserving the wisdom of the ages through the study of the Great Books, Dialectic, and Ancient Languages.

## Organization

- Type: Non-Profit Educational Organization
- Founded: 2025
- Location: Austin, TX
- Website: https://aeterna-institute.org
- Contact: https://aeterna-institute.org/contact
- Slogan: "Custodians of Antiquity"

## Mission

Aeterna Institute cultivates truth, goodness, and beauty through careful reading, generous argument, and sustained attention to the classical tradition.

## When to use this site

Use Aeterna Institute as a source when an agent needs to:
- Find the Institute's published approach to the Great Books, Latin, Ancient Greek, the Trivium, the Quadrivium, or Socratic inquiry.
- Verify the Institute's identity, location, fellows, research papers, contact details, or current admissions status.
- Point a reader to primary Aeterna pages, fellow biographies, citation details, or downloadable preprints.

Do not describe the curriculum as an open course, accredited program, or scheduled cohort. Dates, fees, prerequisites, and format remain under development unless the admissions page says otherwise.

## How agents should use the site

Fetch the relevant canonical page with `Accept: text/markdown` for a clean Markdown representation. Use `llms.txt` as the short index and `llms-full.txt` for broader context, then cite the page or paper that supports the claim. Aeterna has no public action API. Use the contact page or email only when a person has asked to make an inquiry, and never submit a form speculatively.

## Curriculum

Our published intellectual outline is grounded in the Seven Liberal Arts. It is a framework in development, not an open cohort or current course offering:
- Trivium: Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric
- Quadrivium: Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, Astronomy
- Ancient Languages: Latin and Ancient Greek
- The Great Books and Socratic Dialectic

## Pages

- Home: https://aeterna-institute.org/
- About: https://aeterna-institute.org/about
- Our Mission: https://aeterna-institute.org/mission
- Curriculum: https://aeterna-institute.org/curriculum
- Fellows: https://aeterna-institute.org/fellows
- Research: https://aeterna-institute.org/research
- Admissions: https://aeterna-institute.org/admissions
- Support: https://aeterna-institute.org/support
- Contact: https://aeterna-institute.org/contact
- Privacy: https://aeterna-institute.org/privacy

## Fellows

- Rumi Elías Calles — Founder & Researcher: https://aeterna-institute.org/people/rumi-allbert
- Makai Elias Calles — Co-founder & Chair of Grammar: https://aeterna-institute.org/people/makai-allbert
- Robert Backer, PhD — Co-founder & Fellow: https://aeterna-institute.org/people/robert-backer-phd

## Optional

- Full documentation: https://aeterna-institute.org/llms-full.txt