oh yeah in retrospect i would add a few more white people (mostly russians) for the literature side and engels (im sorry i always give marx credit for your work bud) and plato (just to sum up western philosophy before marx lmao). to be fair im quite clearly a Shakespeare nerd when i say you should read shakespeare i mean you should read a LOT of Shakespeare, i love that guy, he is so far above any other writer in English language its not even close!