Who he is
Dimitrios Tsakmakis is a carpenter's son from Athens. After school he served in the army as a special forces paratrooper, and since 2008 he has served in the Hellenic Police, including seven years in its counter-terrorism unit and work as a tactical instructor. He writes these volumes as letters to the children he hopes to have, after his father's dementia showed him how completely what a person knows can disappear. He lives in Athens with his wife.
Why he wrote the books
He wrote the series as a letter so the lessons would survive him — for girls and boys alike who want to grow up kalos kagathos (καλός κἀγαθός), noble and good, and as capable, critical-thinking, sensible adults.
His father's dementia taught him that everything a person knows can disappear while their body remains. All the Knowledge I Want to Bestow Upon My Children is the letter he refuses to let vanish.
Want to write your own letter to your child? Here is a guide and a free template.
The books
A five-volume series in English. Volumes I and II are out now as paperback and ebook (PDF and EPUB). Volume III, The World, is coming — no release date yet.
Volume I — Foundation
Character through the Three Laws.
Volume II — The Mind
Logic, the examined life and critical thinking.
Not to be confused with
This is Dimitrios Tsakmakis of Athens, author of the English series All the Knowledge I Want to Bestow Upon My Children — not other public figures or academics who share the same surname.
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