I don't think your first two are as foundational, as teachable, or as uniquely relevant to students in the present moment in the US as Orwell and Marcus Aureliu

I don't think your first two are as foundational, as teachable, or as uniquely relevant to students in the present moment in the US as Orwell and Marcus Aurelius. But note that none of your picks appear on that list of 850 books they're banning in Texas.