[nicklaf]

Much better. Looking through the intermediate and advanced sections, I see that this guide suffers from none of the omissions which I had complained about in my post (specifically, the omissions of classic works by Arnold and Spivak).

(I still think it would be crazy not to buy the PCtM somewhere before reaching the advanced part of this guide, and it may as well be before the intermediate as well. Consider that without the PCtM, you may never realize that your initial (probably false) assumptions about the scope of mathematics may mean that you will never even get past the beginner section at all!)