I included this book on my list with high expectations that it was money in the bank. I’d read The Brother’s … More
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A review of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne
My list is mostly the things I feel the need to read, but I included a large selection of 19th … More
A review of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
I packed my list with a good bit of 19th century pop fiction, and I did this partly to have some … More
Founding Father Burn
Here’s our man Alexander Hamilton talking about the regional factions that would form, and what side each state would likely … More
Federalists 1-13
So following Aristotle’s very disppointing Politics, I wanted a surer bet, so I turned to the The Federalist Papers, and … More
A review of Politics by Aristotle
I was surprised to discover that Aristotle was an idiot. I curated my list hoping to stock it with the … More
Aristotle is kind of an idiot
So I am diving into Aristotle’s Politics, which seemed appropriate after Rousseau, and I’m finding him to be a slightly … More
A review of The Social Contract by Rousseau
The Social Contract is Rousseau’s attempt to resolve the question of how one might submit to the will of the … More
Rousseau Extracts
I finished The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, which was very engaging and pleasant to read. I will be writing … More
A review of The Early History of Rome by Livy
Livy’s Early History of Rome is an excellent study of Rome, and a quite enjoyable procession through the founding stories … More