If you still think that some of the problems of the past 6 years are things that can be worked through with conversation, then this is the book for you.
read more Della gentilezza e del coraggio – Gianrico Carofiglio
The problem with predicting how society will go wrong based on what is wrong now is that it assumes all the factors will stay the same. Whoops.
A review written so long ago it is currently comically irrelevant.
read more How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life – Massimo Pigliucci
Some ‘classics’ just aren’t worth anyone’s time.
Paul Veyne’s “Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths” is all the reasons why you don’t send a philosopher to do a historian’s job.
read more Did the Greeks believe in their Myths? – Paul Veyne
If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know that Epistemology is a little pet topic of mine.
read more What is this thing called Knowledge? – Duncan Pritchard
Do you remember the good old days? Roger Scruton does, and his memory of the good old days will save western civilization.
Not really…
Failures in Polymathy 