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Monday, May 5, 2025
A review of “Søren Kierkegaard” (audiobook)
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He was one of the greatest Christian philosophers of all time. But, in a particular way, he was one of the greatest philosophers of the ...
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Napoleon’s 1812 invasion of Russia led to his downfall
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“From the day of exchanging the ratification of the present treaties, there shall be perfect peace and amity between his majesty the empero...
Thursday, May 9, 2024
History of the European Union
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“By this Treaty, the HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES establish among themselves a EUROPEAN UNION , hereinafter called ‘the Union’, on which the Mem...
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
A review of Neil Oliver’s “Vikings: The Real Warriors” (BBC)
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In the year 793, the Vikings attacked a monastery on the English island of Lindisfarne . It was the beginning of the Viking invasion of Engl...
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