Saturday, July 25, 2015

Falling in love with Classics: How I rediscovered Ancient Greece and Rome

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"Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans , and of the Stoicks , encountered him [Paul]. And some said, What will this babbler say...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

A review of Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage”

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"The Cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be ... " - Opening lines of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos: A Personal Vo...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

A review of “The French Revolution” (History Channel)

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"There is therefore a purely civil profession of faith of which the Sovereign should fix the articles, not exactly as religious dogma...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

John Quincy Adams: A great statesman in his own right

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Note: John Quincy Adams was the last of four presidents from the "Democratic-Republican Party." Not to be confused with modern De...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Why I want to read philosophy in other languages

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It is well-known among my friends that I am a foreign language buff. Some of my friends also know that I am a  philosophy  buff as well. ...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

A review of “Liberty! The American Revolution” and “The Revolution”

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"The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the ...
Monday, June 22, 2015

Why we allied with Soviet Russia during World War II, and then fought against it later on

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"The Government of the German Reich and The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[,] desirous of strengthening the ca...
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