Saturday, October 24, 2020

Blog posts by region

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I was once asked whether I covered  world history  on my blog. The answer is a simple “yes.” Here is a sort of table of contents for my ...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

A review of “Friedrich Nietzsche” (audiobook)

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“There are no facts, only interpretations.” – Friedrich Nietzsche He was the most controversial thinker in the entire history of philo...
Saturday, October 10, 2020

Some thoughts about classical education

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“[Chaerephon] went to Delphi and boldly asked the oracle to tell him … whether anyone was wiser than I was, and the Pythian prophetess ans...
Thursday, October 8, 2020

What is “linguistics,” and why is it important?

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“If you are considering becoming a linguistics major, you probably know something about the field of linguistics already. However, you may...
Friday, October 2, 2020

6 great ideas for possible history movies

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I sometimes wish that I had the money to make a  Hollywood movies  about history – or even several of them. I have all kinds of ideas ab...
Monday, September 28, 2020

A review of Sun Tzu's “The Art of War”

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“If you know the enemy and know yourself , you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for ...
Sunday, September 27, 2020

A review of “Judaism” (audiobook)

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“And I will establish my covenant between me and thee [Abraham] and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant , t...