Saturday, November 21, 2020

A review of “Voltaire and Rousseau” (audiobook)

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Voltaire and Rousseau disagreed with each other on many issues. Nonetheless, they do have at least one thing in common, which is that they w...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Some thoughts about general education

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“It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.” – Thomas Sowell, economist An anecdote about educa...
Monday, November 16, 2020

I can’t decide what to major in …

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If you’ve arrived at this page, chances are that you’re either in college, or will be in college soon. Presumably, you know that you want ...
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...