Thursday, March 31, 2022

A review of “Descartes, Bacon, and Modern Philosophy” (audiobook)

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“ Cogito, ergo sum .” (“I think, therefore I am.”) – René Descartes, in his works “Discourse on the Method” (1637) and “Principles of Philo...
Saturday, March 19, 2022

A review of PBS’s “The Gilded Age” (American Experience)

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A portrait of capitalism (and some other things) in late nineteenth-century America This film is a portrait of capitalism (and some other th...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

A review of Frank Delaney’s “The Celts” (BBC)

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“And, first, with regard to the antient Britons [the Celts], the aborigines of our island, we have so little handed down to us concerning t...
Thursday, March 3, 2022

A review of “Bargain Hunters, Contrarians, Cycles, and Waves” (audiobook)

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So I was recently listening to an audio series about investment . This particular installment was called “Bargain Hunters, Contrarians, Cycl...
Sunday, February 27, 2022

A review of “Investment Philosophers and Financial Economists” (audiobook)

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This audiobook was my introduction to “Secrets of the Great Investors,” an audio series about investment. This particular installment was c...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

A review of “Arthur Schopenhauer” (audiobook)

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“To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake.” – Arthur Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer is known as a pe...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

A review of “Astronomy: The Heavenly Challenge” (audiobook)

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The battle over the Sun-centered universe was as much political as it was scientific. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , a th...