Tuesday, August 29, 2023

A review of John Locke’s “Two Treatises of Government” (audiobook)

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John Locke’s “Two Treatises of Government” is one of the greatest political works ever written. It had a massive influence on the founding d...
Saturday, August 26, 2023

A review of “Chemistry and the Enlightenment” (audiobook)

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It’s quite an achievement when you can make an audiobook about chemistry that is understandable for someone like me. Chemistry was literally...
Friday, August 11, 2023

The wisdom of the ages: The enduring legacy of books

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“I cannot live without books; but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object.” – Thomas Jefferson , in a let...
Saturday, July 29, 2023

A review of “Mussolini: The History of Italian Fascism”

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“I have never wished anyone dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” – Paraphrase of defense lawyer Clarence Darrow , in ...

A review of Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” (audiobook)

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I had heard only a little about  Alexis de Tocqueville  before I listened to this audiobook. I knew that he was from France , and that he ha...
Friday, July 14, 2023

My experience with political philosophy in French

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This is a follow-up to a blog post from 2014 . (For this earlier post, click here .) I wrote a post some years ago about my experience with ...
Monday, July 10, 2023

A review of William Blackstone’s “Commentaries on the Laws of England”

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“The objects of the laws of England are so very numerous and extensive, that, in order to consider them with any tolerable ease and perspic...