Friday, September 26, 2025

“The Enneads” by Plotinus (translated by George Boys-Stones, John M. Dillon, Lloyd P. Gerson, R.A.H. King, Andrew Smith, James Wilberding)

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This huge corpus of philosophy was written by the Neo-Platonist, Plotinus, during the course of his lifetime, in the third century. He was a...
Friday, September 19, 2025

“The Elephant in the Brain” by Robin Hanson and Kevin Simler

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Humans often act in their own selfish interests. However, humans do not want to appear to others to be acting selfishly. Through evolutio...
Friday, September 12, 2025

“Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future” by Dan Wang

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For much of this past decade, Wang worked for an economics research firm, Gavekal Dragonomics, spotting macro and geopolitical trends for he...
Friday, September 5, 2025

“The German Sturm und Drang” by Roy Pascal

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Pascal's book is a history of the Sturm und Drang movement, which took place in Germany roughly between 1770 and 1778. Although relati...
Friday, August 29, 2025

“One Way and Another” by Adam Phillips

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Phillips is truly the master of the essay. Whether primarily about psychoanalysis, literature, or just the quirks of life, he combines pit...
Friday, August 22, 2025

“One Life to Lead: The Mysteries of Time and the Goods of Attachment” by Samuel Scheffler

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Scheffler begins this philosophical treatise with a question, “What is it to lead a human life?” More precisely, perhaps, Scheffler is conce...
Friday, August 15, 2025

“The Party’s Interests Comes First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun” by Joseph Torigian

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Torigian’s massive tome cannot be read without reflecting on Xi’s most famous son, Jinping. That said, this is a biography of Zhongxun in hi...