Monthly Archives: December 2020

Book Review: Shopping Math

Posted on December 26, 2020 by nathanalbright

Shopping Math (Math 24/7), by Helen Thompson On the face of it, this is the sort of book that is designed to be absolutely repellant to male readers, with its pink and lavender color scheme, its picture of a princessy … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Be Smart About Shopping

Posted on December 26, 2020 by nathanalbright

Be Smart About Shopping: The Critical Consumer And Civic Financial Responsibility, by Kathiann M. Kowalski This book is prat of a series of books that are written on the subject of financial responsibility and aimed, it appears, at teenagers. This … Continue reading →

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Acting On It

Posted on December 25, 2020 by nathanalbright

One of the more interesting genres of books are books that are labeled as self-help books, whose goal it is to improve your life in some fashion. What makes this sort of book different from most types of books is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A History Of The Hellenistic World

Posted on December 25, 2020 by nathanalbright

A History Of The Hellenistic World, 323-30 BC, by R. Malcolm Errington One of the more lamentable aspects of reading a history like this is knowing that while the historian responsible for this work is surely competent at what he … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Hellenistic Age: A Short History

Posted on December 25, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Hellenistic Age: A Short History, by Peter Green This is a book whose existence is a case of recognized irony. The Hellenistic Age became notorious for the proliferation of short extract histories whose ease of reading kept many larger … Continue reading →

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Philosophers In The Dock

Posted on December 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

In some ways, to philosophize is human. Despite the fact that not many people explicitly study the subject of philosophy, it is nonetheless true that people, whether they realize it or not, have philosophical views and positions simply by virtue … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Philosophy In The Hellenistic & Roman Worlds

Posted on December 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

Philosophy In The Hellenistic & Roman Worlds (A History Of Philosophy Without Any Gaps), by Peter Adamson This particular author is a historian of philosophy who appears like one of the writers who would write lots of essays in those … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The First Philosophers: The Presocratics And The Sophists

Posted on December 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

The First Philosophers: The Presocratics And The Sophists, a new translation by Robin Waterfield To call this book a translation is a bit misleading. To be sure, there are translations to be found here. But the general gist of a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Making Men

Posted on December 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

Making Men: Sophists And Self-Presentation In Ancient Rome, by Maud W. Gleason There are a lot of things that I don’t particularly appreciate about this book. The author both has and lacks self-awareness in interesting ways, knowing that the fondness … Continue reading →

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Nothing But A Number

Posted on December 23, 2020 by nathanalbright

This past week, Taylor Swift had a #1 album and single review with “Evermore” and “Willow,” respectively, making her the first person to have a song and album debut simultaneously at #1 twice in a single calendar year. Next week, … Continue reading →

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