[Books I’ve read that I think may be of general interest. See also my book club entries under essays.] The New York Times best-selling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history’s greatest thinkers and showing us how each – from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau … Continue reading Book suggestion: The Socrates Express, In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers
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