The Life of Samuel Johnson (Penguin Classics)8 reviews James Boswell Penguin Classics, 1979 A Great Book, Funny and Profound + The Life of Samuel Johnson is a treasure trove for the quotable eighteenth century lexicographer and man of letters + Biography as English literature. Note: I made some immature Mormon angry because of my negative reviews of books that attempted to prove the Book of Mormon, and that person has been slamming my reviews almost as fast as they are posted. I must have really burned him or her because I've deleted this review and re-posted it and ...             Isaac Newton74 reviews James Gleick Vintage, 2004 Interesting and well Written + A very detailed explanation of Isaac Newton's life and works + Standing next to God + Comets, Not Apples             Status Anxiety17 reviews Alain De Botton Vintage, 2005 Important Satire + very thought provoking + Entertainingly thought-provoking + two different audio versions + A good way of avoiding misery             The Unity of Philosophical Experience7 reviews Etienne Gilson Ignatius Press, 1999 A history of philosophy with philosophical implications + Best Single Book in the History of Philosophy + A Philosophical Must + This is one of the good ones + A Gem             The Essential Rousseau (Essentials)2 reviews Jean-Jacques Rousseau Plume, 1974 Excellent Classroom Edition "The Essential Rousseau" is an edition of, as its name suggests, Rousseau's most essential works, including his "Discourse on the Arts and Letters" and "Discourse on the Origins of Inequality" in their entirity, as well as excerpts from other major works, including "The Social Contract" and "The ...             Reflections on the Revolution in France (Oxford World's Classics)6 reviews Edmund Burke Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 A Warning to Those in Love with Unbridled Power and Vulnerable to Anything New + Edmund Burkes contribution + A Classic of Conservative Thought + The finest writing ever in English prose! + Not Just for Undergrads!             Being and Some Philosophers4 reviews Etienne Gilson Pontifical Inst of Medieval, 1952 A little-read masterpiece + The way the philosophy of being -should- be + Incredible + A Wonderful Historical Treatment of Metaphysics             Italian Journey: 1786-1788 (Penguin Classics)9 reviews Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Penguin Classics, 1992 The Original Beautiful Mind Goes South + Goethe's Italian Travel Journal + Travelling in Italy in the 1780's + Rocks and Rolls             The Dawn of the Reformation: Essays in Late Medieval and Early Reformation Thought1 review Heiko Augustinus Oberman Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1992 A look at the thinking of a fine scholar Professor Heiko Oberman attempts a collection of essays concerning the "pregnant plurality" of the Reformation era, as opposed to Gilson's inferred infertile approach. In the end I didn't see much difference with Oberman's own accounts of the critical forces driving the times or in Oberman's ...             Leisure The Basis Of Culture13 reviews Josef Pieper St. Augustines Press, 1998 An antitode for post-modern man and his scepticism + An Important Book + Killing the false Idol "Work" (Dru translation) + Useful Leisure Time Vs. Wasting Time             The Elizabethan World Picture9 reviews E. M. W. Tillyard Vintage, 1959 Ian Myles Slater on: A Standard Introduction + Going for the Bigger Picture + A fascinating picture + Fascinating in the extreme. + Human vs. machine             Civilisation: The Complete Series42 reviews Kenneth Clark BBC Warner, 2006 One of the most important documentaries ever made + Demanding but essential viewing of European history through art + The very best very personal view of Western culture. A complete joy. + A Walk Through Art and Time with Kenneth Clark             Pax Britannica: Climax of an Empire3 reviews Jan Morris Harvest Books, 2002 Empires Compared + Masterpiece of historical narrative + Outstanding This book is an exemplar of historical writing, about the British Empire at its peak, that should serve to tell Americans of today some of the advantages and hazards of an accumulating hegemony. The central event, around which the book is organized, is the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, ...             In Search of Shakespeare11 reviews Michael Wood PBS (Direct), 2004 The Life and Times of Shakespeare + I can't imagine how it could be improved + Anne and Will + Best Shakespeare biography yet! + The life and times of Shakespeare             The Greek Way26 reviews Edith Hamilton W. W. Norton & Company, 1993 A very learned view of the classical greeks + Thought-Provoking Tribute to Classical Greek Culture + Superb Overview of Greece in Classical Times + $2.59 for an affordable dabble into Ancient Greek history + THE GREEK WAY             The Consolations of Philosophy97 reviews Alain De Botton Vintage, 2001 I Wanted to Wait on This Review Until . . . + The middle man of philosophy scores big!! + For plain folk like me + Better Living Thought Philosophy             The Echo of Greece6 reviews Edith Hamilton W. W. Norton & Company, 1964 A Fantastic Introduction to the Spirit of Greece + For Scholars & Lay Readers Alike + Superb book + A perspective of mankind at the birth of Christianity + The glory that was Greece             Rise of Universities3 reviews Charles Homer Haskins Cornell University Press, 1957 Life at a 13th Century University + Excellent, but Brief, Introduction to the Medieval University + Flash, Dash, and Panache Not much has changed since the 13th century. In some ways students were freer in that they had more leeway to choose their professors. On the other hand, especially in Theology and Philosophy departments, the inquisition was a fear near at hand. Haskins seemed to argue that students' freedoms was ...             Fast Food Nation1409 reviews Eric Schlosser Harper Perennial, 2005 The true world of Fast Food opens before your eyes! + By the Author of Outstanding You + highest approval + One Fast Food National Under God ! ?             Status Anxiety17 reviews Alain De Botton Vintage, 2005 Important Satire + very thought provoking + Entertainingly thought-provoking + two different audio versions + A good way of avoiding misery