Classics Considered

by Marian H

July 2013

  • Meditations with Marcus Aurelius

    Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. One of my methods of minimizing bias in my readings and reviews is to avoid introductions.  For Meditations (tr. by George Long), I made an exception since the biographical note was at… Continue reading

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  • Notes from Underground

    © Yanis Chilov [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons My introduction to Fyodor Dostoyevsky was through (surprise!) Crime and Punishment.  Unable to swallow its psychopathic elements, I gave up just when the story was picking up and could not, in fact, bring myself to finish it.  Fast-forward to summer/fall 2011 – I was taking History of Russia… Continue reading

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