It has taken forever and a day to get through this issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. This is not because it was a bad issue but rather these factors: WorkKidsKarateNintendo Reading has just taken a back seat as all the great times for reading are usually taken by requests to play for the kids. I will…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Water
Category: Books
My notes on books I’ve read.
Montaillou – Life in a Medieval Village
I just finished Montaillou by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. This took me over half a year to finish not because it wasn’t great, but because I have two young boys and thus free time is non-existent. I learned of this book in a Reddit post and quickly bought it as it is right up my…… Continue reading Montaillou – Life in a Medieval Village
Lapham’s Quarterly – Fear
I don’t believe ‘enjoyed’ is the right adjective to describe how I felt reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Fear. What is the right word if you continually want to do something yet it causes anxiety and fear while you do it? It is not that reading this edition made me afraid; it is that it called…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Fear
Dhammapada
Finished the Dhammapada today. Here are my highlights: For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule. If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship wtih…… Continue reading Dhammapada
Lapham’s Quarterly – Discovery
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. – Arthur Shopenhauer, 1851 The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it oneself to be acquainted with it. – Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1747 I began to see that among…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Discovery
Lapham’s Quarterly – Home
Just finished Lapham’s Quarterly – Home and here are the things that stood out to me and my thoughts. “Money is human happiness in abstracto; consequently he who is no longer capable of happiness in concreto sets his whole heart on money.” – Arthur Schopenhauer I haven’t yet found a quick and easy way to…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Home
Leaves of Grass – Walt Whitman Quotes
I recently finished ‘Leaves of Grass’ by Walt Whitman. Below are some of the quotes I like: You shall no longer take things at second or third hand…nor look through the eyes of the dead….nor feed on the spectres in books,You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, You shall listen…… Continue reading Leaves of Grass – Walt Whitman Quotes
Meditations – Marcus Aurelius
Meditations – Marcus Aurelius I just finished Meditations and have written down quotes from it that I wish to remember. As I’ve described in this post, I’m absolutely astounded at the knowledge of the Ancient World and just now realize what a disaster the fall of the Roman Empire was for the progress of human…… Continue reading Meditations – Marcus Aurelius