The Bhagavad Gita is book #17 from The Literary Project. “He who in action sees inaction and action in inaction–he is wise among men, he is a yogin, and he has accomplished all his work.” Ch4, 18 When I make a conscience decision to take […]
Ecce Homo is book #223 from The Literary Project. Ecce Homo is technically considered an autobiography, although it must be pointed out that there is much to be desired in terms of what one usually expects from a biographical account. Life events and facts within […]
De Rerum Natura is book #34 from The Literary Project. De Rerum Natura–or On the Nature of the Universe–is a didactic poem that is, as a whole, “a philosophical meditation on human happiness.” It explores the world from an epistemological perspective—possibly the earliest form of scientific inquiry […]
As I read through the ancient classics, I don’t normally dwell on how it is that this particular epic poem or that drama came to rest in my hands after thousands of years. In the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Swerve: How The World Became Modern, Stephen Greenblatt offers […]
This essay was part of the 2016 Deal Me In Reading Challenge, where I read a short story, essay, or poem every single week. Each item on my reading list was assigned to a playing card, and every Friday I picked a card at random […]