The Republic by Plato — The Book That Made Me Want to Be a Philosopher
A book review of Plato’s Republic from a Brooklyn dropout who found philosophy in a classroom and never left. What Socrates did to my brain in one semester.
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus — On Absurdity, Revolt, and the Strange Dignity of Being Alive
Camus opens The Myth of Sisyphus with what is still one of the most arresting…
When the Symbol Becomes the Science: Art, Codes, and Modern Technology in Dan Brown’s The Secret of Secrets
Centuries before we called it a data breach, Prague was already a city built on…
The Historical Backdrop of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere: When NASA Finally Opened the Hatch for Women
Long before Joan Goodwin strapped into a shuttle simulator at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, before…
The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis — When a Book Becomes a Crime
Kazantzakis wrote the most honest book about faith ever published. This review looks at why it threatened people — and what that reaction tells us about belief itself.
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky — The Man Knew What He Was Writing About
A review of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment — and why the biography matters as much as the novel. The man lived the darkness before he wrote it.
