Absolutely Fascinating. The perspective of a slave turned influential spokesman is ripe with thoughts on identity, labor, and education. The Greatest Book’s Ranking: #99/100 My Rating:
Category: Non-Fiction
Reviews of Non-Fiction Books.
Top 100 Non-Fiction Book: #36 – The History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides (431BCE)
Too Much To Sift Through. Even for a philhellene, the copious list of places long gone became too much. The Greatest Book’s Ranking: #36/100 My Rating:
Top 100 Non-Fiction Book: #98 – The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith (1776)
Capitalism 101. Adam Smith is to economics as Isaac Newton is to physics, but there are problems. The Greatest Book’s Ranking: #98/100 My Rating: I made
Top 100 Non-Fiction Book: #4 – The Prince, Nicollo Machiavelli (1532)
Bone Crushingly Rational. Machiavelli does not care about the virtue of actions but the rewards from outcomes. The Greatest Book’s Ranking: #4/100 My Rating: This short
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