I’ve discussed similar type quotes before, namely with Robinson Crusoe & the Subjective Theory of Value, so I won’t add too much today besides an additional quote from Henry Rider Haggard’s King Solomon’s Mines. Then the irony of the situation forced itself upon me. There around us lay treasures enough to pay off a moderate…
I did not know who Allan Quatermain was, nor Henry Rider Haggard when I found the kindle version of this book available for free on Amazon.com. I downloaded it primarily because it seemed to be a “classic”, and to be frank I thought the title sounded intriguing. While the story itself was fun, adventurous and clever it wasn’t…
This post is a categorical Table of Contents for posts relating to the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe . An original book review exists as well as a list of all notable & quotable quotes. Otherwise, see the below list. It’s a short list, but there weren’t too many quotes I pulled for commentary…
Knowledge is an interesting thing. Lack of it drives us towards doing things that we wouldn’t do if we had more knowledge. It also allows us to do things with bad consequences without being considered foolish – as long as the knowledge that makes that action foolish is difficult to obtain. A classic example is…
Below is a list, a rather long list, of all the excerpts I thought worthwhile making note of in this book: They Thought They Were Free, the Germans 1933-45 by Milton Mayer. The book itself is home to a lot of revelations to the nature of people and I do recommend reading it. In addition…
The Economical Engineer 