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The Sources of Enchiridion Vol. 1, Ranked by Goodreads: Top #30-21
Our Enchiridion – The Handbook series is built around the words of authors and thinkers who helped shape Western culture. Thus we decided to list all thirty sources from Vol. 1 according to their average ratings on Goodreads in order to find out which work is the best among the best!
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11 Quotes from ‘Lives of the Eminent Philosophers’
Diogenes Laërtius’ Lives of the Eminent Philosophers is one of the most comprehensive biographical works on the Greco-Roman thinkers of antiquity. Here are ten of the best quotes found in Lives to make your day more philosophical.
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Chesterton’s Take on Savonarola
One of the most acute commentaries on Savonarola is made by none other than G. K. Chesterton in his book, Twelve Types. Here the English author distinguishes the historical Savonarola from the moral Savonarola, ignoring the former and focusing almost exclusively on the latter.
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The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela – Sahm Venter
As Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter Zamaswazi asks himself, “how could he survive twenty-seven years in prison?” Through the reading of
this compilation of Mandela’s letters, written during his time in prison, we can better understand what helped him carry on.
EDITOR’S PICK: When Is It Right to Die? – Joni Eareckson Tada
Twenty-five years after addressing to the subject for the first time, Joni Eareckson Tada returns to euthanasia as the main focus of this updated edition of When Is It Right to Die?. She felt the need to come back after learning of the tragic case of Nancy Fitzmaurice, a young 12-year old girl from England who, by the court’s order, had her tube feeding taken away. She died fourteen days later… of starvation.
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I Have a Dream – Martin Luther King, Jr.
The life of Martin Luther King, Jr. blends seamlessly with the fight against racial discrimination, which he experienced from a very early age. Although his parents had taught him the notable values of civility and dignity, the reigning system in the south of the United States, where he lived, repressed the African-American population at all costs, and he soon rebelled against it.
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Templars – The History Channel
Biblion reviews History Channel’s book on the Knights Templar, a mysterious order that grew to be one of the greatest powers of the Middle Ages, only to be extinguished in a matter of years.
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