Reading Books in a Foxhole

In this episode, Martin and I discuss a few of our favorite fiction and non-fiction works that we think deserve even wider attention. We also mention an interesting website called Writ Large about books that have changed the world. Enjoy and let us know what you think.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandBooks That Shaped America - Atlas Shrugged"Bible Ranks 1 of Books That Changed Lives" - Los Angeles TimesFrom Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed. HC) Reader’s Guide;: "...add a religious element to it..." - Penguin Random HouseAtlas Shrugged (film series) - WikipediaWe The Living movieThe Dramatic Story of Making The Fountainhead Movie - New Ideal, AynRand.orgMy Journey to Reason - The Secular Foxhole blogThe Life and Passion of William of Norwich - Writ Large podcastThe Protocols of the Elders of Zion - WikipediaFriedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None - WikipediaThe Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America by Leonard PeikoffThe School of AthensObjectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard PeikoffThe Aristotle Adventure: A Guide to the Greek, Arabic, & Latin Scholars Who Transmitted Aristotle's Logic to the Renaissance by Burgess LaughlinThe DIM Hypothesis: Why the Lights of the West Are Going Out by Leonard Peikoff

Blair’s disclaimer:

I'm not a professional philosopher, just a dedicated layman, fascinated by her ideas. I don't speak for her, her philosophy, or the Ayn Rand Institute. I speak only for myself.

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