Blog Archives
Sampath Gomatam
Sampath Gomatam has recently joined Starcite as SVP of Product Management. In this role, he will have overall responsibility for product management for all of Starcite’s products and will report into the COO of Starcite. Prior to Starcite, he was … Continue reading
Re: Useful suggestions, distilled from “How to Read a Book” by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren
Below are reading guidelines culled from the classic “How to Read a Book by” Mortimer Adler. This book was recommended to us by Phil Terry when we began our journey with Herodotus. Since I commute four hours a day, it has been convenient for me to… Continue reading
Seeking Wisdom – April 2008 – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for the third and final Seeking Wisdom call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download SeekingWisdom-April2008-Call3.mp3 Continue reading
The Landmark Herodotus Reviewed in the 5/15 NYRB
Fellow Readers, Our text is reviewed in the current issue of the New York Review of Books, by Peter Green, a classicist. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21370 I found his comments about Herodotus’ unprecedented attention to culture and anthropolog… Continue reading
A Brush With Herodotus
Team, I have to share this story with you. I was on a business trip this weekend that had me driving on the dark back roads in Maryland to get from Frederick to Dulles airport at 5am. The rental car I was driving had satellite radio so it had a lo… Continue reading
Herodotus in the New Yorker
This week’s issue of The New Yorker has a review of Herodotus: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/04/28/080428crbo_books_mendelsohn Very interesting, but be warned – there are spoilers!-Dan Dan Blank Continue reading
Seeking Wisdom reading group call on Tuesday, April 29
Just a reminder that the third and final call of the Seeking Wisdom reading group that Phil is next week. Tuesday, April 29Guidelines to Better Thinking12 – 1pm NY time (9 – 10am California time)1-800-615-29001-661-705-2005 itlcode: 11215*This cal… Continue reading
Books 2 & 3 Herodotus discussion questions
Greetings fellow Herodoteans!How is the reading coming along? I know Book 2 can be almost encyclopedic, but I find it fascinating time and again to share Herodotus’ wonder with a civilization like the Egyptians that has been around longer for Hero… Continue reading
Xavier Helgesen (H2008)
Xavier is the co-founder of Better World Books (www.betterworld.com), a triple-bottom-line online bookstore that has raised over $4 Million for libraries and literacy. He served as the original software architect of BWB’s proprietary software (Ind… Continue reading
The Portable Landmark Herodotus?
I would be interested in an audio recording of Herodotus to help me “read” while I am driving to and from work!Andre 🙂 Continue reading →
30. April 2008 by Arrian
Categories: Commentary, Herodotus | Tags: Herodotus | 1 comment