Recents

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  • #4 - Desire and Redemption in Dante’s Inferno Canto I

    #4 - Desire and Redemption in Dante’s Inferno C...

    Andrew Brown

    In the opening lines of Inferno’s Canto 1, Dante-the-poet establishes an existential resonance with the reader: life itself as a journey, a “path” both universal and deeply personal. This framing of...

    #4 - Desire and Redemption in Dante’s Inferno C...

    Andrew Brown

    In the opening lines of Inferno’s Canto 1, Dante-the-poet establishes an existential resonance with the reader: life itself as a journey, a “path” both universal and deeply personal. This framing of...

  • #3 - The Allegory of the Cave: Plato’s Profound Metaphor on Enlightenment and Truth

    #3 - The Allegory of the Cave: Plato’s Profound...

    Andrew Brown

    In The Allegory of the Cave, Plato provides a profound challenge: to question what we accept as true, to risk the painful journey of enlightenment, and to embrace a vision that...

    #3 - The Allegory of the Cave: Plato’s Profound...

    Andrew Brown

    In The Allegory of the Cave, Plato provides a profound challenge: to question what we accept as true, to risk the painful journey of enlightenment, and to embrace a vision that...

  • #2 - From Russia with Love: A Cultural, Psychological, and Symbolic Dissection of Bond’s Cold War World

    #2 - From Russia with Love: A Cultural, Psychol...

    Andrew Brown

    To understand From Russia with Love is to peer into the Cold War psyche, an age in which identity, sovereignty, and moral clarity were recurring themes in the collective Western mind. This...

    #2 - From Russia with Love: A Cultural, Psychol...

    Andrew Brown

    To understand From Russia with Love is to peer into the Cold War psyche, an age in which identity, sovereignty, and moral clarity were recurring themes in the collective Western mind. This...

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Books and Movies

  • 30 Essential Books and Movies

    Here are my top 30 must-read books and must-watch movies. While I may have forgotten a few favorites (and in no way are these ranked in order), I’m confident that...

    30 Essential Books and Movies

    Here are my top 30 must-read books and must-watch movies. While I may have forgotten a few favorites (and in no way are these ranked in order), I’m confident that...