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diff --git a/src/blog/books-read-in-2023.html.erb b/src/blog/books-read-in-2023.html.erb new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1c15cd9 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/blog/books-read-in-2023.html.erb @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +title: Books Read in 2023 +date: January 31, 2024 +--- +<p> +Figured I should write this before January is over, so that I can claim I +published it just after the year turned over. +</p> + +<p> +Well, turns out, reading-wise, 2023 was the year of Plato. As mentioned back in +<a href="<%= path_to 'blog_books-read-in-2021' %>">the 2021 list</a>, I've set +out on reading through his works. At this point I'm about half-way through. I +didn't know what I was getting myself into when I first opened up the +collection, but I have to say I'm really enjoying myself. Not only are Plato's +words worthy of pondering and contrasting with modern thought, they're also +entertaining. Ideas that shaped over two millenia of philosophy are interspersed +with wit, humor, sometimes even sharp sarcasm. +</p> + +<p> +Anyways, here's the list of dialogues I got through last year: +</p> + +<p> +<ol> + <li> Parmenides </li> + <li> The Sophist </li> + <li> The Statesman </li> + <li> Philebus </li> + <li> Symposium </li> + <li> Phaedrus </li> + <li> Alcibiades </li> + <li> Second Alcibiades </li> + <li> Hipparchus </li> + <li> Rival Lovers </li> + <li> Theages </li> + <li> Charmides </li> + <li> Lysis </li> + <li> Protagoras </li> + <li> Gorgias </li> +</ol> +</p> |