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 Rand
• Books That Shaped America - Atlas Shrugged
• "Bible Ranks 1 of Books That Changed Lives" - Los Angeles Times
• From Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed. HC) Reader’s Guide;: "...add a religious element to it..." - Penguin Random House
• Atlas Shrugged (film series) - Wikipedia
• We The Living movie
• The Dramatic Story of Making The Fountainhead Movie - New Ideal, AynRand.org
• My Journey to Reason - The Secular Foxhole blog
• The Life and Passion of William of Norwich - Writ Large podcast
• The Protocols of the Elders of Zion - Wikipedia
• Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None - Wikipedia
• The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America by Leonard Peikoff
• The School of Athens
• Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff
• The Aristotle Adventure: A Guide to the Greek, Arabic, & Latin Scholars Who Transmitted Aristotle's Logic to the Renaissance by Burgess Laughlin
• The 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.