Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
4.614 min
Thirty fields, from philosophy to science
A great book,actually understoodin thirty minutes.
The key ideas of philosophy science economics and twenty-seven other fields — read aloud, then tested by a quiz that skimming won't pass.
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