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DEDeepSpawn reviewed The Roman Empire: From Augustus to The Fall of Rome
An OK introducty roman history course. I would likely have gotten more out of it, but I listen to this on the back of Mary Beard's SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, which highlighted areas where this was uncritically presenting the standard rote interpretation of the sources that she was poking at.This unfortunately undermined some of the credibility of the content. I dont want to be too harsh as this course as the material presented seems like a pretty standard roman empire 101 style syllabus
3m ago
DEDeepSpawn reviewed Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 3rd Edition
This was a pretty competent survey course in philosophy starting with the presocratics and ending with ~80's postmodernism. The breadth necessary limits how deep it can can go on any one thinker, but if you want to start at Plato and work forward to get a basic lay of the land this course delivers.
9m ago
DEDeepSpawn audited Turning Points in Middle Eastern History
13m ago
DEDeepSpawn audited Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon
16m ago
DEDeepSpawn audited America and the New Global Economy
18m ago
DEDeepSpawn audited No Excuses: Existentialism and Meaning of Life
19m ago
