Podcast: The Daily Stoic
Episode: Jack Weatherford on Genghis Khan and Learning From History
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Buy on Amazon"I still have my copy of 'Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World,' which has got to be 15 years old by now."
A Calendar of Wisdom
Buy on Amazon"One of my similar book recommendations, since we were talking about books, I don't know if you've ever read Tolstoy's 'A Calendar of Wisdom.'"
The Secret History of the Mongols
Buy on Amazon"It was the same decade that 'The Secret History of the Mongols' was first published in English, also by Harvard University."
Timon of Athens
Buy on Amazon"I remember discussing Shakespeare’s 'Timon of Athens' today, a work many dismiss as worthless because it doesn’t fit typical artistic criteria."