Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2023-02-02
Ryan Holiday & Jack Weatherford: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic
Jack Weatherford on Genghis Khan and Learning From History
Ryan Holiday recommended Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford, and discussed Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by J. McIver Weatherford. Jack Weatherford recommended A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy, and discussed The Secret History of the Mongols by Paul Kahn and Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare.
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Recommended“well I you know I I still have my copy of of Genghis Khan in the making of the modern world which has got to be 15 years old now I I bought I know I bought this at the borders in uh Union Square in New York City and it it was just such a fascinating Incredible Book because”
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Discussed“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.”
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A Calendar of Wisdom
Recommended“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.'”
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The Secret History of the Mongols
Discussed“It was the same decade that 'The Secret History of the Mongols' was first published in English, also by Harvard University.”
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Timon of Athens
Discussed“I remember discussing Shakespeare’s 'Timon of Athens' today, a work many dismiss as worthless because it doesn’t fit typical artistic criteria.”
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