(A diary entry from Sidharth VardhanFirst written on February 13, 2020) There are different kinds of book lovers. There are those who will tell you in detail how physical hard copy paper books are what they love most. The smell of it, new ones, the paleing colors of pages. On… Read More »Of different kind of book lovers
(Sidharth Vardhan’s review ofArthur Schopenhauer’s‘The World as Will and Representation’Book first published in 1818Review first writtten on January 19, 2020) (Based on my very limited understanding) Schopenhauer assumes your having knowledge of Kant’s philosophical system (I had only read Immanuel Kant‘s Critique of Pure Reason) and his own doctoral thesis… Read More »The World as Will and Representation – a review of first Volume of Schopenhauer’s book
(Sidharth Vardhan’s review of‘Man and his symbols’a book by Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)Book first published in 1964Review first written on March 29, 2019) Introduction The ‘Man and his symbols’ is the first and only work in which the world-famous Swiss psychologist explains to the layperson his enormously influential theory of… Read More »Man, his symbols and God : Review of Carl Jung’s book
(Sidharth Vardhan’s review of the bookDiary of a Suicide by Wallace E. BakerThe book was first published in 1913 Review first published on November 27, 2019 ) Introduction: “Under separate cover I am sending you a record of a young man who is about to commit suicide. My only object… Read More »Review – Diary of a Suicide
(Sidharth Vardhan’s review ofMichel De Montaigne’s EssaysFirst written on November 9, 2019) Book first published in 1572 Introduction Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. This Penguin Classics edition of The Complete Essays is translated from… Read More »Montaigne’s Essays – a review