Thursday 26 November 2015

Reading List - 10

Ancient Greeks

The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
Tragedies of Aeschylus
Tragedies of Sophocles
Tragedies of Euripides
Histories by Herodotus
History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Dialogues by Plato
Works by Aristotle
Letter to Herodotus and Letter to Menoecus by Epicurus
Ancient Romans

Treatises of Cicero

On the Nature of Things by Lucretius
Aeneid by Virgil
Works of Horace
History of Rome by Livy
Metamorphoses by Ovid
Parallel Lives and Moralia by Plutarch
Germania and Dialogue on Oratory by Tacitus
Enchiridion and Discourses by Epictetus
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Letters From a Stoic by Seneca

If you’re looking for a big picture tour of classical culture, I highly recommend two lecture series from my favorite college professor, Dr. J. Rufus Fears: Famous Greeks and Famous Romans.

Wednesday 4 November 2015

Favorite Apps

Mac:
Notational Velocity

Web:
http://momentumdash.com/


:more coming

Monday 2 November 2015

Monday 19 October 2015

Any Question Regarding Islam

Darul Iftah, Jame Darul Uloom Karachi - 0213 504 9774 & 0213 504 9775

Timings are 9am to Asr. 1-2pm is break for Zuhur/Lunch. Fridays off. (Pakistan Time)

You need to call and ask. They won't ask for any written request or anything unless they don't understand your question or they actually don't know the answer to your question, which rarely happens.

Halal, Kosher, Zabiha, Oh My!


Is Kosher meat halal for Muslims to consume?

http://askimam.org/public/question_detail/19734

http://askimam.org/public/question_detail/17572

What is the deal with zabiha/halal?
http://www.zamzamacademy.com/2013/03/zabiha-meat-madness/

Can there be such a thing as haram cheese?

Thursday 17 September 2015

Book Recommendations by James Altucher

Book recommendations by James Altucher

  1. Mastery, Robert Greene
  2. Bold by Peter Diamondis and Steven Kotler
  3. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
  4. Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
  5. Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
  6. Born Standing up by Steve Martin
  7. Zero to one by Peter Thiel
  8. Quiet by Susan Cain
  9. Antifragile by Nassim Taleb
  10. Mindset by Carol Dweck

Monday 14 September 2015

Feelings

Thoughts precede feelings.

And a thought is an action of the mind.

Hence, you create your feelings. You cause them to exist.

And you cause them to get destroyed.