Alex’s Reviews > From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 To The Present > Status Update

Finally nearing the 20th century. I’m finding it therapeutic to read a book that tackles such a gargantuan swathe of time. It makes the endless novel emergencies of our moment feel a bit silly, or at least it puts their impermanence into perspective, thereby shaving a substantial hunk of anxious plaque off the ol’ gray matter. Read history, folks.

Descartes, Pascal, etc.