Vacation almost over....
January 2, 2002 (3:21 AM) ( link )

I'm approaching the end of my winter vacation with no thesis in sight but, fortunately, a few papers almost done. I'm still progressing through Sophie's World, which, now that it's talking about more modern philosophy, is becoming truly excellent. I might even be inspired to begin reading Betrand Russell's A History of Western Philosophy. Mostly Sophie's World is good in allowing me to see the connection between philosophers, such as the relationship between Hegel and Marx (which had never been entirely clear to me). A Suitable Boy is slow, really, really slow. I think I might instead read it after my finals are over. And Orca continues page by page—unfortunately, it's not exactly enthralling, but I hope to finish it before I finally leave. So, I expect to have reviews of Sophie's World and Orca up by tomorrow or possibly the day afterward. Tomorrow is also the four-month anniversary of this site! I think I'll be starting a statistics page just so you can see how this site has grown, particularly this month.