Buckeye Bend Books

11/10/2022

“If you wish to become a philosopher, the first thing to realise is that most people go through life with a whole world of beliefs that have no sort of rational justification, and that one man’s world of beliefs is apt to be incompatible with another man’s, so that they cannot both be right. People’s opinions are mainly designed to make them feel comfortable; truth, for most people is a secondary consideration.”

― Bertrand Russell, The Art of Philosophizing: And Other Essays (1968), Essay I: The Art of Rational Conjecture (1942), p. 7

The essays found in this book were written by Bertrand Russell during the Second World War. In those years the author was teaching philosophy at US universities, exercising a growing influence on America’s student population.

01/25/2022

Credible Observation

01/11/2022

01/04/2022

Author of Brave New World -- in 1958

Aldous Huxley shares his visions and fears for this brave new world.

12/28/2021

Insightful book, applicable to 2022 --

In this lecture we examine Eric Hoffer's fascinating analysis of mass movements. We look at their causes, those most prone to join a mass movement, the role ...

12/22/2021

Something to think about!

Science When Good Governments Go Bad: History Shows That Societies Collapse When Leaders Undermine Social Contracts By Field Museum on Jan 05, 2021Jan 07, 2021 The ruins of the Roman Forum, once a site of a representational government. Credit: (c) Linda Nicholas, Field Museum All good things must co...

12/18/2021

Sunrise

06/14/2021

Hiram and Lucy

06/14/2021

Foxy Locksy alive and well at Buckeye Bend

05/05/2021

Wonderful novelist!

“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about.”

― John Steinbeck