+
+<h2><a name="sec77" id="sec77"></a>
+Friedrich Nietzsche</h2>
+
+<p class="first">A bit acerbic and esoteric, Nietzsche is for me a good <em>secular</em>
+counterpart to Kierkegaard's theistic philosophy. Nietzsche's
+polemical works raise important questions for anyone who reads works
+on ethics. As such it is a shame that he has gotten a bad reputation
+by being read by far too many angsty teenagers who see (and relay)
+only Nietzsche the asshole rather than Nietzsche the master of the
+polemic.</p>
+
+<h3><a name="sec78" id="sec78"></a>
+Beyond Good and Evil</h3>
+
+<p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">•• </span> (8) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
+
+<p>A somewhat more comprehensible, if a bit less aesthetically
+pleasing, presentation of much of the philosophy found in <em>Thus Spoke
+Zarathustra</em> in the negative form. The final chapters are very
+important (not to detract from the value of the rest of the work) if
+one wishes to understand <em>On the Genealogy of Morals</em>.</p>
+
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec79" id="sec79"></a>
+On the Geneaology of Morals</h3>
+
+<p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">• </span> (9) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
+
+<p><em>On the Geneaology of Morals</em> is a wonderful book of three
+polemical essays on the origin of moral/ethical valuations, and the
+blindness of modern philosphers whose very thinking is tainted by
+these valuations unknowingly.</p>
+
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec80" id="sec80"></a>
+Ecce Homo</h3>
+
+<p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> •••••••</span><span class="rating-bad">••• </span> (7) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
+
+<p><em>Ecce Homo</em> is Nietzsche's very strange autobiography and
+explanation of his own works. At points it is clear that it could have
+used a bit more editing (prevented by Nietzsche ... falling into a
+catatonic state and all), but is still a very useful book to read as
+Nietzsche explains the overall structure of his works.</p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a name="sec81" id="sec81"></a>
+George Orwell</h2>
+
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec82" id="sec82"></a>
+1984</h3>
+
+<p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Fiction</em></p>
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec83" id="sec83"></a>
+Animal Farm</h3>
+
+<p><em>Fiction</em></p>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a name="sec84" id="sec84"></a>
+Plato</h2>
+
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec85" id="sec85"></a>
+Symposium</h3>
+
+<p><em>Fiction</em></p>
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec86" id="sec86"></a>
+Euthyphro</h3>
+
+<p><em>Fiction</em></p>
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec87" id="sec87"></a>
+Apology</h3>
+
+<p><em>Nonfiction</em></p>
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec88" id="sec88"></a>
+Crito</h3>
+
+<p><em>Fiction</em></p>
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec89" id="sec89"></a>
+Phaedo</h3>
+
+<p><em>Rating:</em> <span class="rating-good"> ••••••••••</span><span class="rating-bad"> </span> (10) / <em>Nonfiction</em></p>
+
+
+
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec90" id="sec90"></a>
+Protagoras</h3>
+
+<p><em>Fiction</em></p>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a name="sec91" id="sec91"></a>