Insomnia download of the day

Having trouble sleeping?

Try listening to Spinoza's ethics,

In The Ethics, Spinoza attempts to demonstrate a "fully cohesive philosophical system that strives to provide a coherent picture of reality and to comprehend the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding -- moving from a consideration of the eternal, to speculate upon humanity's place in the natural order, freedom, and the path to attainable happiness."(Wikipedia)

or how about this one: The Monadology by Leibniz

The Monadology (La Monadologie, 1714) is one of Gottfried Leibniz’s best known works representing his later philosophy. It is a short text which sketches in some 90 paragraphs a metaphysics of simple substances, or monads. What he proposed can be seen as a modification of occasionalism developed by latter-day Cartesians.

they also have books you really might want to listen to, such as Jack London's the Call of the Wild, or check out their recommendations HERE.

As for myself, I'm busy with Isabel Pafford's latest class on Greek Heroes (at itunes).