Overview
From Chaucer to Chechnya, Mary Magdalene to Machiavelli, Einstein to Gertrude Stein, Metaphysics to Microeconomics, the Babylonian Captivity to the Free Market Economy, Norma to NAFTA. Plus: How to tell The Iliad from The Odyssey. "Memorize this book and you can drop names, allusion and arcane terms with the best of them, whether you know what they're talking about or not. The book will rekindle warm memories of your favorite courses, favorite professors, favorite books, favorite theories, favorite philosophical paradoxes."--Chicago Tribune