Writings

Minerva's Gambit - Chapter Thirteen"Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I didn’t come to bring peace, but to wield a sword." — Matthew…

Minerva's Gambit - Chapter Twelve"It must certainly be allowed, that nature has kept us at a great distance from all her secrets, and has afforded us only the knowledge of…

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool can get from his friends.—Baltasar Gracián

Minerva's Gambit - Chapter Ten"The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to a…

Minerva's Gambit - Chapter 9 "Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from heaven and set her in cities and even to bring her into households and compel her…

Minerva's Gambit - Chapter 8

Minerva's Gambit - Chapter 7

Minerva's Gambit - Chapter Six

Minerva's Gambit - Chapter Five

"A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions." — Marcus AureliusMinerva's Gambit - Chapter Four