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Friday, February 19, 2010

Around the Web

For the week of Saturday, February 13 through Friday, February 19.

1) In Standpoint, Nichi Hodgson on Petrarch.

2) The Laudator Temporis Acti, The Maverick Philosopher, and Aristotle. 

3) Another excellent essay from Peter Gutmann on his Classical Notes site: Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57.

4) Michel Gurfinkiel in the WSJ reviews "For the Soul of France" by Frederick Brown. 

5) In the WSJ, Jeffrey Collins reviews, "Hobbes and the Law of Nature" by Perez Zagorin.

6) In City Journal, Richard Brookhiser on Washington's New York.
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