The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class

What a nice treat this book is. You only need 2-3 minutes to work through each daily reading. The topics are varied. It is well-written. The authors approach the topics from a "101 level". The additional facts content (bottom of most entries) are often filled with unique nuggets. It's a nice refresher or primer for those interested in expanding their understanding of the fields of music, art, philosophy, religion, science, etc. Makes a great gift too.

Bought this as retirement gift for a friend. Absolutely would recommend to anyone who wants a different morning meditation. Great book.

A great book to have around. Learned a lot of things I never knew, while aloso expanding my knowledge of things I had some knowledge of. Enjoyed it very much.

The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently about Our Nation's Past THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT I ORDERED (RED BINDING)

I don't know how it happened, but I received the wrong Intellectual Devotional (The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class) I didn't realize it until looking more closely it had a green binding.

I RETURNED THE 4 COPIES OF THE I D: REVIVE YOUR MIND AND ASKED FOR AN EXCHANGE OF 4 I D; AMERICAN HISTORY.

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When Pontius Pilate sentenced Jesus Christ to death by crucifixion, he let the crowd choose Barabbas go free. The chalice which Jesus used at the Last Supper with his disciples is believed to be the Holy Grail.

David was a heroic warrior who defeated the giant Goliah. The fictional Mark looks a lot like the statue of David and also Rodin's the Thinker.

Melody in music is called the tune; it can be played on one instrument or many, along with harmony and rhythm. Music may start with a melody, but harmony is what gives it color. First there was chamber music, church music, and theater music. Then we had opera, ballet, and symphony. Mark is determined to play with a band, God be with him. The classical period followed the baroque, which preceded the romantic and lasted from 1750 (the death of Johann Sebastian Bach) to about 1827 (Ludwig van Beethoven's death). Beethoven was considered to be the greatest composer of all and a musical genius. He was Western music's first great musical personality. At his funeral in 1827, Franz Schubert carried a torch in mourning. He died a year later.

Sleep is as crucial to our survival as food, water, and shelter. We spend one-third of our lives unconscious in sleep. A healthy human can survive without eating for more than a month. They die without sleep in less than two weeks. Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that deals with knowledge. Plato tried to define just what knowledge is. It has been defined as true, justified belief.