Russell Shorto Quotes

born 1959 United States

Russell Shorto (born February 8, 1959) is an American author, historian and journalist, best known for his book on the Dutch origins of New York City, The Island at the Center of the World.

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Modesty was not a condition from which Descartes suffered.

Descartes’ Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason (2008)

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