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Key takeaways from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- acabal 7y agoYou can download his autobiography for your ereader for free at the project I lead, Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/benjamin-franklin/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/benjamin-franklin/the-auto... It's a great read!
- platetone 7y agoI've read it (for free). It's really fun to read. He's very funny and it's just generally fascinating to read such modern-seeming genius from so long ago.
- hellfrick 7y agothanks for the link to standardebooks.org - any other recommendations? This looks great https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/john-reed/ten-days-that-shook-the-world https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/john-reed/ten-days-that-sh...
- pergadad 7y agoStandard eBooks takes the works from project Gutenberg and makes them look a bit better. On the Gutenberg site you'll find a lot more files though - many classics from Darwin to Hobbes to Smith and Marx.
- h2odragon 7y agoI like to think that Mr Franklin aspired to Chastity, but was undismayed by failure.
- Fuzzwah 7y agoIt was item 12 on an ordered list. I know I struggle to get past item 7 on any prioritised list.
- luxuryballs 7y agoGreat read, I also like how it seems totally unfinished. Some memorable moments were (paraphrasing from memory) “I maintained the currency for the town which was very profitable for me” and “that’s the best part about being a reasonable person, you can come up with a reason for anything”.