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© 2025 Nathaniel G. Perrin. All rights reserved.

Welcome to the website of Nathaniel G. Perrin

A blog of philosophy, letters, and other matters

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Review Posts

Is Cryptonomicon's Pontifex algorithm any good?
  • Jan 28, 2026
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  • 07 min read

Is Cryptonomicon's Pontifex algorithm any good?

Neal Stephenson, solitaire, and a keystream

  • literature
  • mathematics
  • cryptography
Philip the Bold: Kleptocracy as an Art
  • Jan 13, 2026
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  • 06 min read

Philip the Bold: Kleptocracy as an Art

How Duke Philip II of Burgundy built a powerful medieval state through cunning politics and ruthless diplomacy rather than military conquest

  • medieval
  • history
  • continental
The Plantagenet Triptych: Dan Jones' Saga of English History
  • Oct 25, 2025
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  • 38 min read

The Plantagenet Triptych: Dan Jones' Saga of English History

A comprehensive review of Dan Jones' masterful trilogy chronicling the Plantagenets, Henry V, and the Wars of the Roses through engaging popular...

  • medieval
  • history
  • anglo
Alinksy's Rules for Radicals
  • Oct 6, 2025
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  • 12 min read

Alinksy's Rules for Radicals

A summary of Alinsky's handbook for political organizing

  • politics
  • notes
  • leftism
Jackson: The Determination of Union
  • Jun 28, 2025
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  • 10 min read

Jackson: The Determination of Union

Andrew Jackson's controversial legacy as the unenigmatic warrior-president who embodied America's frontier spirit and democratic revolution

  • history
  • americana
  • biography
  • politics
The Lead Age: Climate Studies of Late Antiquity
  • Mar 10, 2025
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  • 04 min read

The Lead Age: Climate Studies of Late Antiquity

The adverse effects of lead on late Rome

  • late antiquity
  • science
  • medicine
Weber: The Vocation of Politics and Science
  • Aug 10, 2024
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  • 22 min read

Weber: The Vocation of Politics and Science

The twin lectures on vocation

  • modernity
  • politics
  • americana
  • german
The Origins of Western Law: Early Greek Jurisprudence
  • Aug 9, 2024
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  • 11 min read

The Origins of Western Law: Early Greek Jurisprudence

A review of Gagarin's Early Greek Law

  • greek
  • jurisprudence
Omegarus: The Last Man
  • Apr 7, 2024
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  • 08 min read

Omegarus: The Last Man

A foray into dying Earth literature

  • eschatology
  • science fiction
Review: Ramus, Method, and the Decay of Dialogue: From the Art of Discourse to the Art of Reason
  • Mar 13, 2023
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  • 06 min read

Review: Ramus, Method, and the Decay of Dialogue: From the Art of Discourse to the Art of Reason

A review of Walter Ong's finest work

  • media ecology
  • pedagogy
  • early modernity
  • humanism