'"Dutch Light" roots its subject in his local environment, explaining, for example, how an abundance of sand for making glass led naturally to a thriving business in optical instruments in Holland.'

Patricia Fara on the life & work of Christiaan Huygens.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/through-the-magnifying-glass

'We may not be able to shield ourselves from irrational passions such as hatred, anger, envy, mockery and pride, or from the buffetings of circumstance, but we can rise above them by obtaining insight into their nature and their causes.'

https://literaryreview.co.uk/the-poetry-of-reason