The intellectual's checklist : more than 350 esoteric facts, figures, and philosophies only the smartest people know / Richard J. Wallace & James V. Wallace.

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KEYNOTE: Finally, a Checklist Worthy of True Intellectuals All five movements of "Beethoven's Missa" solemnis. Tick. The films that Kurasawa based on Western works. Tick. Dante's "Nine Circles of Hell". Tick. These are the sorts of elegant erudition every self-respecting intellectual should know - inside and out. In "The Intellectual's Checklist", aspiring pundits, poets, and philosophers find the arcane checklists that reveal whether they are truly well-versed enough in the arts and sciences of the obscure to warrant the esteemed moniker "Intellectual". From Nietzsche to Newton, Einstein to Eisenstadt, Sappho to Sartre, this elucidating volume gives readers all the esoterica they need to bask in the knowledge that they really do know everything. (Now that they've read this book.) AUTHOR: Richard J. Wallace, coauthor of The Lazy Intellectual, is an editor, writer, and publishing professional. He has more than twenty-five years of experience researching and developing products for medical, technical, and general audiences. James V. Wallace, coauthor of The Lazy Intellectual, is a college student with a natural curiosity. He is working toward a career in the music industry. SELLING POINTS: * The first-ever checklist book that separates the pseudo-intellectuals from the real Noam Chomskys * The aspiring scholar's complement to Adams Media's successful The Lazy Intellectual and The Quotable Intellectual * Provides readers with 314 checklists designed to track their intellectual accomplishments - and challenge them to achieve more