How To Be Dangerously Self-Educated | Napoleon's Philosophy

Napoleon Bonaparte is a well documented book worm, and dedicated much of his time to studying wide ranges of topics from Military historical biographies, philosophy, religion and even romance fiction. For all his controversies one thing cannot be denied and that is his dedication to self-education and intellectual growth. So I wanted to take a look at Napoleon's philosophy of self education, and how he was able to read and most importantly retain such a wide range of information and find ways to practically apply in his day to day life as well. Because we live in an age where technology has made it easier than ever before to be a self-learner, and it is growing in popularity online. So why not look at one of the most well known and successful self-learners of all time and see what we can take from his life and apply it to ours. Timestamps: 00:00 - Napoleon's reading life 01:06 - Napoleon's note taking method 03:45 - Napoleon's bias to action over theory 07:37 - Napoleon recommends re-reading books Book club substack - https://stangrant1.substack.com #philosophy #literature