About the Book: Investment Philosophers: Financial Lessons from the Great
Thinkers
What do Warren Buffett and Friedrich Nietzsche have in common? Why does Baruch
Spinozas understanding of irrational emotions help explain financial markets?
How did Voltaires success in a bond lottery arbitrage shape his writing? Can
David Hume teach an investor when to buck the consensus and when to heed it?
Exploring these questions and many others, Ethan A. Everett reveals the
surprising lessons we can learn about investing from major philosophers.
Demystifying ideas and texts that can often seem intimidating or irrelevant, he
shows how philosophical concepts can be fruitfully applied to financial