The Morals of Chess

By: Benjamin Franklin

Narrated by: Fred Hoge

The game of chess has long be used a microcosm for everything from international politics to war. In The Morals of Chess, an essay originally published in The Columbian Magazine in 1786, Benjamin Franklin, American founding father, polymath, and thinker, tackles this intricate game and likens it to life itself. Franklin discusses what he believes to be key virtues one must possess to be happy, successful, and productive in life, and illustrates these virtues, such a patience and circumspection, within the context of the game of chess.

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5 stars for Ben Franklin

Ben you old dog, you really know how to oral in Moral. I wonder if I could have beat Ben Franklin in a chess match? I think so, notice that he says that the other player must be patient without causing any distractions- I surmise that he was a rather slow and tedious player- well I would bust out my chess timer on ol Ben and see what he thought of the incessant tic tic tic counting away his indecisiveness. Are we still having fun old fella?

Short and somewhat sweet

It's a ten minute audio book, so as would be expected there's no mastery of the subject matter to be found inside. It is mostly about how to have manors while playing the game.
Being as Ben wrote it, the writings do have important meanings in more than the simple the context of the game.
More-less, the theme of this book is "make friends with who you play with."

The timeless wisdom that becomes knowledge

The timeless wisdom that becomes knowledge given for understanding! If only we had leaders who understood the principles of true gamesmanship.