In a letter to Nancy Mitford, a Francophile English novelist living in Paris, Evelyn Waugh wrote, “Say what you will about your [French], but when it comes to fun the [Italians] are still Top Nation.” When it comes to philosophy, as Scott Samuelson recognizes in Rome as a Guide to the Good Life: A Philosophical Grand Tour, Rome is still Top City, at least in terms of human things…