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Offline4nik8
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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: akira_akuma]
    #18931829 - 10/04/13 03:47 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Sirens of titan by kurt vonegut or any of his other books


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: 4nik8]
    #18931857 - 10/04/13 03:53 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Blackburn by Bradley Denton... nice black comedy that makes ya look deep at what really makes a man a bad man...

also,
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4nik8 said:
Sirens of titan by Kurt Vonnegut or any of his other books




any Vonnegut really... it's all good...


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: leon trout]
    #18931879 - 10/04/13 03:58 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

naturally any book that gets posted in here, i'm gonna look up the author too, and see about his other works and shit. :yesnod:

Blackburn is apparently about a "sympathetic serial killer". sounds interesting.


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: akira_akuma]
    #18931910 - 10/04/13 04:06 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Tao Teh Ching by Laozi


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: akira_akuma]
    #18931934 - 10/04/13 04:13 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

the diving bell & the butterfly


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: yogabunny]
    #18931964 - 10/04/13 04:19 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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Legend said:
Tao Teh Ching by Laozi



yikes, sounds great but i read that the translation (naturally being ancient Chinese) is gonna be impeccably difficult to process, as it was originally intended to be read in Chinese.

oh well, i can draw my own conclusions from it. surely i can find this in PDF form.

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the diving bell & the butterfly



locked in syndrome eh? sounds depressing.


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: akira_akuma]
    #18931984 - 10/04/13 04:23 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

it's SO inspiring and beautiful!


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: yogabunny]
    #18931987 - 10/04/13 04:23 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Seed for the soul


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: yogabunny]
    #18932005 - 10/04/13 04:27 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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yogabunny said:
it's SO inspiring and beautiful!



well, the guy probably eagerly wants to get out of his locked in state, because really there is nothing more he can do other then hope; unless they take him off health support.

pretty damn inspiring and beautiful and depressing.


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: akira_akuma]
    #18932130 - 10/04/13 04:54 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I've been reading it from a philosophical point of view. Not religious if that helps you when you read it.

But I know what you mean, about the translation. Maybe one day I'll learn Chinese to get a better interpretation. Haha.


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: Legend]
    #18932137 - 10/04/13 04:56 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

yeah, apparently, not alot of people can speak ancient Chinese fluently anymore. :lol:

but thanks for the suggestion, i like reading this kinda of books for philosophical insight. that's why i read Siddhartha. :smile:


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: akira_akuma]
    #18932452 - 10/04/13 06:07 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

If you're going to go down the tao teh ching route, then definitely pick up a few copies or put some time into which translator you are going to read. Some of the stuff out there--thought I don't know chinese--nonetheless still seems like a shitty translation.

Another recommendation: The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu, translated by Burton Watson. A definite must read if you are into Toaism at all. One of my favorite sections/chapters would be section 23, btw.


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: g00ru]
    #18932459 - 10/04/13 06:09 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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g00ru said:
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Murakami

its intense



Dude I love Murakami. "Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" is the only book I've read by him, but it was amazing.


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: NetDiver]
    #18932490 - 10/04/13 06:15 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I suppose you already red Analects of Confucius?


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: NetDiver]
    #18932508 - 10/04/13 06:18 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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g00ru said:
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Murakami

its intense



Dude I love Murakami. "Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" is the only book I've read by him, but it was amazing.




thats the one i have yet to read. probably will though. Murakami gets pretty deep...


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: g00ru]
    #18932527 - 10/04/13 06:20 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

dude, waht is it supposed to be about? wiki says notin' on it.


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: akira_akuma]
    #18932562 - 10/04/13 06:26 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

here's WUBC which is his most famous. but dont read the plot summary! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind-Up_Bird_Chronicle


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: akira_akuma]
    #18932584 - 10/04/13 06:33 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I recently got done with the Catcher in the Rye after seeing it on sale.  It's crazy how much more enjoyable a book is when you're not being forced to read it for English class.


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: akira_akuma]
    #18932616 - 10/04/13 06:40 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

the stranger by albert camus


^it's only the length of a novella (between 100-150 pages) but it touches on such fascinating themes and ideas relevant to existentialism (or more accurately, absurdism) i read it in a single sitting in the wee hours of the morning on stimulants, having foregone sleep. once i hit the halfway point i was so engrossed in it that there was no way i would be putting it down before finishing it. it instantly found a place among my favorite books, and affected the way i see the world & life. an important thing to mention is that even though it was written by a philosopher and touches on philosophical themes, it's a work of fiction, not some sort of treatise that is tedious to read & doesn't require any knowledge of complex abstract jargon to understand.

i also agree with those who recommended kurt vonnegut's body of work. if i had to choose i'd recommend cat's cradle in particular, that's my favorite of his books by quite a wide margin, but of course slaughter-house five, breakfast of champions, the sirens of titan & player piano are all great too.


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Re: what are some really awesome novels or insightful, or philosophical books? [Re: Pigasus]
    #18932758 - 10/04/13 07:11 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
Discourses of Epictetus (changed my life in a big way)


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