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Recommend me some philosophy books
#22145776 - 08/26/15 11:08 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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My favorites philosophy authors so far have been Albert Camus and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
It is a topic that interests me deeply, I just don't know what authors or specific books to delve into next
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: plektheplek]
#22145783 - 08/26/15 11:09 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Atlas Shrugged.
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: plektheplek]
#22145785 - 08/26/15 11:09 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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well i used to be really into it good start of course is ramm dass - be here now, that's basically the classic if you wanna not read blatantly eastern ideals
aldous huxley - island is philosophy in novel format and robert a heinlein - the moon is a harsh mistress is philosophy entangled in sci-fi
alan watts - this is it is another good zen read
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: pfxtc]
#22145788 - 08/26/15 11:10 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Heinlein Time Enough For Love
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: zappaisgod]
#22145793 - 08/26/15 11:11 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said: Heinlein Time Enough For Love
prefer me my early heinlein but cant go wrong with heinlein in general.
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: pfxtc]
#22145802 - 08/26/15 11:12 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Time Enough For Love is more comprehensive
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#22145814 - 08/26/15 11:15 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I did a google search for "Best philosophy books" and have found some pretty good ones.
I think I might look into this one next: http://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/080701429X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440609055&sr=8-1&keywords=mans+search+for+meaning
Also, I have heard GREAT things about Atlas Shrugged, zappaisgod. Also on my radar
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: plektheplek]
#22145886 - 08/26/15 11:29 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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It is a treatise hidden in a rather mediocre novel. It is entertaining but certainly not art.
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: zappaisgod]
#22145890 - 08/26/15 11:30 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said: Time Enough For Love is more comprehensive
yeah but it's sex-crazed older heinlein which always weirded me out - i couldn't finish that novel.
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#22145898 - 08/26/15 11:31 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I rather liked it for that.
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: zappaisgod]
#22145906 - 08/26/15 11:32 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said: I rather liked it for that.
once a book starts getting into overly sexual themes I typically lose interest I get enough of that from movies/music/everywhere so I like my books to be more old fashioned - I mostly read exclusively 50's sci-fi for that reason (and it's also amazing stuff).
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: pfxtc]
#22145916 - 08/26/15 11:34 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said: I rather liked it for that.
once a book starts getting into overly sexual themes I typically lose interest I get enough of that from movies/music/everywhere so I like my books to be more old fashioned - I mostly read exclusively 50's sci-fi for that reason (and it's also amazing stuff).
Yeah well I read it 40 years ago before there was all that other media.
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: zappaisgod]
#22145927 - 08/26/15 11:36 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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pfxtc said:
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zappaisgod said: I rather liked it for that.
once a book starts getting into overly sexual themes I typically lose interest I get enough of that from movies/music/everywhere so I like my books to be more old fashioned - I mostly read exclusively 50's sci-fi for that reason (and it's also amazing stuff).
Yeah well I read it 40 years ago before there was all that other media.
yeah well we weren't all birthed in the neolithic era so that's my reasoning.
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: pfxtc]
#22145942 - 08/26/15 11:38 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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The Satanic Bible
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: pfxtc]
#22145950 - 08/26/15 11:39 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Just pointing out that we might have a different perspective. Playboy was porn. Think of that wasteland
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: zappaisgod]
#22147232 - 08/26/15 03:36 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Eckhart Tolle is another great author that delves into philosophy and spirituality. He can be a bit redundant at times but I got a lot out of "A New Earth"
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: plektheplek]
#22147240 - 08/26/15 03:38 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Zen and the Beat way is super short and pretty interesting read.
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#22147244 - 08/26/15 03:39 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: Recommend me some philosophy books [Re: akira_akuma]
#22147273 - 08/26/15 03:44 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Wittgenstein - "Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language."
Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil and Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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