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 Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources 
#7313795 - 08/20/07 10:24 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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So I was watching movie they made for Count of Monte Cristo, and I was intrigued by the abbey's explanation for his vast amounts of knowledge.
The abbey explains that he has learned all that he knows through books, and continues to list of some of the books he has read to educate himself:
"I could recite you the whole of Thucydides, Xenophon, Plutarch, Titus Livius, Tacitus, Strada, Jornandes, Dante, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Spinoza, Machiavelli, and Bossuet. I name only the most important."
-The abbey
What are some books/sources you recommend to autodidact one's self in the ways of the world.
I'm talking about anything, from books to learn the basics of plants, to books about making the necessities of life with common items in nature.
educate! 
Edited by kybish (08/20/07 11:00 AM)
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: kybish]
#7313799 - 08/20/07 10:25 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Farmer in the Sky, by Robert Heinlein. Great introduction to soil science and agronomy.
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: Dr_T]
#7313811 - 08/20/07 10:31 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Isaac Asimov has a lot of books from biology to astronomy and a lot more.
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: Primal Glitch]
#7313832 - 08/20/07 10:37 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Read some Allan Watts.
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: implicitli]
#7313836 - 08/20/07 10:37 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: Primal Glitch]
#7313868 - 08/20/07 10:44 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Asimov's Foundation series is awesome!
Some good books:
The Dragons of Eden, or anything else by Carl Sagan
Vimy by Pierre Berton
The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Green
Sync by Steven Strogatz
Collapse by Jared Diamond
On Intelligence by Jeff Dawkins
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: trendal]
#7313878 - 08/20/07 10:46 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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trendal said:
Collapse by Jared Diamond
Haven't read that- but his Guns, Germs and Steel should be on the required-reading list.
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: Dr_T]
#7313941 - 08/20/07 11:05 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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penguin classics group all the essentials..
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: kybish]
#7314004 - 08/20/07 11:29 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Read everything by all of the authors that the guy in the movie listed and then PM me.
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: it stars saddam]
#7314043 - 08/20/07 11:44 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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love the suggestions so far, I'll be sure to pick them all, yes all of them, up at the library.
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it stars saddam said:
Read everything by all of the authors that the guy in the movie listed and then PM me.
give me a couple years, but may I ask why?
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: kybish]
#7314056 - 08/20/07 11:47 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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i like richard dawkins
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: Atheist]
#7314081 - 08/20/07 11:54 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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The Naked Ape
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: fearfect]
#7314095 - 08/20/07 11:58 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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that definitely sounds like something i would like
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: Atheist]
#7314114 - 08/20/07 12:04 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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I think you already found wikipedia 
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: The_Ghost]
#7314155 - 08/20/07 12:18 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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amazon actually 
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: Atheist]
#7314172 - 08/20/07 12:26 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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www.straightdope.com
I like going to the search engine on that site and searching for the word "The" and then reading all the articles that interest me.
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: kybish]
#7314180 - 08/20/07 12:28 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
kybish said:
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it stars saddam said:
Read everything by all of the authors that the guy in the movie listed and then PM me.
give me a couple years, but may I ask why?
Because then I'll give you a new list of authors to conquer.
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Re: Recommend some good general knowledge books/sources [Re: StrandedVoyager]
#7314212 - 08/20/07 12:43 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
StrandedVoyager said:
www.straightdope.com
I like going to the search engine on that site and searching for the word "The" and then reading all the articles that interest me.
that guy really knows his shit, i love that site
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