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Onasander
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Topic: Your Favourite Philosophy Book Posted: 21-Aug-2015 at 23:55 |
Thomas Merton's "The Way of Chuang Tzu". It's Daoist yet strongly likeable by Catholics. Bit odd, but we don't like having to explain our like of this text.
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Posted: 24-Apr-2007 at 03:13 |
I havn't read one so far.
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Posted: 21-Feb-2007 at 11:00 |
Sun Tzu
the art of war
its brilliant every aspect of war is mentioned in it with this book I can lead an army by myself ( with calculator off course )
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Posted: 20-Feb-2007 at 17:24 |
I like the "World of Sophia", because it say it all in a nice, light manner. All the philosophers together, talking in simple.
In classicals I like the pre-Socratic scripts that still exist, and also the Tao Te King. And, of course, Native American mythology
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Posted: 20-Feb-2007 at 17:01 |
The Analects of Confucius.
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Economic Communist, Political Progressive, Social Conservative.
Unless otherwise noted source is wiki.
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Posted: 20-Feb-2007 at 12:30 |
Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 11:17 |
I was just about to type The Socail Contract when I noticed the previous message. His view on democracy is very important for todays democratic elitists.
This was my favourite philosophical study I read before I read Camus.
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Posted: 24-Sep-2006 at 06:49 |
"The Social Contract" of Jean Jacques Rousseau, crucial importance for the french revolution, precursor of the socialism.
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Posted: 21-Sep-2006 at 01:32 |
Originally posted by Odin
Originally posted by Ponce de Leon
The Bible. It is the best seller of all time.
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That's mythology.
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Mythology or not, it still gives a philosophical viewpoint and is the basis for the personal philosophies of billions of people.
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Posted: 21-Sep-2006 at 01:32 |
ditto
Edited by bagelofdoom - 21-Sep-2006 at 01:33
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Posted: 21-Sep-2006 at 01:32 |
repeat post, sorry.
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Odin
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Posted: 13-Aug-2006 at 00:51 |
Originally posted by Ponce de Leon
The Bible. It is the best seller of all time.
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That's mythology.
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"Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now."
-Arnold J. Toynbee
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Posted: 13-Aug-2006 at 00:50 |
Popper's The Open Society and It's Enemies. It is what made me turn away from Marxism to non-Marxist Socialism.
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"Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now."
-Arnold J. Toynbee
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Posted: 05-Aug-2006 at 12:34 |
Do old text books count? I still have a philosophy book from college "The Great Conversation: A historical Introduction to Philosophy-Second Edition, by Norman Melchert, 1995.
I still read it now and then.
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Posted: 03-Aug-2006 at 04:22 |
the Book of the Book
It says everything that needs to be said, and nothing more.
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Posted: 30-Jul-2006 at 23:34 |
I haven't read many but of the ones I have Plato's Republic is right at the top with Marcus Aurelius' Meditations a close second.
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"War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace."--Thomas Mann
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Posted: 12-Jul-2006 at 18:51 |
The Bible. It is the best seller of all time.
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Posted: 30-Jun-2006 at 09:38 |
If you don't mind my referring to A. de S.-Exupery as a philosopher, I'd mention his name at the top of my list. I don't mean just "Le Petit Prince" (The Little Prince) but also other his books:
"Pilote de Geurre" (Flight to Arras); "Terre de Hommes" (Wind, Sand, and Stars);"Courier Sud" (Southern Mail);"Vol de Nuit" (Night Flight); "Lettre un Otage" (Letter to a Hostage) etc. His world outlook is very close to mine.
Richard Bach's books ("Illusions", "J.Livingston - seagull" etc.)are also very interesting though I don't agree with everything he writes.
Tolstoy, Rozanov, Abelar also ahould be mentioned.
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Posted: 13-Jun-2006 at 07:42 |
My favorite philosophical book is a novel by Paulo Coehlo, ''The Alchemist''. This is the closer thing that I've read about philosophy. |
That's an old tale, the earliest version I know is part of Arabian Nights, but there are also other modern versions like the one retold by Jorge Luis Borges.
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Posted: 13-Jun-2006 at 06:59 |
My favorite philosophical book is a novel by Paulo Coehlo, ''The Alchemist''. This is the closer thing that I've read about philosophy.
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