View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
Pink Freud
Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Location: Daegu
|
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:15 am Post subject: |
|
|
The Man who Lost His Head
Remi et Aline/ Contes et Poemes.
Greek Mythology (various)
The Autobiography of Bill Russell
The Collected Works of George Orwell
The Autobiography of Malcom X
The Art of War
A Confederacy of Dunces
The Selfish Gene
The Blank Slate
From Kindergarten to 2006. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
HapKi
Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL
|
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
The Lonely Planet guides from Cambodia, South-East Asia, North-East Asia,
Yucatan, Seoul, Korea, Shanghai, Philippines, Prague, Mexico City, Spain, Tokyo, and Great Britain. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Mint
Joined: 08 May 2008
|
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Schopenhauer- The world as will and representation
Swear words are brilliantly emotive, but even the worst of the worst could not level with the pure emotive respect I have for this book. Everybody who has pondered the meaning of their life should at least read the wikipedia about it. Here, do so:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_as_Will_and_Representation |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Nierlisse
Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Location: South Korea
|
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:53 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Atlas Shrugged. That may sound pretentious, but it's true. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
aka Dave
Joined: 02 May 2008 Location: Down by the river
|
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:23 am Post subject: |
|
|
Reading David Hume in my late teens pretty much shaped my attitudes toward religion and metaphysics. Ever since then, if I've read philosophy (and I don't read it much these days), it's been more as an intellectual game than anything else. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
aka Dave
Joined: 02 May 2008 Location: Down by the river
|
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:26 am Post subject: |
|
|
Mint wrote: |
Schopenhauer- The world as will and representation
Swear words are brilliantly emotive, but even the worst of the worst could not level with the pure emotive respect I have for this book. Everybody who has pondered the meaning of their life should at least read the wikipedia about it. Here, do so:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_as_Will_and_Representation |
I did this book for my final paper at a Ucla philosophy class. It really is interesting, and I tried to use it (I was a French major) to analyze Mallarme (in the sense of art as "representation"). My paper was pretty much a failure, but probably because I didn't put enough work into it (I was taking like 24 units that semester so I could do my senior year in France).
It's very readable and worth a look. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
kenbear
Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Location: SK
|
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:36 am Post subject: |
|
|
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
since reading i've tried to get everyone i know to read this book. Permanently changed the way i think |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Thiuda
Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Location: Religion ist f�r Sklaven geschaffen, f�r Wesen ohne Geist.
|
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:31 am Post subject: |
|
|
kenbear wrote: |
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
since reading i've tried to get everyone i know to read this book. Permanently changed the way i think |
Sounds like a good read. How did it change the way you think? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
kenbear
Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Location: SK
|
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:49 am Post subject: |
|
|
its an autobiography, the first 2/3rds are just a good read, the final 3rd of the book brings up other views on islam that other people are too scared to question or speak out against against. also it made me rethink my political and social viewpoints.
i read it 3 months ago and i'm still trying to get my head around everything it forces you to think about. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Koveras
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
|
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:13 am Post subject: |
|
|
Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche. I've never been an existentialist - it mostly affected my political, religious, and moral opinions. It's not my favourite of Nietzsche's anymore, but it was the first one I read. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
|
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Penthouse. A real eye opener for a 10 year old farm kid.
Aristotle ethics. A primer for how I deal with the world around me.
Sun Tzu. Art of war. Relationships.
On the evolution of species, or whatever Darwins book was. After reading it I had a much better of the natural world around me and I could begin to answer questions for myself. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
|
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject: |
|
|
so many...
the best democracy money can buy
fast food nation
why we can't wait (by MLK, Jr)
this way to the gas ladies and gentlemen
the skeptics annotated bible |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Thiuda
Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Location: Religion ist f�r Sklaven geschaffen, f�r Wesen ohne Geist.
|
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: |
|
|
A number of posters have indicated that Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene changed the way they view the world. My favourite chapter is Nice Guys Finish First (an extra chapter in the 2nd and 30th Anniversary Edition), which is a real eye opener heavy with implications for politics, philosophy, economics and for the future of our existence.
For those of you who haven't read the book yet, the BBC Horizons series did a bit on Nice Guys Finish First in 1987. You can download it from Isohunt here: http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/12671431/%22nice+guys+finish+first%22?tab=summary |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|