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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 09:46 AM Original message |
Can you reccommend a good philosophy book? |
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msanger (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. that seems a bit board |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Well... |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. "A History of Western Philosophy" |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Excellent suggestion, and I'd add.... |
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karlschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. Maybe Plato's "Republic", it's not too long and fairly easy to grasp... |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 11:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. hahaha!... |
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wysimdnwyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. "The Art of Happiness" - The Dalai Lama |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I agree with this choice. |
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felonious thunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. Voltaire's Candide is a good start |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. Man's Search for Meaning |
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junker (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
9. oddly enough, and perfect for a computer geek (know of what I speak) |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. WARNING - These books will blow his mind |
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onebigbadwulf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
11. The anti-christ |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. I loved this one, and I am a computer geek |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
14. the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus |
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SiobhanClancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. John Locke's Two Treatises on Government |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yes. Have him read The Holy Bible. |
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Astarho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
18. The Simpsons and Philosophy |
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Superfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
19. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
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drb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I Second those two... |
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saline (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. similarities |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
21. Thanks all for the excellent recommendations |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. This one is a good book for the crapper |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. "The Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. It really depends on where he is in his study of philosophy. |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 11:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Hey Gumbo |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 11:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. As a matter of fact, I'm listening to |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 11:58 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Lot's of different stuff |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 12:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. They have been playing Oscar Peterson |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 12:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Always worries me... |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 12:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I try to never skip older jazz greats when they play in town, |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 11:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. 'Being and Time' not first philosophy book... |
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SnowGoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
29. Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. "The Way of Zen", by Alan Watts. Marcus Aurelius "Meditations" |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. "Zen flesh, Zen bones" |
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absyntheNsugar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
37. "Beyond Good and Evil" |
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