>Holy Bible
No explaination needed. >Summa Theologica
The standard theological and philosophical basis for God's Church. >Plato and Aristotle collected
Basis for Western philosophy. >Human Dignity by Mirandollo
The guy created the Rennaissance - I mean come on. >Democracy in America
The text on the world's main empire and also a pretty much flawless analysis of aristocracy versus democracy. >Shakespeare collected
The GOAT and legend himself. >Illiad and Odyssey
They're utter garbage but hey they're fundamental. >Rumi Red Book
Probably the greatest mystical writer ever.
Obligatory Dhammpada, Tao Te Chin, and other Western wisdom literature.
How have none of you morons mentioned the Analects yet? Dao de jing is brought up a bunch of times (Zhuangzi is the more influential Daoist text anyway imo) but Confucius has far more of a reach on the entirety of modern east Asia
The Bible and no amount of willful ignorance, moronation or coping or seething will change that fact.
The Bible
The Quran
Tao Te Ching
The Tripitakas
The Vedas
Bhagavad Gita
Sherlock Holmes
If I had to save a book and everything else would be destroyed. I would save a science textbook.
that's what he said, moron, the Bible
The most important book has been out of print for four thousand years
What's it called though
>links to the wikipedia entry for the bible
lol.
The Iliad. If the Iliad weren’t written, the scientific revolution wouldn’t have happened. But it would have happened without the bible.
>Holy Bible
No explaination needed.
>Summa Theologica
The standard theological and philosophical basis for God's Church.
>Plato and Aristotle collected
Basis for Western philosophy.
>Human Dignity by Mirandollo
The guy created the Rennaissance - I mean come on.
>Democracy in America
The text on the world's main empire and also a pretty much flawless analysis of aristocracy versus democracy.
>Shakespeare collected
The GOAT and legend himself.
>Illiad and Odyssey
They're utter garbage but hey they're fundamental.
>Rumi Red Book
Probably the greatest mystical writer ever.
Obligatory Dhammpada, Tao Te Chin, and other Western wisdom literature.
>Illiad and Odyssey
>utter garbage
The Odyssey is really good though
my diary
How have none of you morons mentioned the Analects yet? Dao de jing is brought up a bunch of times (Zhuangzi is the more influential Daoist text anyway imo) but Confucius has far more of a reach on the entirety of modern east Asia
contemplating the question is a waste of time
The Enneads.
Science will prove it correct.
rodrick rules
Aesop's Fables