What books that have changed your life. Or at least the way you see the world.
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What books that have changed your life. Or at least the way you see the world.
What books that have changed your life. Or at least the way you see the world.
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Nothing Ever Happens Shirt $21.68 |
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As I lay dying
how so?
I read it when I was like 18 and it was my first exposure to anything outside of public school curriculum-core literature. Made me realize how expressive literature can be.
textbooks, that jordan peterson maps of meaning, how to read a book, cbt psychology textbook, and a lot of different things that I can't remember, a philosophy textbook. maybe atlas shrugged too
The I-Ching. It made me cognizant of my actions, motives, and character
Can you elaborate please?
A lot seem to think of it as simply a book of divination, which it is mostly know for, but there is deeper meaning for those who pay close attention. It is known as the book of changes, and life is basically a continuation of non-ending changes. It is said that every possible reaction is rendered in the I Ching. By looking at the various hexagrams and interpretations, a reader can be more alert to how they deal with things in their life. By becoming more alert to how they deal with things, it reveals a lot about one’s character, motives, and actions.
Charles Hartshorne's work on process theology
give me a more mick name than "Iain McGilchrist"
Colín Óg Mac an Iomaire
Pic. Taught me that there sometimes you need to keep fighting even if you know you can't win, and at any cost.
I was totally shocked by the fact that someone could be such a sigma and choose to be a fricking chad even the universe told you to be otherwise. Was my first true introduction into lit and drastically changed my thinking at the age of 21. Buk will always be my OG hero, though I have many now.
Everything by Mishima
Spinoza's Ethics
So The Matter with Things is really that amazing? How has it changed you?
Understanding how the static, reductionist left hemishpere works in contrast with the flowing, present right hemishpere helped me understand my own mind, and helped bring back a sense of wonder in the world.
It also helped me make sense of exactly why the modern materialistic society is the way that it is, and begets such seemingly bizzare behaviour such as trannies, the West's self-immolation etc..
I see, thanks. Have you also read Master&Emissary? Had it in my stack for a while. If yes, is it worth it or should one jump to MwT directly?
I haven't read it no, but it would make sense to start there if you already have a copy as I'm sure it covers some of the same ground.
As far as I know the Matter With Things is an expansion on M&E, but it's also massive and pretty expense last time I checked.
I read about half of it, it's great. The hardest parts are the earliest where he's setting up the science and basic factual framework. I would encourage jumping around a bit, maybe read 10-15 pages of that for every chapter you read of your own interest. That way you don't get bored and chip away at a very long book.
Moby Dick. Felt like had developed schizophrenia after finishing it. Also made me finally quit drinking.
The Valentinians were right.... "What saves us is the gnosis"
Beyond Food and Evil (got me into philosophy, although I've found it less exceptional on rereads. Nietzsche's critique of the post-Kantian German idealists in particular is weak and shows a lack of understanding of their work. Still, some great bits in here).
The Brothers Karamazov - particularly the Grand Inquisitor
The Origins of Political Order and Political Order and Decay - (best works on how high functioning states got that way)
The Blank Slate (I know, ass, but it's actually a very good book on how different takes on human nature define the modern left and right wing and how both get things wrong. It's a particularly good argument against radical "woke" politics that came a decade before they came to the fore.)
Elements of the Philosophy of Right - Hegel has a highly original, great take on political philosophy.
Freedom's Right - Honneth's work is an excellent primer on how Hegel's work fits into the landscape of political philosophy. First part is really to important section.
Complexity: A Guided Tour - I knew a lot of this stuff going in, but this is the best intro to complexity, chaos theory, and information theory I've found.
Great Courses: The Science of Information - my intro to information theory, which has had a huge effect on my philosophy and metaphysics. It's a lecture series, not a book. The Routledge Guide to the Philosophy of Information is also great as well.
Paul's Letter to the Romans - best layout of positive/reflective freedom I've seen in Romans 7.
The Gospel of John - my favorite of all the Gospels. I've always been very interested in Logos theology.
The Reality of Time Flow: Local Becoming in Modern Physics - excellent intro to the philosophy and physics of time that I believe delivers a KO against eternalism.
Asymmetry: The Foundation of Information - both a good background on information in physics and a novel theory of its ontological ground.
Semiotics the Basics and the Routledge contemporary intro to the philosophy of language - basic but the flip side of information theory and great sources.
Also, The Phenomenology of Spirit, The Signature in All Things, Borges' Library of Babel (and the book a mathematician did on the math behind the story), the Science of Logic and Houlgate's commentary on the intro, Augustine's Confessions and On The Trinity.
Pic is good reads or re-reads in the last 18 months.
Oh, and Bernoulli's Fallacy. Made me realize that the quantitative methods I had been taught were flawed in a fundemental way. Combined with other insights, partly from the Handbook of the Philosophy of Complex Systems, it made me realize we err by trying to model everything as linear systems. I think this helped drive me towards Jaynes and eventually to leaning towards both Bayesianism, finitism, and finally intuitionism... I still haven't come out as an intuitionist or Bayesian, I'm afraid I'll get bullied.
Daodejing
Always thought about reading that
Honest answers?
Chord Chemistry by Ted Greene
1984
The Real Anthony Fauci
Crusader
Man and His Symbols
Myths to Live By
Peoples History of the United States
The Prince
Save the Cat
Job
Bhagavad Gita
Tex