The second post in this thread is asking for this you know, were you bothered to read (!).

 

I did.

 

I did read it!

 

My friend, I think you got it wrong. I didn't post them to encourage others to read philosophical books. I wanted to show that thousands of books can be found on all subjects.

Like you, I love reading books, but if the choices aren't made correctly and one reads everything that comes to hand, he/she can't use them in the end. I don't want to repeat what everyone knows, but the capacity of memory and life is limited and no one can focus on all topics. I even said this in my first post.

I mean, maybe 1000 years ago, people were reading every book they could get because there were so few books, but today, it can't be done.

 

The division of science began about 200 years ago (the Age of Enlightenment) and specialized disciplines emerged. The spread of science, while making it easier to work in various fields, created many problems. The branching out of science, the specialization of science, and their separation from one another have caused trouble for humanity, and we are now paying the price for this.

Extremist specialization means that only you become an expert in one field and don't see the world and the neighboring world is harmful. All this pure specialization and dependence on technology isn't the right way without a general view. We need to find the hidden links between the sciences, be aware of them, and professors and researchers need to pay attention to these points and educate students accordingly.

But unfortunately, such masters don't exist abroad.

 

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

 

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I start reading Ulysses by Irish writer James Joyce. I tried to read this modernist novel several times already, but the maximum reached the third chapter. This time I want to read to the end, no matter how long it takes me.

 

I started reading James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake - I tried to read this several times already but the maximum I reached was the third sentence



He synthesizes words in that book and remixes syntax and context. To some its complete gibberish but the Fascinating thing is it makes sense to many people and they have arrived at the same conclusion even though its a thousand pages of made up words


Oh and Joyce was Blind in one eye - I dont know if that has anything to do with it

 

A great read, an easy read and a classic

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

it's not a book you can only read once...

 

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Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

Infos & Sound Files
https://www.therestisnoise.com/

Preview:
https://www.google.de/books/edition...1&dq=inauthor:"Alex+Ross"&printsec=frontcover

 

For people wanting to get into Joyce start with "Dubliners", a collection of short stories.

FW is too much even for me

 

A fantastic book!

I had an edition (translated to English though, can't do Russian, me) that had the stuff the Soviets censored in italics.

Maybe I was missing the context, but some of the stuff was downright bizarre that was taken out originally.

 

ok after all of the suggestions, some awful heheh, some great

i will break form, and suggest something different!
it is often overlooked. But the Most important thing about a new/different language is
Actually, listening!
So my suggestions is:
First narrow it down to what might be the perspective niche you are after
Is it one of the British?:
Spoken Irish if very different from London or Midlands and of course sottish.

Besides the obvious differences between Ausi and Zealand
there are, big differences, between the northern americas! and the southern islands!!
And Afrikas english speakers.

SO:
get yourself a good (TV) show to watch (one you might like to watch a few times)
and this is important watch it with the English Subs in the beginning, and later, turn them on
only if you didn't understand something!

i believe that is the best way to learn and pick up Cultural and Local Colloquialisms!
Like pants, fags and birds mean very different things.... depending where you are

 

Same here, its a hell of a ride and the fact that it was banned, burnt, leaked out (or "pirated") and then heavily censored and published until finally being fully published so many years after the authors death only adds to my love of the book.

And yes a lot of it is "downright bizarre" - couldn't put it better myself. A 7ft tall talking cat that cheats at cards and chess.... In fact, thinking about it rather than scrolling through here and the shitposting meme thread - I'm gowning to start reading it again... .... ok a quick scroll through....

 

Your brain on porn, have nice read

 

My favourite genre is SF, Fiction, Science, Philosophy books. I can recommend Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" series books and "Robots of Dawn" series books, if you like SF that is. Asimov's books are far more than just SF. They are really thought provoking and brilliant.

Science books? Anything from Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking's "Brief History of Time", anything from Arthur Clarke. Clarke also wrote incredible SF books. Anything will do from him, but obviously "2001" is kinda special. You have to read it, although the film is an incredible work of art, too.

I'd also recommend you some of the classics like Bram Stoker's "Dracula", Shelley's "Frankenstein", anything from H.G Wells, and Phllip K. Dick. You will be surprised how different is Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" in comparison to "Blade Runner" film. In this case, I love both versions, especially because they're so different.

Philosophy books: anything from Plato, but I'd start with "The State", to learn what *real Democracy* is about. Then try Immanuel Kant's "Critical Mind" and "Ethics". Lovely books. Much better and more educative than watching Youtube! However, when it comes to watching Youtube, the greatest Philosophy channel IMHO is Alain De Botton's and Allan Watts has some really thought provoking videos there.

My favourite philosophers are actually old Greek philosophers, first of all Epicurus and then Socrates. Really great blokes! However, they didn't write much, so everything we know about them comes from some old papers and word of mouth.

I can also recommend Bob Katz's "The Art of Mastering"... very educative for mixing, too.

Cheers! :beer:

 

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A lot, a novel per week usually, mostly Sci fi, spec fiction, literal fiction. From Asimov to Zelazny via Neal Stephenson, Charles Stross, Iain Banks, Jeff Noon, Neil Gaiman and many many others, books are wonderful things

top books I have read recently, Cory Doctorow - Radicalised, Adrian Tchaikovsky - Dogs of War, and The Koli trilogy by M. R. Carey

 

Your post is pants, so I'm just gonna light a fag and talk to my bird.

Just to give an example of the practical usage of those British [generally Cockney - East London] slang words.

I'd been a British English teacher in Taiwan for some time. It was really interesting to examine such a different culture. It made me feel afraid of Chinese culture, though. They truly don't like "westerners" much and consider us "barbarians". I got mocked a lot, even spat on by a pupil. It was a very revealing experience. I don't like Chinese any more at all, but I do like Confucius' philosophy, and I think Buddhism is a good religion, although I'm a complete atheist.

 

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