I would additionally suggest:
Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. (Dan) Dennett
The Enlightenment: An Interpretation - 2. The Science of Freedom by
Peter Gay
or, if you're up to some real, fruitful, literary statements of what
humanity is and how it soars:
Ulysses by James Joyce

Francis

On 15 Mai, 21:37, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Source by James Michener
> House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
> Door Wide Open by Joyce Johnson, Jack Kerouac
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:59 PM, e_space <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > id recommend Damien by Herman Hesse (or any of his books), but that
> > was the last book of any signifigance that i read and that was about
> > 35 years ago...Hesse is sorta good because he intertwines his
> > philosophy into a neat novel form...it isnt clinical...
>
> > why did i stop reading? while making my way through Damien i noticed
> > that the way the kid thought (it was actually Hesse doing the
> > thinking) was very similar to the philosophy that i was developing
> > myself. scared that i would derail my own natural growth process, i
> > deemed that i would not read any book that wasnt comprised of mostly
> > large pictures! i have learned a lot since then, but not from reading
> > the words of others...a lot of people disagree with my approach, but
> > thats ok...its my life...right?
>
> > On May 15, 11:25 am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I'd recommend ' A theory of justice' By John Rawls...
>
> > > On May 15, 2:53 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Currently reading 'The Voyge of the Beagle'.  I'd recomend it.
>
> > > > On 14 May, 17:41, e_space <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > ill get back to u on that once i have determined what subject u are
> > > > > talking about
>
> > > > > On May 13, 8:16 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > What books and authors on the subject do you recommend and why?-
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