If my mind cannot sleep with an author, why read him?
On May 16, 7:16�am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Many of the self help books you mention are poorly written or
> hopelessly out of date. �The effective self help book or group of
> tapes will be entertaining as well as informative. �Many also have a
> religious aspect which offends some people. �I enjoyed Zig Ziegler
> tapes when I was young but I don't recommend him now as he is
> certainly out-of-date and he also has a religious theme. �He told
> funny, allegorical stories. �The basic goal, I think, of most of these
> types of books(besides to make the author money) is to give the reader
> a way to create order from chaos. �And to whenever possible; keep it
> simple.
>
> dj
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> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 5:04 AM, pol.science kid <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > you know I agree with you space... i kinda avoid books with an
> > ideological or philosophical bent(except for my academic books of
> > course).... i get angry reading them.. if i disagree with the point of
> > view.. and end up irritable....that is why i prefer
> > stories...novels..literary pieces... plus i absolutely hate the self
> > help buks like �'think positive' 'you can win' '10 steps to
> > happiness'... they seem so shallow... its like they try to apply a
> > formula to life.. narrow it down.. how can you give steps to
> > happinesss... ridiculous....
>
> > On May 15, 9:59�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:
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> >> > I'd recommend ' A theory of justice' By John Rawls...
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> >> > On May 15, 2:53�pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >> > > Currently reading 'The Voyge of the Beagle'. �I'd recomend it.
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> >> > > On 14 May, 17:41, e_space <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >> > > > ill get back to u on that once i have determined what subject u are
> >> > > > talking about
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> >> > > > On May 13, 8:16�pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
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