Looking for a book

KurtistheTurtle

United States1966 Posts

September 20 2012 00:42 GMT

I'm looking for a book. A book that when the oceans have receded, the rain and wind have washed mountains and trees and everything away, its wisdom will remain. That kind of book. Deep, difficult, inaccessible, but holding priceless treasure.

Any book, any author, any language, any time period. I have an immense amount of time and guidance to grapple with it. Looking for suggestions

Iranon

United States983 Posts

September 20 2012 00:44 GMT

Not sure if it's what you're looking for, but this is definitely one of my "desert island" books.

babylon

8765 Posts

September 20 2012 01:01 GMT

The Epic of Gilgamesh, translated by Andrew George.

Flip9

Germany151 Posts

September 20 2012 01:22 GMT

Tao Te Ching

or anything from Eckhart Tolle

itsjustatank

Hong Kong9150 Posts

September 20 2012 01:30 GMT

Henry A. Kissinger, White House Years (1979), Years of Upheaval (1982), and Years of Renewal (1999)

GohgamX

Canada1096 Posts

September 20 2012 04:29 GMT

I really enjoy books by Robert Green. Not so much spiritually focused but more so on human nature using sooooo many awesome historical references.

1998 The 48 Laws of Power (with Joost Elffers)
2001 The Art of Seduction
2006 The 33 Strategies of War
2009 The 50th Law (with 50 Cent)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Greene_(American_author)

TroW

United States67 Posts

September 20 2012 04:41 GMT

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Genealogy of Morals, Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula

All classics that I have found to be thought-provoking and worthy of study time and again.

Chef

10810 Posts

September 20 2012 04:47 GMT

Just read some literature that's studied in universities. You won't get anywhere asking what TL likes if you're looking for intellectual.

You are looking for a book that will give you a profound feeling and emotion after you've read it that will make you think for awhile after you've put it down. I've felt like that too.

I will name Kokoro and Solaris as two books that had such an effect on me, but really just read whatever is in the literary canon that interests you.

TheAmazombie

United States3714 Posts

September 20 2012 05:18 GMT

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson.
10 Billion Days and 100 Billion Nights - Ryu Mitsuse

surfinbird1

Germany999 Posts

September 20 2012 08:22 GMT

#10

In general I would only recommend math books to you since those are probably the only ones fulfilling your requirements. As a math student I can tell you that it's worth your time and effort. As far as non-math books go, I'm not big on spiritual stuff, so here are a couple books that had a big impact on me: "Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy" by Johann Wolfang von Goethe, "The Robbers" and "Don Carlos" by Friedrich Schiller, "The Metamorphosis" and others by Franz Kafka, "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" and "Stories of Mr. Keuner" by Bertolt Brecht, "Narcissus and Goldmund" and "The Glass Bead Game" by Herman Hesse, "The Royal Game" by Stefan Zweig, "Homo Faber" and "The Fire Raisers" by Max Frisch. Too many to count. Just read some classic literature as Chef suggested.

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