EPTCan you say something about summa technologiae? I have yet to hear an opinion about it.
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YoucriedWolf
Sweden1456 Posts
Can you say something about summa technologiae? I have yet to hear an opinion about it. | ||
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
Finished: ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kYh38zHWL._SY346_PJlook-inside-v2,TopRight,1,0_SH20_.jpg) Overall a fun book, but the last few chapters were highly confusing. Will read it again some day. Reading: ![[image loading]](http://www.cine-images.com/moteur_photo/exportation_images/chapitre_book/hotel%20du%20nord_01.jpg) My parents bought this mainly because it plays near the place where I lived when I was in Paris last year. I am nearly one third in after just an hour or so and so far it is really fun. And it is nice to read something easy again after Blood Meridian and As I Lay Dying. | ||
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Juice!
Belgium295 Posts
The list of books i've read isn't that huge as i only recently started reading. What i read so far: Hunger games triology - Suzanne Collins the divine comedy - Dante All the books of Dan Brown (<- really loved those) The hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien Messias - Boris Starling (<- Amazing book) Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter - Seth Graham Smith World War Z - Max Brooks Anyone has any suggestion for a new book in the line of the genres i've read so far (and stated above)? I'm really familiar with most writers so i'm kinda in the dark. (Books can be in English or Dutch) After some search i came upon this list: http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/2QRR7K50RB81 Are these books any good? Anybody know? | ||
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Paljas
Germany6926 Posts
On August 22 2013 22:11 Juice! wrote: Any suggestions for a good book? The list of books i've read isn't that huge as i only recently started reading. What i read so far: Hunger games triology - Suzanne Collins the divine comedy - Dante All the books of Dan Brown (<- really loved those) The hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien Messias - Boris Starling (<- Amazing book) Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter - Seth Graham Smith World War Z - Max Brooks Anyone has any suggestion for a new book in the line of the genres i've read so far (and stated above)? I'm really familiar with most writers so i'm kinda in the dark. (Books can be in English or Dutch) After some search i came upon this list: http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/2QRR7K50RB81 Are these books any good? Anybody know? you could just read some other books from Tolkien (Lotr). i would recommend animal farm, because its pretty good and easy to read. but the best advice would probably to read everything you can get your hands on. this is the best way to find the genres you like and authors you can enjoy. | ||
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TheOneWhoKnocks
160 Posts
These sorts of thoughts enter my head over and over and overwhelm me, until I finally collapse into a nihilistic stupor and play video games for hours on end. Caring just takes too much. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On August 22 2013 21:10 YoucriedWolf wrote: Good to have you back Sam! Can you say something about summa technologiae? I have yet to hear an opinion about it. I thought it was really interesting, although maybe a little too long. I like it because his use of ideas from biology as metaphors for complex systems (like the development of human culture and scientific thought) is pretty sophisticated for its time (and that's a particular topic of interest for me). Probably the most interesting discussion is his argument about the proliferation of specialized knowledge as a barrier to the endless accumulation of scientific knowledge, not because it's impossible to know, but just because scientists don't live long enough to deal with the information explosion. it's sort of like a malthusian trap for science, i guess, if that makes any sense also of course it's pretty funny, although like i said maybe a bit droning On August 23 2013 03:08 TheOneWhoKnocks wrote: There is a feeling which quite often overwhelms me. It is the sudden realization and awareness that I will never read even one percent of the books in the world, and will thus miss out on over ninety-nine percent of the books in existence. It therefore becomes extremely crucial to make sure I pick the right books, since every mediocre or poor book I read could have been replaced by one of the masterpieces I will necessarily miss out on, and never get to experience. These sorts of thoughts enter my head over and over and overwhelm me, until I finally collapse into a nihilistic stupor and play video games for hours on end. Caring just takes too much. welcome to the club, Sisyphus. get yr back to the rock, son On August 22 2013 22:11 Juice! wrote: Any suggestions for a good book? The list of books i've read isn't that huge as i only recently started reading. What i read so far: Hunger games triology - Suzanne Collins the divine comedy - Dante All the books of Dan Brown (<- really loved those) The hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien Messias - Boris Starling (<- Amazing book) Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter - Seth Graham Smith World War Z - Max Brooks Anyone has any suggestion for a new book in the line of the genres i've read so far (and stated above)? I'm really familiar with most writers so i'm kinda in the dark. Why don't you try reading _The Name of the Rose_ by Umberto Eco? | ||
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
General Discussion will be a lot more lively now :D I guess I will show you what I have been reading since you last left this thread + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://ebooks.cambridge.org/content/978/05/1181/791/5/9780511817915i.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/Simulacra_and_Simulation_.jpg/150px-Simulacra_and_Simulation_.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1223633890l/918155.jpg) Simulacra and Simulation was very difficult to read and I had to have my hand held throughout but in a way, it was pure genius. Thinking back to this morning when I was raging at Metal Gear Solid (that fist fight with Liquid was pure bullshit,) I kind of felt bad and felt like I was falling into the trap Baudrillard more or less observed in modern culture. Once I grasped what he was talking about, I felt pretty bad about myself. Studying Rawls was also not the most exciting thing in the world and the book A Theory of Justice was not well written, but it was very interesting to hear a non-Marxist account of egalitarianism that was not pseudo-liberal BS you often hear in modern discourse. Nussbaum on the other hand was very fun to read and definitely worthwhile. Whilst it was pretty grim as anything relating to Greek classics tend to be, it really reshaped my view on how we view much of the classics. Sadly, I spend most of my time on academia.edu and the MIA as an alternative to Wikipedia rather than reading books. Oh yeah, I did not read it yet, but her book on the politics of disgust was pure genius. From what I saw, it seems to be mostly about homosexuality, but the logic proved to be very helpful when talking about other controversial issues | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
 I'm glad you liked baudrillard, you should read _Symbolic Exchange and Death_ | ||
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
On August 23 2013 03:55 sam!zdat wrote: that's right, rawls is not psuedo-liberal BS, rawls is just liberal BS I'm glad you liked baudrillard, you should read _Symbolic Exchange and Death_ Haha, I knew you would not many nice things to say about Rawls given how much Zizek seems to dislike him, or at best, seems to think he is lacking. Hee hee, as much as I loved Baudrillard, I would be lying if I said I wanted to pick up and read another one of his books, but the French are quite frustrating to read at times. It seems like it is something I will have to get use to. | ||
Xxio
Canada5565 Posts
On August 23 2013 03:08 TheOneWhoKnocks wrote: There is a feeling which quite often overwhelms me. It is the sudden realization and awareness that I will never read even one percent of the books in the world, and will thus miss out on over ninety-nine percent of the books in existence. It therefore becomes extremely crucial to make sure I pick the right books, since every mediocre or poor book I read could have been replaced by one of the masterpieces I will necessarily miss out on, and never get to experience. These sorts of thoughts enter my head over and over and overwhelm me, until I finally collapse into a nihilistic stupor and play video games for hours on end. Caring just takes too much. Knowing that we are living in a golden age of fiction makes me tremendously happy. | ||
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HeatEXTEND
Netherlands836 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.marktplaza.nl/images/1/45/Frank-Herbert-Duin-17989845.jpg) Dune (half way through), a slice of space opera, a pinch of "becoming of age", a dash of heraldry and also its pretty good :3 | ||
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farvacola
United States18828 Posts
On August 23 2013 08:07 Xxio wrote: Knowing that we are living in a golden age of fiction makes me tremendously happy. I'm not sure if I agree, but I mostly read old books anyhow, so what do I know?  | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On August 23 2013 08:30 farvacola wrote: I'm not sure if I agree, but I mostly read old books anyhow, so what do I know? How inclusive is the golden age? Does the whole 20th century count? | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
edit: alternatively, i would accept the theory that it has all been downhill since war and peace | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On August 23 2013 08:46 sam!zdat wrote: the golden age of literature was 1953-1981 could you give some reasoning for those of us who are uneducated? Who was writing then? | ||
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Prog455
Denmark970 Posts
On August 22 2013 22:11 Juice! wrote: Any suggestions for a good book? The list of books i've read isn't that huge as i only recently started reading. What i read so far: Hunger games triology - Suzanne Collins the divine comedy - Dante All the books of Dan Brown (<- really loved those) The hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien Messias - Boris Starling (<- Amazing book) Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter - Seth Graham Smith World War Z - Max Brooks Anyone has any suggestion for a new book in the line of the genres i've read so far (and stated above)? I'm really familiar with most writers so i'm kinda in the dark. (Books can be in English or Dutch) After some search i came upon this list: http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/2QRR7K50RB81 Are these books any good? Anybody know? Read Haruki Murakami. He was the first author i read when i was getting into reading actual litterature, and for someone like you who have mainly been reading fantasy he is a very good "transition" author since he writes magic realism, which offers many of the same joys of reading fantasy, but also more serious litterature. Furthermore he is quite easy to read and you can be almost certain that some of his works are translated into dutch. Also he is a very hot topic so if you want to discuss litterature there is a pretty good chance that people have read some of his works. I would recommend Kafka of the Shore since it is (in my opinion anyway) one of his best works, and also one of his most famous. Another author that you might consider is Hemingway. He is another author that is easy to dig into, and also an author that is widely regarded as a must read. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On August 23 2013 08:55 Prog455 wrote: Another author that you might consider is Hemingway. He is another author that is easy to dig into, and also an author that is widely regarded as a must read. the sun also rises | ||
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Prog455
Denmark970 Posts
Like your cock. + Show Spoiler + If you have one User was warned for this post | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
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Juice!
Belgium295 Posts
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