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Jake

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« on: December 26, 2005, 10:31:21 PM »
So I went into Borders to spend some of the gift card cash I got for Christmas, this is what I got:

the case for christ - Lee Strobel
the days run away like wild horses over hills - bukowski
Selected prose of ezra pound
by the river piedra I sat down and wept - paulo coelho
the fifth mountain - coelho
the brothers karamazov - dostoevsky (a new translation which i don't have)
the antichrist - nietzsche
sophie's world - jostein gaarder

I'm not sure what I'll read first - I heard very good things about "sophie's world", anyone here read it?
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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2005, 06:52:29 PM »
I've read Sophie's World - I checked it out and got it for a younger family member a few years ago. It does what it does very well - introduces some fundamental philosophical ideas and mechanisms for younger people, particularly girls, since 'Sophie' is herself a girl. It's definitely worth a look but I suspect it may be a bit too 'young' for you but, if you've got a 12-16 year old female family member with a few more watts burning in her head than the usual contemporary cultural mush, then it would likely be a good one to pass on.
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« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2005, 08:28:57 PM »
Isn't The Antichrist one of those books written as tool to take money from people who think the world is ending? (Like the the Left Behind series?)
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« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2005, 08:45:07 PM »
do you see who the author is? :rolleyes:
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« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2005, 09:55:34 PM »
Hehe.  


I just bought The Divine Comedy, so I can finally finish reading it.
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« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2005, 09:56:20 AM »
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do you see who the author is? :rolleyes:

Sorry, name doesn't ring a bell. Of course, I could google it...but that would require work.

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I just bought The Divine Comedy, so I can finally finish reading it.
I've been meaning to read this for awhile. I get up to Canto III of The Inferno then stop for some reason.
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« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2005, 10:13:03 AM »
Nietzsche: "God is dead"
God: "Nietzsche is dead"

lol
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« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2005, 11:00:26 AM »
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Sorry, name doesn't ring a bell.

you have to be fucking kidding me.
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« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2005, 11:08:37 AM »
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you have to be fucking kidding me.

Nope.
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« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2005, 11:11:11 AM »
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you have to be fucking kidding me.


Chill the hell out.
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« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2005, 11:37:58 AM »
Now, now, play nice.

Nietzsche was a philosopher from way back when and conceptualized the whole "God is dead" thing.  I think "The Antichrist" was more about the differences between Jesus as a person and Christianity as a religion.
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« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2005, 02:21:27 PM »
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you have to be fucking kidding me.


He's obviously not an Übermensch like you.
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« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2005, 03:03:48 PM »
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Now, now, play nice.

Nietzsche was a philosopher from way back when and conceptualized the whole "God is dead" thing.  I think "The Antichrist" was more about the differences between Jesus as a person and Christianity as a religion.

/gets it
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« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2005, 08:29:10 AM »
Actually that's only a half-quote...and probably the most misunderstood quote of all time.

Currently reading "Ulysses" by Joyce.
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