Fun Stuff > ENJOY
What are you currently reading?
Uber Ritter:
--- Quote from: n0tj3sus on 26 Nov 2008, 00:32 ---Currently I’m reading a most bland mix of;
Being and Nothingness -John-Paul Sartre
Critique of Pure Reason- Immanuel Kant
The Leviathan- Thomas Hobbes
An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding- David Hume.
So if anyone is willing to put me out of my misery I don’t think I would complain.
--- End quote ---
Man, the prose may be bland (except in Sartre and more poetical bits of Kant, or when Hobbes and Hume let their humor shine through, which is often...so I guess except for 95% of Kant and 50% of Hobbes even the prose isn't that bad, if archaic) I would hardly call these guys bland. Granted I've never read Being and Nothingness, but I liked Sartre's plays well enough.
Read poetry! Poetry is the perfect antidote to too much philosophy, along with music. John Donne, TS Eliot, Derek Walcott are all favorites, but you might prefer someone less intellectual then these. John Berryman (I've read little of him, but what I've read I've liked)?
Surgoshan:
When the inevitable zombacolypse occurs I'll be arming myself with a baseball bat and discardable cheerleaders.
Liam:
--- Quote from: jimbunny on 25 Nov 2008, 13:49 ---I don't even know anymore. Someone stop this thing called college.
(If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino)
--- End quote ---
1. That sounded like a So I Married an Axe Murderer reference. But I've seen that movie way more times than is easily explained.
2. Good choice of book.
PizzaSHARK:
Without Remorse, by Tom Clancy. Not one of his better novels, I've been on a Ryanverse binge lately so I'm rereading all of em.
A friend was talking about Emotional Intelligence the other day, said it talks about how the brain and body react to emotion. I'll probably go see if the library has a copy, sounds interesting.
Joseph:
Began Joyce Carol Oates' Black Water yesterday. I'm quite enjoying it. It moves quickly, is fairly simple to read, and it captures moments of panic and the thought processes of impulsive decisions beautifully.
I've also started flipping through Barthes' Critical Essays, picking it up mainly for the essays on Bataille and Robbe-Grillet.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version