I am looking for a real mind bender of a book. Any suggestions?
2006-12-21 13:03:56 · 18 answers · asked by Marcello 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
"Essays, Civil and Moral" Francis Bacon. He takes the saying "dot your i's and cross your t's" to another level, every sentence is a self-contained island of its own and not one word is wasted. It's scary and enlightening despite how long ago he wrote this. You can read it for free online.
2006-12-21 15:34:59 · answer #1 · answered by miss_ursie_la 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are the necessary conditions for a book to be a philosophical one? A moron wil tell you that Dan Brown is philosophical, but that's why they are morons.
Try "mind bending" the sort of stuff that actual professional philosophers think are "mind bending." Those would be the most commonly read philosophical texts that have been engaging mankind for centuries; these are the "mind benders" you are looking for. Try Plato's dialogues, or Aristotle's Metaphysics., Aquinas, Descartes, and so on. Sounds banal, but that's because people don't bother 'bending their minds' around them. And if you can't "mind bend" with these guys, then we have an answer as to why Sylvia Browne's book keep flying off the shelves.
2006-12-21 21:24:07 · answer #2 · answered by russell_my_frege 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson
2006-12-22 02:46:50 · answer #3 · answered by Jeremy N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rebellion of the masses; Ortega and Gasset
Contemporary philosophy. Morality
Gesammelte Werke ; Khalil Gibran
... prophet: the love letters of Khalil Gibran and Mary Haskell and her private journal.
2006-12-22 02:54:27 · answer #4 · answered by Byzantino 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Anarchist Cookbook.
What is the most philosophical book you have read?
2006-12-21 21:26:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Urantia book, though I admit I haven't read many philosophical books...
2006-12-21 21:14:20 · answer #6 · answered by Alexander K 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Zadig" by Voltaire
"Brave New World" Aldous Huxley
"Tao Teh Ching" Lao Tzu
"Last and First Men and Last Men In London" Olaf Stapledon
2006-12-21 21:10:11 · answer #7 · answered by Paul W 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
2006-12-21 22:13:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hegel's Philosophy of Right
http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/works/pr/preface.htm
http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/index.htm
2006-12-21 21:27:27 · answer #9 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wicked
2006-12-21 21:07:22 · answer #10 · answered by i have no idea 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋