Litsy

The Problems of Philosophy | Bertrand Russell

I've been studying epistemology in my class this semester and I've been looking for books to help me understand it better. I added this book to my ThriftBooks cart two days ago, and then I surreptitiously found it at the library book sale yesterday! It's annotated and I'm enjoying not only reading Russell's writings, but also the scribblings of the previous owner who was also trying to make sense of it all.

Schwifty I don‘t know if you‘re into graphic novels, but there‘s one I particularly enjoy called Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth which is the story of Russell‘s early years, courtship of his wife and struggle to formulate his analytical philosophy. I majored in philosophy in college and read a ton of his work. He was particularly accessible when others, especially non-English philosophers, were not so much to the layman. Anyway, happy reading. 3d

Rachel.Rencher @Schwifty Thank you for the recommendation! I love graphic novels & that one is now added to my ThriftBooks cart. 👍 3d

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AlaSkaat

Key Philosophical Writings | Rene Descartes

Anyone else gets annoyed by these? ://

Almost always can‘t get my focus back

kspenmoll Yes! 3w

AlaSkaat @kspenmoll it reminded me of the ‘can you find the the mistake? 123‘ so I kept going back and forth thinking I‘m reading it wrong ! There‘s so many punctuation mistakes in books though. Especially older ones. 3w

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UnderworldAmusements

The Dawn of Day | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“The free man is immoral, because it is his will to depend upon himself and not upon tradition: in all the primitive states of humanity 'evil' is equivalent to 'individual,' 'free,' 'arbitrary,' 'unaccustomed,' 'unforeseen,' 'incalculable.'“ ~Friedrich Nietzsche, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒂𝒚

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Immanuel Kant's Kritik der reinen Vernunft | Immanuel Kant

Sent to me by a friend I am not sure the source

Box has a box set of Kant 🤣😂🤣

CatLass007 I have never read Kant. Are you someone who has read him, liked it or at least learned from? If so, do you have any thoughts on an entry-level book for the uninitiated? I‘m always on the lookout for new authors to teach me new things. 2mo

CatLass007 Oh, and it‘s great that your books made it to you anyway. It‘s too bad that the gift card was lost and you don‘t know who sent it. I hope it was a generous Litten who will speak up. 2mo

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Clearly an uncultured thief 😉 2mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures @CatLass007 I dabbled in philosophy in college and lets just say that we had a super rude rhyme for Kant he is tough, and a bit boring (he probably isn't as bad as I remember, or we pretended, I do believe in his founding belief). I think if you are interested in the philosophy of ethics and reasoning I would start with this one -

Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals

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ChaoticMissAdventures @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage clearly. No dragons, no shirtless men on the cover. Can't be good - ohhh maybe the “thief“ already has these books? 😂 2mo

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Lol! Then they should have left a note with their review… 🤣 2mo

CatLass007 Thanks! 2mo

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bibliothecarivs

Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction | Edward Craig

Recent acquisitions:

📖 Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Edward Craig
📖 Beauty: A Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton

#UniteAgainstBookBans and #LetUtahRead

rwmg 😨 Why were they banned? 3mo

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UnderworldAmusements

Twilight of the Idols | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“Let unholy hands keep aloof from inspired writings, let the laity believe in their old religions and their new philosophies, and let Nietzsche be the philosopher for those only who have to stand alone, but who for this very reason need an example and perhaps a guide more than any other.“ ~Oscar Levy

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Thus Spake Zarathustra | Friedrich Nietzsche

#Nietzsche #Birthday #Philosophy

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Custo7

What is Philosophy? | Jose Ortega y Gasset

The_Book_Ninja

Thus Spoke Zarathustra | Friedrich Nietzsche

I went to the recycling centre this morning. Always worth looking in the wheelie bin of books to see if someone is throwing away a gem. I gazed into this last bin in the line…and the bin gazed also into me!

Bookwomble "And if you contend against dustbins, beware that you do not yourself become a dustbin!" I used to have that edition, but it's long since gone - never read it ? Did you liberate it? 7mo

The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble No…as I shuffle towards the great library in the sky, I want to spend my remaining days reading for enjoyment🤣 7mo

Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja Ah, but maybe you should have taken that Vintage copy of Mervyn Peak's Gormenghast trilogy to read later this year 🧐 I would have left the Nietzsche (he's had his chance with me), but I'd have taken the copy of Six Yuan Plays at the back there. Somebody's dumping some good shit in that bin! 7mo

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The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble there were 5 bins, filled to the top…I was overwhelmed ☺️ 7mo

Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja I'd be turning up with a shopping trolley! 😄 7mo

The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble there‘s a lot of crap in there and you have to move fast, they don‘t like salvaging in this centre..😳 I don‘t know if they‘re all like that. The Gormenghast had a badly creased cover. I don‘t mind a old, yellowing book but I can‘t be dealing with creased covers 7mo

Bookwomble Please ignore me - I don't always know when a joke's stopped being funny 🙃 7mo

The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble Ignore my Litsy twin! 🤣Don‘t worry..I‘ll assume it‘s all jokes unless you use an angry emoji😡 7mo

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Dilara

Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy | Simon Blackburn

Probably of limited interest to non-French people, but the baccalaureate philosophy exam started at 8 this morning, and the essay questions are now out:

Vocational stream
Is Nature hostile to Man
Is the artist master of their own work

Academic stream
Can science satisfy our need for truth
Does the State owe us anything

Inspired or not?

Thinking of all those teenagers sweating on their exam papers in many different parts of the world...

Kitta As a scientist, I‘m definitely interested in these questions! I feel that science can give us the answers and can tell us the truth, but that maybe we won‘t reach them in our lifetimes and we‘ll have to wait for the next generation to understand. It‘s a frustrating reality that progress can be slow. 9mo

IuliaC These are very relevant questions 9mo

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards "Is the artist master of their own work?" is taking all sorts of new nuance with AI! 9mo

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Dilara @Kitta Slow and every new discovery or insight brings about new questions! It's neverending... 9mo

Dilara @IuliaC Definitely! 9mo

Dilara @SaunteringVaguelyDownwards Oh, I hadn't thought of that 😁 9mo

Dilara For whoever is interested, Le Monde newspaper published essay examples for some of these questions: https://www.lemonde.fr/campus/live/2024/06/18/en-direct-bac-philo-2024-un-enseig... 9mo

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