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Title: Interesting
Post by Sir Spot of Borg on Jan 17^th, 2022 at 9:55am

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Spot

Title: Re: Interesting
Post by Frank on Feb 5^th, 2022 at 8:12pm

Joyce's Ulysses is 100 years old.
https://literaryreview.co.uk/bloomsyear

Evelyn Waugh, an infinitely greater writer, nailed it:

James Joyce, that “poor, dotty Irishman,” is a producer of “great rot.”

Title: Re: Interesting
Post by JaSin. on Feb 5^th, 2022 at 8:42pm

I would say that Ulysses is a book that is based on 'a lot' of 'complicated' writing put together to appear more sophisticated than it really is.
Plus, it was all that Ireland had to offer.
It really should have been just 100 pages long.
Definitely a case example that goes against the 'keep it simple stupid' sell.

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Post by Frank on Aug 18^th, 2023 at 6:50pm

After the Leap: Marriage and Philosophy in George Eliot and Søren Kierkegaard

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/after-the-leap-marriage-and-philosophy-in-george-eliot-and-soren-kierkegaard/

Middlemarch is a masterpiece. Søren was a genius.

Title: Re: Interesting
Post by Frank on Sep 11^th, 2024 at 10:35am

Title: Re: Interesting
Post by tallowood on Sep 11^th, 2024 at 12:19pm

Frank wrote on Sep 11^th, 2024 at 10:35am:

Are they paper or digital format?

Title: Re: Interesting
Post by UnSubRocky on Sep 11^th, 2024 at 6:31pm

I collected my books for either cheap, or free. Just cost me 1/10th the tank of fuel.

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Post by Frank on Dec 13^th, 2024 at 4:31pm

The Best Philosophy Books of 2024
recommended by Nigel Warburton

1 Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People by Emily Herring

2 Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me by Edith Hall

3 Marx by Jaime Edwards and Brian Leiter

4 The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI by Jonathan Birch

5 We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience by Lyndsey Stonebridge

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/best-philosophy-books-2024-nigel-warburton/