What Are You Reading, Again?

[Fifty]

I stopped reading Mill's autobiography. Just thinking about an education that intense makes my brain hurt.

 

[CartesianFart]

I stopped reading Mill's autobiography. Just thinking about an education that intense makes my brain hurt.

I guess reading "System of Logic" is out of the question then. It is still a good read before getting into modern logic after G.Frege.If you are interested in these things as i am.

 

[oagersnap]

I'm currently reading page 74 of the "What Are You Reading, Again?" thread.

Oh, and I'm also reading "Guards! Guards!" by Terry Pratchett.

 

[Fifty]

I guess reading "System of Logic" is out of the question then. It is still a good read before getting into modern logic after G.Frege.If you are interested in these things as i am.

I wouldn't mind at all reading his actual philosophy, but reading him describe his education makes me feel like a friggen failure!!!


-began learning greek and reading aesop's fables in original greek at the age of 3

-learned latin at age 8

-read about a million books on just about every subject before the age of 12

-at age 8 began studying the greek epic poems in original language

-at age 8 studied Euclid's Elements in its original Greek

-learned algebra and differential calculus sometime between age 8 and 12

-at age 12, wrote a book on the History of the Roman Government, drawing on Livy and Dionysius original language stuff for his sources: "It was, in fact, an account of the struggles between the patricians and plebeians, which now engrossed all the interest in my mind which I had previously felt in the mere wars and conquests of the Romans. I discussed all the constitutional points as they arose: though quite ignorant of Niebuhr's researches, I, by such lights as my father had given me, vindicated the Agrarian Laws on the evidence of Livy, and upheld, to the best of my ability, the Roman Democratic party." He later threw the manuscript away out of "contempt for my childish efforts".

it just goes on and on and on...

read the first few paragraphs yourself and see

 

[CartesianFart]

I wouldn't mind at all reading his actual philosophy, but reading him describe his education makes me feel like a friggen failure!!!


-began learning greek and reading aesop's fables in original greek at the age of 3

-learned latin at age 8

-read about a million books on just about every subject before the age of 12

-at age 8 began studying the greek epic poems in original language

-at age 8 studied Euclid's Elements in its original Greek

-learned algebra and differential calculus sometime between age 8 and 12

-at age 12, wrote a book on the History of the Roman Government, drawing on Livy and Dionysius original language stuff for his sources: "It was, in fact, an account of the struggles between the patricians and plebeians, which now engrossed all the interest in my mind which I had previously felt in the mere wars and conquests of the Romans. I discussed all the constitutional points as they arose: though quite ignorant of Niebuhr's researches, I, by such lights as my father had given me, vindicated the Agrarian Laws on the evidence of Livy, and upheld, to the best of my ability, the Roman Democratic party." He later threw the manuscript away out of "contempt for my childish efforts".

it just goes on and on and on...

It intimidating on how well groomed he was and the privledge of being surrounded by his father and Bentham.

I do have to say that don't be disasuaded by his studious credential.I am sure not.

 

[Swedishguy]

Maurice the Marvelous and his cultivated rodents.

A discworld novel.

 

[-0blivion-]

My first stab at War and Peace, Tolstoy

 

[Rambuchan]

The Stranger, by Albert Camus.

Some trivia for fans of Robert Smith and The Cure...

The Cure's first ever single was called "Killing An Arab" and received many accusations of being a racist song, "you can't sing about killing Arabs!" The reaction to these accusations was two-fold:

(a) The Cure released versions of the single with stickers on it saying that this was not to be used to promote racism, which are now hugely collectable and...

(b) Robert Smith had to tell all those folk in the press that the song was actually a reference to the main character in the Camus book mentioned above, and was actually an allusion to existentialism and absurdism.

Here endeth the trivia.

 

[Turner]

Decided to give Recluce a try again. I read the first few books and realized I was reading the same book over and over again. Wanted to give it another try tho, and found out after starting to read the first book again that the first four or five are simular, but it gets better after that.

 

[Fifty]

History of the Poeleoleipenesion war by Thuscydiscysuscsius

 

[Bigfoot]

Fifty, do you mean Thucidides?

I just finished reading The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. The plot has similarities with The Da Vinci Code, although more historically accurate (or so I understand). In the liner notes Caldwell says that they wrote the book over a period of six years, so presumably they hit upon the concept independently. In all it is a pretty good read, very impressive for a first novel.

Next up, Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka.

 

[Swedishguy]

Feet of clay.

A discworld novel.

 

[Sophie 378]

Maurice the Marvelous and his cultivated rodents.

A discworld novel.

Uh ... that's got to be a double-translation mangling. The original English is "the amazing Maurice and his educated rodents". (Pedantic senses tingling!)

 

[Captain2]

Gospel of The Flying Spaghetti Monster- Bobby Henderson

 

[CurtSibling]

'Lulu in Hollywood' - By Louise Brooks.

 

[JollyRoger]

The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad.

 

[Mauer]

The Copper Scroll by Joel C. Rosenberg

 

[tomsnowman123]

Unequal Protection: The rise of corporate dominance and the theft of human rights by Thom Hartmann.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

An abridged version of A History of the English Speaking Peoples by Churchill.