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Anonymous Fri Apr 28 19:58:53 2023 No.21967142 [Reply] [Original]

What was a philosophical/theological book or essay that left a deep mark on your psyche if any?

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 20:08:45 2023 No.21967165 >>21967142 Dao De Jing

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 20:47:17 2023 No.21967316 >>21967142 Decline of the West. Now, funnily enough, I have it in me to love being alive.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 21:00:48 2023 No.21967369 >>21967142 Anti-Oedipus. I dont agree with it but the book is compelling as a work of literature.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 21:57:07 2023 No.21967545 File: 80 KB, 907x1360, BigKantBook.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>21967142

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 22:50:21 2023 No.21967685 >>21967142 Porphyry's "On the Cave of the Nymphs" made me see classical literature in a very different way.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 29 04:18:50 2023 No.21968532 >>21967142 "Augustine on the Origins and Progress of Evil" by J. Burns Introduced me to Augustine and Christian philosophy in general, and has still to this day defined my understanding of evil, sin, and pride.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 29 13:51:27 2023 No.21969668 >>21967142 Pascal's Pensees. No better defense of Christianity. The wager isn't even the best part, though it is much more interesting than its critics make it out to be with their straw men critiques.