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Is there a book that has changed your life?

In what way?

>> No.4240541

>>4240516
I think Ulysses helped me stop wasting so much of my time reading books.

>> No.4240539

The Bible.

I was out of rolling paper for my special cigarettes, but there was it.

>> No.4240571

>>4240516
The cat's cradle made me more tolerant of other's opinions.

>> No.4240577

>>4240539

*tips fedora*

>> No.4240581

>>4240539
I memorised the most common of Psalms because of this. The Lord is my shepherd, he bid me lay down in green pastures.

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>>4240539

>> No.4240636

Someone gave me a book on the history of libertarianism. I don't consider myself a libertarian, but I credit the book with opening my eyes to other political thought beyond the republican vs democrat dichotomy. Of course I knew a little bit about other ideologies and historical parties, but not much. It really lead me to discover the wonder of political philosophy, which has also lead me to more general philosophy.

>> No.4240793

The Great Gatsby is still the only thing that can make me cry.
>inb4 high-school level pleb

>> No.4240800

>>4240636

And what was that book called?

>> No.4240816

>>4240541
Care to elaborate a bit? I'm reading it at the moment and I have the opposite impression -- it motivates me to get into reading again after stopping a bit lately...

>> No.4240830

>>4240611
Its not edgy, its the truth. It fucks peoples lives up all the time. Common knowledge man.

>>4240636
I hope you're not fool enough to buy into that outdated nonsensical party though.

>> No.4240860

>>4240830
>the bible changed my life because I rip out the pages to smoke with
It is mildly edgy and it doesn't even make sense.

>> No.4240877

>>4240516

The Pale King eradicated any leftover fragments of left-wing beliefs I had

Ayer's Language Truth and Logic opened my eyes on a few topics

I'm starting War and Peace soon after I'm done with some book on thermodynamics I got. Will it change me?

>> No.4240879

>>4240860
not to mention that book paper isn't even good to roll cigs with.

>> No.4240906

>The Selfish Gene

It helped me to change from deist to atheist.

>The Myth of Sisyphus

This is imho the dead-end of philosophy.

>Stoner

I don't want to have end up like him, but I will probably do so and perhaps even worse.

>> No.4240949

>>4240860
Knee-jerk response. Didn't read the whole thing. :p

>> No.4241381

>>4240516
I read Ramit Sethi's 'I will teach you to be rich'.
I got a charge on my credit card for going over the limit, I remembered reading something is his book about getting fees waived, called up the company and got the fee waived. It's full of useful personal finance shit, but I'll probably be dead long before it becomes any use to me.

Jim Wendler's 5/31, solid lifting program for when I'm bumming around and not looking to really push it.