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YOU THERE
Post the one book you would recommend to anyone, which would change their lives the most. The one book that had the most impact or value.
Doesnt matter how weird, cringy or niche it is.

>> No.18552290

>>18552281
The Bible

>> No.18552301

>>18552281
The Last Messiah.
I'm convinced it is the key to world peace.

>> No.18552385
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18552385

It's both useful if you're interested in that period of time, and it's also extremely well written for an autobiography

>> No.18552855

>>18552281
Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche, as somebody raised in a christian household who no longer believes in god no book has affected me and my views on life more

>> No.18552879

>>18552281
I always recommend Farenheit 451. The world needs Bradbury's tirade against personal technology and media manipulation. Lots of great satyrical work in that book.

However, the most important messages the book imparted for me were the value of a living memory, and the importance of reading, and this is what makes it my go to first recommendation.

>> No.18552900

>>18552281
A philosophy textbook.

>> No.18552921

>>18552900
which one

>> No.18552931

>>18552281
Little book called The religion of man by Rabindranath Tagore, it's a collection of his lectures about god, mysticism, etc. Basically just to intimate that there is something beyond 'material' world and you can see/experience it here in this life. I think it is presented in a way that is intuitive for most people and Tagore's writing has a very strong sense of this divine presence in it, especially his poems, of which a couple are included.

>> No.18552947

>>18552921
Any, probably better than the Bible (and nothing else). Which is what most people read.

>> No.18552976

>>18552281
mindfulness in plain english

>> No.18553024

>>18552947
>>>/r/atheism

>> No.18553030

the Quran. Alhamdulillah.

>> No.18553041

Doctor Glass by Hjalmar Söderberg

>> No.18553412

>>18553041
why

>> No.18553680
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18553680

If you get past the "doing mindfullness to increase production" phase, then it's actually pretty good

>> No.18553790

>>18553024
>implying that there aren'r Christian Philosophy textbooks.

>> No.18553954

Candide

>> No.18554345

>>18553954
Nah it's overrated. It's basically the french version of the origin of the Buddha.

>> No.18554378

>>18554345
I think it is about Leibniz. And a critique of his 'best of all possible worlds", which is probably unfair if you consider it properly.

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I know people are recommending the Bible, but I can't do that in good faith because I've never read the entire thing all the way through.

I would say that my recommendation would be the Republic. Reading it at 18 transformed my life. It fundamentally changed how I saw the world, and I think it did so for the better.

>> No.18554427

>>18552281
biography of napoleon

>> No.18554454

>>18552281
literature is not self-help, if someone framed the question like you did i would tell them to kill themselves; kill yourself

>> No.18554455

>>18554454
Yeah but you'd never do that cause youre a pussy IRL

>> No.18554471

>>18552855
I grew up a Christian as well. I'm about halfway through and nothing has really blown my mind yet. He's pretty profound but nothing he has said so far has really affected me. It all seems just a matter of course. I'm curious how your views changed. Did you still believe in God when you read it?

>> No.18554474

>>18554455
i don't talk to humans irl so we will never know

>> No.18555431
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18555431

>>18552281
Investing for Dummies
cost me $7, made me $60,000 during this stock market bubble

>> No.18555437

>>18552281
Creative evolution by Bergson

>> No.18555440

>>18552281
Daodejing helped me be calmer

>> No.18555446

>>18552931
>>18555437
I also love Tagore, Bergson would genuinely be right up your path

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this shit goes ridiculously fucking hard

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>> No.18555924

>>18555763
No dude you need the one that comes with the little lego luke in it with the medal

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18556598

The Golem by Meyrink

>> No.18556628

>>18552281
The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence - Baltasar Gracian

>> No.18556972

>>18553412
Read it when I was a teenager and it taught me that everyone is alone, really. Everyone just wants to be accepted.

>> No.18556987

>>18552290
I am so fucking SICK of you faggots.

>> No.18557007

>>18555440
This. I didn't get it when I was eighteen, just thought it was just cringe-y poetry but it's legit one of my favorites nowadays at 30.

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>>18552281
You may not understand it, but it's a beautiful work if you can get %5 of what's written

>> No.18557187

>>18552281
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. Forget the movies, just immerse yourself in the world the book provides and it's one hell of a ride for any walk of life.

>>18555763
>>18555924
Also, true men of culture right here.

>> No.18557209

>>18556987
>Claims to read intellectually
>Doesn't read holy books
You're a liar

>> No.18557315

>>18552281
Swiss Family Robinson

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18557435

>>18552281
possibly the greatest work of the 20th century

>> No.18557775

>>18557435
meme choice or genuine?

>> No.18557804

>>18557775
(pbuh)

>> No.18557811

>>18557804
Meme, ok

>> No.18557820

>>18554345
Candide is more like the book of Job.