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What is something I can read that will make me feel enlightened.

>> No.3433820
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"Atlas Shrugged"

>> No.3433824

the unbearable lightness of being

also quit trying to find something to be "enlightened" by

enjoy some nice prose, enjoy the act of reading itself. don't make this a chore

>> No.3433852

Dunston Checks In

>> No.3433859

Das Kapital.

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>> No.3433868

50 Shades Of Grey
Twilight

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>>3433867

>> No.3433916

>>3433894

Gettier!

Five a bong, accidentally is, lotteries. etc.

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>>3433916
>Gettier!

>> No.3433968

>>3433926
>>3433894
>>3433867
so is this the new teacher on the philosophy course or some shit?
did dave die?

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>>3433968
Dave did died, and this new asshole replaced him. Even worse, he stopped the lecture with a "Buying my expensive textbook will really help you to understand knowledge".

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>>3433815
I recommend the same thing I recommend to everyone else - The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky.

>> No.3434044

http://accesstoinsight.com

>> No.3434051

Tao te Ching, for finding out that you can't "feel enlightened" from reading something.

>> No.3434064

A lot of it depends on what you are going through in life... some things make me feel enlightened that wouldn't make others feel enlightened.

>> No.3434072

>>3434051
Dao De Jing can be a bit enlightening.

>> No.3434079

>>3434072
There is absolutely nothing Tao te Ching can do to make you enlightened except make you want to try.

>> No.3434123

yo, which translation for tao te ching is the best one?

>> No.3434126

>>3434123
>translation

None of them.

>> No.3434127

>>3433815
Ethics by Spinoza.
Prepare to be mindblown.

>> No.3434134

>>3434126
>implying I'm going to manage to learn chinese
welp, I guess not then.

>> No.3434144

>>3434134
Thomas Cleary works fine for me. The thing is that it explains the same thing over and over using different words, so someone would have to be pretty bad to misrepresent it consistently.

>> No.3434145

The very hungry caterpillar.

>> No.3434146

>>3433815
the bible

>> No.3434148

>>3434123
The Mitchell translation is the most popular. It certainly brings me a lot of peace, that text. You could pour over it's pages for hours and still only scratch the surface.

>>3433815
For a really enlightening read, Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche. Beautiful yet gutting.

>> No.3434155

>>3434144
I meant Willian Scott Wilson, not Thomas Cleary.

>> No.3434157

>>3433852
This.

>> No.3434158

>>3434148
>Nietzsche
Pleb.

>> No.3434173

>>3434148
>pour over

For all intensive purpose I feel as though I'm suppose to point this error of yours out

>> No.3434175

>>3434173
Subtle.