Who recommends it
- John SellarsInterview
If you mean books that have been important to me and that I’d recommend to others, well there are so many! I’d have to mention the works of all three of the Roman Stoics – Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius. Then there’s On the Nature of Things by Lucretius. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Jacques the Fatalist by…
- Jeff KreislerInterview
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (not kidding, read this giant book in 3 spring days mostly under one tree on campus, sticks in my mind). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, All The King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren, The Stranger by Albert Camus, Candide by Voltaire, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by…
- Matt NaginInterview
In addition to writers I already mentioned such as Charles Bukowski and Brett Easton Ellis, I’d say I’ve recommended sci-fi books such as Robert Heinlein’s Stranger In A Strange Land, satires like Candide, and transgressive fiction like Chuck Palahnuik’s Survivor.
- Lewis GordonInterview
I realized I was in love with philosophy when I was in college. I was taking at times 8 classes each semester. When I went to register a few semesters later, I was informed I could complete my degree in a short time, but I didn’t have a major. I asked about which areas I had the most credits in, and I was informed…
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