Who recommends it
- Peter WorleyInterview
‘Fall in love’ is not quite the right expression for me. It was tied in with trauma. I had become introduced to philosophy through literature and through exploring religion as a teenager. I read a lot of Dostoyevsky and was struck by existentialist thinking, particularly in The Idiot, Notes from Underground and Notes…
- Lewis GordonInterview
I was 13 when Ms. Fierman, my 8th grade social studies teacher, gave me The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Whether 13 or 16, I would give that book. The others would be Africans and Their History by Joseph Harris, Symposium and Apology by Plato, The Golden Ass by Apuleius, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, My Bondage and My…
- Skye ClearyInterview
I’m not sure what my career path is exactly! So, I’d recommend Simone de Beauvoir’s philosophy, which is great for living in ambiguity, such as She Came to Stay and The Ethics of Ambiguity.
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