Which of these should be added to the Virian reading list? |
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Voltaire - Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary | 14 | (41.18%) |
Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Sprach Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil | 15 | (44.12%) |
JS Mill - On Liberty | 10 | (29.41%) |
George Eliot - Middlemarch | 6 | (17.65%) |
George Bernard Shaw - St Joan | 6 | (17.65%) |
Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian | 20 | (58.82%) |
Karl Popper - The Open Society, The Logic of Scientific Discovery | 18 | (52.94%) |
Jean Paul Sartre - Nausea, The Road to Freedom Trilogy | 12 | (35.29%) |
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not voted | 125 | (78.62%) |
voted | 34 | (21.38%) |
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34 Voters: Kharin, Kid-A, rhinoceros, Mermaid, Hermit, Casey, Ophis, ElvenSage, opsima, Lukian The Wizard, simul, Walter Watts, the.bricoleur, David Lucifer, MoEnzyme, Blunderov, prometheus, Flux, DrSebby, outlawpoet, goomba, metahuman, Rhysenn, Galt, Sat, Atheist Crusader, LenKen, Joe Dees, michelle, Drakeo Vortex, chippedlogic, Pabreetzio, pickler, teh, |
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Kharin | Voltaire - Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Sprach Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil JS Mill - On Liberty George Eliot - Middlemarch George Bernard Shaw - St Joan Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian Karl Popper - The Open Society, The Logic of Scientific Discovery Jean Paul Sartre - Nausea, The Road to Freedom Trilogy
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Kid-A | Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Sprach Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil JS Mill - On Liberty George Eliot - Middlemarch George Bernard Shaw - St Joan Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian Karl Popper - The Open Society, The Logic of Scientific Discovery Jean Paul Sartre - Nausea, The Road to Freedom Trilogy
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rhinoceros | private | no comment |
Mermaid | JS Mill - On Liberty George Eliot - Middlemarch Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian Karl Popper - The Open Society, The Logic of Scientific Discovery
| Addition of fiction to the book list is a good idea. |
Hermit | Voltaire - Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Sprach Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil JS Mill - On Liberty George Eliot - Middlemarch George Bernard Shaw - St Joan Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian Karl Popper - The Open Society, The Logic of Scientific Discovery Jean Paul Sartre - Nausea, The Road to Freedom Trilogy
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ElvenSage | private | no comment |
Ophis | JS Mill - On Liberty
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opsima | private | no comment |
Lukian The Wizard | abstained | Haven't read any of them :) |
simul | Voltaire - Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian Jean Paul Sartre - Nausea, The Road to Freedom Trilogy
| OMG: You're missing Wittgenstein and Nietzsche! Sheesh. |
Walter Watts | private | no comment |
the.bricoleur | Voltaire - Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian Karl Popper - The Open Society, The Logic of Scientific Discovery
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David Lucifer | private | no comment |
MoEnzyme | private | no comment |
Blunderov | Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Sprach Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian Jean Paul Sartre - Nausea, The Road to Freedom Trilogy
| Found The Road to Freedom 2nd hand the other day -except for Iron in the Soul. The BBC did a production of it once - wish I could obtain the DVD. |
prometheus | private | no comment |
Casey | Voltaire - Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Sprach Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil JS Mill - On Liberty Karl Popper - The Open Society, The Logic of Scientific Discovery Jean Paul Sartre - Nausea, The Road to Freedom Trilogy
| I'd recommend additional readings by Nietzsche and Voltaire; as well as reading the works of Socrates, Plato, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. |
Flux | private | no comment |
DrSebby | Voltaire - Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary
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outlawpoet | Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Sprach Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian Karl Popper - The Open Society, The Logic of Scientific Discovery
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goomba | private | no comment |
metahuman | Voltaire - Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary George Bernard Shaw - St Joan Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian Karl Popper - The Open Society, The Logic of Scientific Discovery
| Also recommend everything written by Lord Bertrand Russell. |
Rhysenn | private | no comment |
Galt | Voltaire - Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Sprach Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil Jean Paul Sartre - Nausea, The Road to Freedom Trilogy
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Sat | Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Sprach Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian Jean Paul Sartre - Nausea, The Road to Freedom Trilogy
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Atheist Crusader | Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian
| This is a great book in both content and presentation. It exemplifies the ideals of Virus and Bertrand Russell. |
LenKen | Voltaire - Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Sprach Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian
| I’d recommend all of Nietzsche’s works—at least from The Gay Science onward. |
Joe Dees | Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Sprach Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil JS Mill - On Liberty Bertrand Russell - Why I am not a Christian Karl Popper - The Open Society, The Logic of Scientific Discovery
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michelle | private | no comment |
Drakeo Vortex | private | no comment |
chippedlogic | private | no comment |
Pabreetzio | private | no comment |
pickler | private | All books should be read. The reader should make up her/his own minds about the quality of thought held within. |
teh | private | no comment |