in a quest for knowledge.

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LostKiera — 9 years ago(December 30, 2016 07:16 AM)

Yep, it's particularly crap. I read an article saying that the rise of the Nazis made Russell highly prejudiced against Germans, hence why he largely dismisses Kant, Schopenhauer and Hegel and goes beep crazy when discussing Nietzsche. He also held Rousseau directly responsible for the rise of Hitler.

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AbsolutelyThoughtfulGoz — 9 years ago(December 30, 2016 11:32 AM)

I can't waitthanks for the heads up!
Sounds amusing!

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mervispool — 9 years ago(December 30, 2016 06:06 AM)

Gonna start with my Sherlock Holmes collection. I'm halfway they the first story and I really love the style of writingI'm just not reading as much as I want to.
After that I'll probably dig into another King book. Got Mr Mercedes and Doctor Sleep for xmas.

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Cademon — 9 years ago(December 30, 2016 06:40 AM)

Im a big fan of Thomas Nagels
earlier work
lol, it's amusing how overused this backhanded compliment is.

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Cademon — 9 years ago(December 30, 2016 06:41 AM)

Speaking of Nagel I need to get around to buying his "view from nowhere" since I couldn't locate an online copy. So I'll read that sometime next year.

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RedBaroness1966 — 9 years ago(December 30, 2016 12:51 PM)

I would probably read Ayaan Hirsi Ali's book apart from that
When I started my PhD I decided I should know more about philosophy so I read the History of Western Philosophy, or at least tried to. That was when I realised I should stick to science and confine myself to reading Popper. I learned alot more from posting on this board in the good old days than I did from Russel's book. It's a shame Achilles etc don;t post here anymore.
I rarely read pop sci books but Nick Lane's
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6429264-life-ascending
is brilliant,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

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AbsolutelyThoughtfulGoz — 9 years ago(December 30, 2016 04:53 PM)

Thankyou for those recommendations, I was actually a little tongue in cheek with the OP.
I liked what you said in the latest abortion thread as we seem to agree.

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RedBaroness1966 — 9 years ago(January 01, 2017 06:01 AM)

I think women tend to have a more practical view of abortion.
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

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CashIsSupreme — 9 years ago(January 01, 2017 06:19 AM)

^Misandry!

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RedBaroness1966 — 9 years ago(January 01, 2017 12:01 PM)

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

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AbsolutelyThoughtfulGoz — 9 years ago(January 01, 2017 12:53 PM)

Hardly surprising since many of us have experienced some of the processes or, can at least look forward to either participating in it or taking steps to avoid it.