Monday, September 12, 2005
Ten Books that Most Influenced Me
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning by Viktor E Frankl
Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
The Republic Plato as translated by Francis Cornford
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud
The Meditations of Emperor Marcus Aurelius
A History of Western Philosophy and Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences by Michel Foucault
1984, Animal House by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Beyond Freedom and Dignity by B. F. Skinner
Okay, that's 14 books, but 10 authors. I feel people interested in social issues and political philosophy do well to become familar with these books - and the ones on my next list.
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Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
The Republic Plato as translated by Francis Cornford
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud
The Meditations of Emperor Marcus Aurelius
A History of Western Philosophy and Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences by Michel Foucault
1984, Animal House by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Beyond Freedom and Dignity by B. F. Skinner
Okay, that's 14 books, but 10 authors. I feel people interested in social issues and political philosophy do well to become familar with these books - and the ones on my next list.
