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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