10 Most Important Books

Perforce & pro forma, henceforth & in perpetuity, implacably & without umbrage, our providential predilection vis a vis prognostication & our puritanical proclivity to parsimony has predisposed us to post this preemptive promulgation. At our prerogative, without prejudice, pursuant to our aforementioned profligate perfunctory placation of portentious presuppositions substantiating polemic perfidy, this prima fascia proviso is a proscription to you to heretofore advocate the insubstantiation of all preceding pontifications, as this precis holds precedent. Thus, we contumaceously & importunately requisition you to precipitously endeavour to repudiate, ameliorate or extirpate all anomalous, incommensurable, egregious & extemporaneous machinations individuating nebulous variegated conterminous physiological peripheral phenomena erroneously delineating any prodigious preponderance of incipient, spurious, specious, execrable, peripatetic, & equivocal differentiations inherently & indisputably exhibited by, & inseparably & irreparably incorporated in an exceedingly minuscule percentile of pelagic, priapic, protuberances demonstrably perceptible in the heterogeneous sub-genus of these all too infrequent atypical salamander zygotes. This inexplicable anthropomorphic transmogrification is ostensibly paradoxical to the obsequious, obfuscating prevarications of this vociferous assemblage of anti-disestablishmentarianists whose implicit, compensatory postulations appertaining to the capricious, audacious, vexatious & perspicacious self-aggrandising, stentorian iconoclasts who invariably purport to adjudicate; surreptitiously, perniciously & salaciously encumbering indistinguishable exascerbating existentialistic irrationalities expeditiously constructed expressly to irrefutably corroborate the incorporeal sanctimonious polysyllabic sesquipedalian verbosities prevalent in this interminably & inexorably proliferating multitudinous profusion of disingenuous, & preternaturally inculcated electroencephalographically obviated nomenclature.
Sometimes.

 

Philosophy is a good thing, but why not start anew? Why have it influenced by previous philosophy?

 

the authoritative calvin and hobbes, the tao of pooh/te of piglet, the hitchikers guide to the galaxy series, a decent agriculture book or 2, and several newspaper articles on the horrors of the war that destroyed civilization in the first place.

 

I like some philosophy, but it is not by philosophers. Mark Twain, Will Rogers, Woody Guthrie, Mother Teresa.....
they say things that anyone can understand, no intellectual jargon, no bullshit.

 

Ha ha. Cute.

Took me longer to get through those short paragraphs (as I had it divided) than it did to get through three chapters of a Kuehnelt-Leddihn piece!

Very clever.

Complete bullshit, but clever.

Written, no doubt, by a young male, in his twenties, in an undergraduate program, likely biology, or some like science, possibly environmental science with a secret hard on for Freud’s Mom. Or by a female bohemian while on a boat in the mid to south pacific coastal waters screaming at a rig of iron for suckling mother earth, unfortunately stuck with only the p section of the dictionary.

Just like this piece, all it takes is a little time and the natural ability for geometry.

Which one do you think our author lacked?



p.s. Don't mean any offense if you are our author.

 

Then, I suggest we bring a copy of The Gulag Archipelago in order that we remember the consequence of catering to the fool.

 

I would hope that even with zero books, the lessons we learned would not be forgotten.

 

I don't know. Two of the first pieces of literature mentioned were the US Constitution and Leviathan!!

That'd be playing with fire before we invented it.

 

None taken. First written in 1981 in Grade 11 just for fun, not intended to mean anything, just string as many obscure words together as tightly as possible and try to keep it grammatically and structurally passable. It was about half as long then. I was 16. Last year at the age of 39, I added to it.
I got very few words from a dictionary: proscription, importunately, priapic, and compensatory, are all I can pick out that were from the dictionary.
I took very little in the way of sciences, but am a voracious reader. And have you seen Freud's mom......hubba hubba.
I know a little geometry, and have a fair amount of time cuz I stopped watching tv over 8 yrs. ago.
I think maybe you're just triskadecaphobic.

 

best book on farming: The encyclopedia of country living

 

in my personal opinion first should come books on survival, then we can make our own philosophical discoveries , it really doesnt take a genious just some simple common sense. live happy, live long, live free!!


PS what the hell is a triskadecaphobic?????

 

triskadecaphobia: 1st clue, would not like my member name...too scary.

bill, I agree: books on survival, and then some simple common sense get along with each other books.

 

As it turns out, Mark Twain was triskaidekaphobic!

I read an interesting article recently that said, while 74% believe they have common sense, only 7% of Americans actually do.

Some simple common sense might be a little much to ask for.

That is unless we are talking about Paine's. It would certainly fit right in with the other two sparks that have been mentioned.

 

I've been thinking about this topic for a while and have come up with 4 books that I think would be among the most useful in starting a new society.

In no particular order:
1.) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. - William Shakespeare
This goes without saying. Shakespeare is the most important author, ever. His works are still as popular as ever. Nearly every single movie or book can trace its' plot back to one of Shakespeare's plays.

2.) The Complete Works of Plato. - Plato
This is important because it is the basis of philosophy. His work in its' simplicity brings forth some of the most thought-provoking questions and statements ever.

3.) The 2 Treatises of Government & A Letter Concerning Toleration. - John Locke
His work is important; it explains the ideas of toleration and the unalienable rights of man. Thomas Jefferson was inspired by Locke.

4.) Aesop's Fables - Aesop
These fables may seem simple, but they teach valuable lessons regarding morality. They are easy enough for children to understand, yet even adults can learn from them.

I have made an effort not to include any religious works. I feel that they would cause biases, plus they are not expressively needed.

 

I don't know if it's possable to classify books as most or least important. In my oppinion all books have value to someone, even those cheesy romance novels have a purpose. I think they keep people from feeling alone.

 

I only call tell you about the most important books for me, the ones that changed my world... I won't include the Hungarian ones you most probably don't know them because - sadly - there are not many translations of them.
Here you go, in no particular order!!!:
Salman Rushdie: The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Science of Being, Art of Living
Jane Roberts: Seth Speaks
Michael Ende: Mirror in the Mirror
Gabriel García Márquez: Vivir para contarla
Otoniel Guevara: No apto para turistas (this is a book of poetry)
Khalil Gibran: Sand and Foam
and all the other ones I can't remember right now...

 

they would all have to be text and reference books, we could use a restart on the philosophys anyway

 

If you're nixing the creativity of novels, then count me out of your new world...I'll let the now-revolted animals just eat me instead lol

 

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