Books for an Education

[Grey]

I've recently started to read again after a long period of intellectual stagnation, and I'm having trouble figuring out exactly what it is I need to be reading. I am interested in every subject imaginable, so if you feel like you have strong experience in any particular fields please recommend resources.

Thanks. :)

[Osweo]

Ooohh..... Start very general, with a general overview of what it is to be human, and go where your interest is then picqued.

H. G. Wells's 'History of the World' wouldn't be a bad start, I suppose. :) I got my dusty old copy second (or twelfth more likely) hand for about fifty pence. :D

I just used to read what I could get hold of that was cheap and seemed respectable. ;)

[Grey]

Ooohh..... Start very general, with a general overview of what it is to be human, and go where your interest is then picqued.

H. G. Wells's 'History of the World' wouldn't be a bad start, I suppose. :) I got my dusty old copy second (or twelfth more likely) hand for about fifty pence. :D

I just used to read what I could get hold of that was cheap and seemed respectable. ;)

Is this (http://www.munseys.com/diskone/worldhist.pdf) it?

I'm too distrustful of books for my own good. I'll spend hours looking through a bookstore only to leave because I'm not sure any of them will be worth the money. :D

This site (http://www.cloudcraft.com/knowledge/) seemed interesting, but half of the books aren't to be found online.

[Osweo]

Is this (http://www.munseys.com/diskone/worldhist.pdf) it?
It's the wrong title, but I flip through and find the same text. :p I remembered badly, my copy is called 'An Outline of History', but this pdf seems near enough identical (I tried to find a memorable part and it was there).


I'm too distrustful of books for my own good. I'll spend hours looking through a bookstore only to leave because I'm not sure any of them will be worth the money. :D
If they're NEW books, they almost never are! Root around for the classics and see what others on here say, and check the 'used' section on AMazon etc. for the bargains. ;)

[SwordoftheVistula]

Anything by Ayn Rand, Ron Paul, or Pat Buchanan.

[Electronic God-Man]

Based on what you said in this thread (http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?p=274954#post274954), I would say that you seem interested in that area of philosophy known as aesthetics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics).

I suggest you read the following:

Aristotle's Poetics (http://www.amazon.com/Poetics-Aristotle/dp/1605203556/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_3)

Hegel's Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics (http://www.amazon.com/Introductory-Lectures-Aesthetics-Penguin-Classics/dp/014043335X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1285984162&sr=1-1)

Tolstoy's What is Art? (http://www.amazon.com/What-Art-Leo-Tolstoy/dp/1148911227/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1285984237&sr=1-1)

Those are a few of the books that I read for an Intro to Aesthetics class.