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by friend2umon on March 16th, 2008
way, way, way too many to name...some highlight authors were:
Ayn Rand
Daniel Quinn
Robert Pirsig
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ken Carey
Somerset Maugham
Thomas Wolfe (...the one that wrote Look Homeward Angel)
CS Lewis
Helen Schucman
J.J. Hurtach
Aldous Huxley
Ursula Le Guin
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by Dr Jones on April 18th, 2009
The Koran.I was appalled by what I read in it.Like many religious books, the tone was extremely authoritarian and menacing.
I came away from the experience feeling glad that I had not been raised in a family where this book had been taught to me.
A book that made a very positive impact on me when I was 17 was a book of three essays by John Stuart Mill written in the 1860's.
The essay "on representative government" did a very good job arguing why democratic government was in pronciple a good idea.
The essay "on liberty" argued for maximum freedom of speech, thought and expression.
The essay "on the subjection of women" argued for complete equality between the sexes 150 years ago.
by DiSTurBiA on March 16th, 2008
history book in 7th grade did it for me, at least made me run screaming from the catholics
by philosopher-saint on March 16th, 2008
Without a doubt, Friedrich Nietzsche's views on morality as expressed in a number of his works saved me from an unthinking, blindly-believed tho' illogical & uncomfortable Catholicism.
by SABOTEUR on March 16th, 2008
A Course In Miracles
http://acim-search.miraclevision.com/std-second-edition-and-supps/index.html
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by eric on February 27th, 2008
When I was in junior high, I read 1984. In 1984 ironically. It changed my views of society a little. Books are books. Your life should be changed by actual experiences. IMO
by Chezter is going to save the Redheads on February 21st, 2008
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
by dolly on February 21st, 2008
Hidden Power for Human Problems by Frederick W. Bailes.
by philosopher-saint on May 21st, 2009
As an 18-year-old recent graduate of a Catholic highschool, Nietzsche's "Geneology of Morals".
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by babyghost on May 6th, 2008
Dalai Lama's book of happiness and Thich nat han's when things fall apart, as well as seat of the soul by gary zukov changed my life to a certain extent. It gave me hope when there was none and made me look at difficult situations in a positive light.
by AnaRoM on May 4th, 2008
The Bible. I grew up with Nietzsche, Marx, postmodernism and Freud so I had it a bit "the other way around" if you wish. After numerous internet and library searches and some outloud " What???"s going on while reading it I ended up loving it.
by Liliana Vess on February 27th, 2008
The immitation of Christ.
by eagleswings777 on February 27th, 2008
The Purpose Driven Life by Rick warren
by BigDaddyBS on February 27th, 2008
Piers Anthony - God of Tarot and it's follow-ups)
by singwell-is off researching a lot on February 27th, 2008
It would have to be the Bible. REading it convinced me that I had to change from being self centred to God centred, and that the only way I could do that was to acknowledge that Jesus is Lord, and believe that He rose from the dead, having died to cover my rebelion/egocentricity.
by AntigoneRising on February 27th, 2008
The Bible. The more I studied it, the more I realized that it wasn't moral, ethical, or even respectable...even though I'd always been told it was the definitive work on ethics and morality. After that, the most influential (on me) work I've read on ethics is Ethics for a New Millennium by the Dalai Lama.
by Stormarm on April 15th, 2009
The Bible. After that, I'd have to go with C.S. Lewis' evangelsitic/apologetic works, particularly Mere Christianity, Miracles, and Screwtape Letters.
by lonelydragon on May 21st, 2009
Daniel Quinn's Ishmael.
by PetrashEug on October 8th, 2009
To call of livers (rus)about Petrashevsky(look a pictures following further) V. I. Ulianov-Lenin "About publicity(Ленин. О гласности)" , W. Golding. The master of flies, Bible, Kuran, E. M. Remark. On the western front without changes. and Three companions.
by Littlebirrd on March 16th, 2008
Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel"
by Anonymous on May 21st, 2009
Guns, Germs and Steel.
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If you'd pardon the intrusion, and feel like answering, what do you appreciate about Rand?
by philosopher-saint on March 26th, 2008
...at that time, it seemed I liked her depth of awareness regarding the conundrum (she saw rather repeatedly) between individuality (related integrity) and the irksome required compromises with the collective...
...today, i find little use for this somewhat xenophobic perspective having no interest in that particular conflict that she seemed to repeatedly hammer in a myriad of forms in her written expressions....
...but, then (about 22 years ago), I could readily identify with most of her main characters and found her writing quite helpful...
by friend2umon on March 26th, 2008
You know what's too cool about this? Your identity isn't all wrapped up in your most current beliefs and you can include among most influential books those with which you no longer agree. I think that's really exceptional - and really (dynamically) smart! (BTW: I never subscribed to her ideas for the same reasons.) Thanks for answering, "friend".
by philosopher-saint on March 26th, 2008
Wow, thank you...and you're most welcome...
by friend2umon on March 26th, 2008