4 Books That Made Me Love Reading Again
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- In this video, I'm sharing some of my favorite books that made me love reading again. These are works of literature and philosophy that helped me break out of a long slump in which I had almost totally stopped reading for pleasure.
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Urusla K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' amzn.to/3EnKHvC
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Fyodor Dostoevsky 'Crime & Punishment' (Translated by Michael Katz) amzn.to/3UNPhZq
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In 2010, I had two strokes that affected the language centers of my brain. I could not read because I couldn't understand the letter and meaning. Four years later, my wife took me to the local library, where I got a library card, again. I checked out the book, "Star Trek Vanguard book 1" by David Mack. It took me a year and half to read it. That is the book that got me reading, again. David Mack is a wonderful writer and his books have been great resources to help me read.
Now, I read about 5 books a year and I am finishing my associates degree.
Well done.All the best.Cheers.
That's mean that you have to choice the best books, good luck.
That’s incredible!
God bless you. It's all about getting back on the horse.
That's a big W 🤟
With the help of a wonderful sophomore HS teacher, I read "Crime and Punishment" in 1974. I STILL see the mental images I had created as I read it. I almost never re-read, but now that I'm in my 7th decade, I see the absolute value of doing just that. I would place this book in the number 1 position for re-reading. I need to get busy with that, before life completely slips through my fingers and I start the worm farm.
I loved your last line. yes, "Get busy living, or get busy dying."
Crime & Punishment (translated by Michael Katz) was the book that made me discover my love for reading. I had no idea back then what was an easy or a hard read and I think it helped. I never read for fun before C&P. It’s been 10 months since and I’ve read 66 books so far!
Any reason for that translation?
I read Crime and Punishment earlier this year. It's one of my favorites now and made me pick up everything else by Dostoevsky 😂
Your taste is goood.
@@KainUndAbelBooks Thank you!
Same😂😂😂
I've owned Dostoevsky's top 5 novels. The first book I read was Notes from Underground. His soliloquy on that book is weird yet astounding, somewhat it resonates within me. Now I'm reading C&P still in chapter 4. Hoping that i would love the rest
@@Dann-md9eq I recently read Notes from the Underground and completely agree. I don't think I've read anything like it before. Hope you enjoy the rest!
The Brothers Karamazov is my all time favourite novel, and I cannot see anything surpassing it. Dostoevsky in general is on a level of his own in my mind, Crime and Punishment is in my top 5, The Idiot, Notes from Underground, all just incredible. :)
I'm so glad to have found your channel! Content like yours is unique and exactly the motivation I needed to start reading philosophy. You truly deserve more recognition
Discovered your channel recently, absolutely love your content! As a dropout philosophy student who suffered from loosing their interest to all the forms of written word, I'm so glad you decided to cover this topic. I relate to 'breaking up with philosophy' feeling so much as I'm still recovering from the breakup 😄I'm slowly getting back to 'reading for fun' mode and it's super interesting to learn what books revived your interest and brought back the spark. As a Russian, I'm thrilled to see Dostoevsky in the list. You're so on point about his sense of humor, and this is precisely what makes the man one of the greatest. So glad the translation in combination with your attentive reading did it justice and the jokes weren't missed. I read 'Crime & Punishment' many years ago as it was required reading in high school. It would be interesting to get back to the novel to see how it differs from what I remember it to be, so thanks for the mention. Happy to have found your channel, keep up the good work ☺
So glad I found this channel. Books have been my biggest passion for several years, now, and I love them more every day. Been looking at many book youtubers, but none have ever come even close to sounding appealing to me until I found Classical Mind. The way you look at books, the way you engage with and read them, is relatable and agreeable to the extreme, and your book lists are always of the highest quality. It's great to see someone who both looks at the Western Classics seriously and, at the same time, is able to recognize the value of some of the contemporary sci-fi & fantasy novels.
I do wonder if you'll ever talk about non-philosophical nonfiction that could also be considered "western classics". Some that come to mind are Arendt's works (or other politics classes), How to Win Friends and Influence People (or other self help classics), even Eastern books that still heavily influenced the Western tradition (The Art of War), etc.
Godspeed.
I really like your channel! a great companion on the (sometimes scary) journey of self-education. Please keep going! All the best, Max
Thank you so much for the suggestions and reviews. You inspired me to read these four books.
Nice to see you gaining subscribers. Thankful for the algorithm for introducing you to me. Last time I watched a vid of your your subscriber count was in the 7,000's and now you are pass 10,000. Nice to see!
You had me at, the 'Dispossessed' is, a book that feels like a conversation, I'm not too much of a Sci-Fi reader, but you make it sound interesting and worthwhile, I might have to keep my eyes peeled for this one.
I wanted to get back into reading this year after a few years of a slump. Went to a local used book store and found Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett and had the same reaction being introduced to Discworld. It was exactly what I needed.
Books have shaped our mindsets over the decades. They have taught us valuable principles that are useful in the real world. Thanks for this video. I’m sure this will further interest other people to start reading books and love literature for what it truly is.
Amazing. The Dispossessed was the first book I’ve finished in a long time. I can really relate to what you said about it.
Would LOVE a LeGuin video!! This one was great too. Happy to hear her name.
Amazing video! Thanks for sharing with us!
Cheers from Brazil!
I have just watched the intro and I can relate so much to what you are saying. One of my degrees is in philosophy and I found that I was constantly (even after college) reading *only* quite specific philosophical texts for leisure. This held true even after I read, and absolutely loved, Dostoevsky's "Notes from Underground", which happened to be a required text in an Existentialism class I took. I have yet to get hooked on reading again like I was as a child.
I am excited to hear your recs, as it appears that we come from a similar background. Thank you for making this video! 🙂
I had the same thing happen after an English degree. The books that got me back were Herman Hesse's Glass Bead Game, Thoreau's Walden, the Necronomicon, and David Foster Wallace essays. I later fell in love with Halldor Laxness but that was after I got back in the groove. If you love LeGuin and Pratchett I highly recommend you watch the booktuber Kalanadi (Rachel). She read all the books from both authors and she's pretty amazing. Great video and happy reading!
I tried reading The Glass Bead game twice and I got to page 50 both times. I think I should give it another go :)
@@MileyLoverIv19 The first chapter is brutal! Because you don't meet the main characters yet! The real story begins after they introduce this bead game.
@@MileyLoverIv19 I know a Russian teacher of the Russian language and literature your reading experience of The Glass Bead strongly reminded me of. She also go to page 50 many times. The book was though Crime and Punishment.
Several years ago she gave up and gifted this book to me, commenting ''So that you don`t forget Russian.'' I had to make a tremendous effort over myself to get to the end of the book. A gift, after all. I still fail to grasp what about this book evokes people`s interest. Because it`s a must-read to count as a with-it person?
An interesting list. Thank you for sharing.
I still adore my Kindle, and hopefully, I will never have to give it up. I moved recently and I had to get rid of 75% of my physical books (I had over 3,000 books) Thankfully, I don't miss the books because of my Kindle.
I am trying to make the decision to switch to a Kindle because I read in other languages and need to use the translation features. BUT …I really am struggling with the idea. I read using the Kindle app on my iPad but inevitable keep getting distracted by other things on my iPad and the internet. This has caused a real problem in my reading habits. Do you find using the Kindle less distracting?
I have observed that the books people love are connected to their temperament and personality...For example, I read all of Lord of the Rings and then said, Where are the women? I often balk at a masculine mindset. I was actually surprised to realise this about myself...
One of my all time favourites is Middlemarch by George Eliot...It is a wonderful exploration of character. A more recent enthusiasm is Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantell...Pulled me into the world of thomas Cromwell totally...
Anyhow always fun to encounter other readers of novels.
Science fiction was my first deep dive into literature. I was about nine years old and discovered Issac Asimov. He is part of my own canon with philosophy, Ancient Greek, the biblical corpus and the classics. Then about ten years ago, I became very sick and my focus shifted on a battle to stay alive. Reading took a back seat during that time. I’m only now rekindling that spark. Hunter S Thomson’s gonzo work is a breath of fresh air. I plan to slowly move back into Homer et al.
HST is one of the reasons I love to read. Can’t finish Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but Hells Angels is such a great read
This is a great channel. Love your videos, they're super inspiring and you have great insight!
I'm trying to reignite my love for reading in this very moment. I feel in love with reading by way of The Lord of the Rings more than 20 years ago. I then began consuming fantasy at (for me at least) a breakneck pace. I use to scour used bookstores, thrift stores, libraries and more for every fantasy or science fiction book I could purchase. It became an obsession. But eventually with work and other responsibilities and a mini personal crisis I just stopped reading. I still purchased books, but I didn't read.
Recently, for the sake of my sanity I've decided to find and make the time to fall in love with reading again. And I just finished the first book during this reignition phase last night; Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. I was thrilled to hear that it was one of the three books that helped rekindle your passion for reading. I am pulled towards a lot of spirituality, philosophy, religion, etc. nowadays, but I also want to read sci-fi/fantasy again, and the classics.
Thank you for sharing this video... it really feels like a sort of defining synchronistic moment for me. This was my first Dostoyevsky novel and I loved it! I love Le Guin... I don't remember if I've read The Dispossessed, but I have it and will read or re-read soon. I also have many of Terry Pratchett's Disc World books , but I've yet to read any of them. You've given me the inspiration to begin. Thank you again! And I wish you continued success with The Classical Mind.
Vincent, you say you are being pulled toward spirituality, religion, philosophy etc. What are you being pulled toward, in other words? Away from the dull, boring, daily existence of humdrum reality? An escape from reality? An escapism? Does this one word sum up all your many words?
The same happened to me! I read The Dispossessed and ended up doing my PhD about it (and Forest and Left Hand). I had been reading less and less and when I learned about Le Guin I was hooked. I've only just learned about your channel. It's really cool, thanks!
@@_jared This is the first book I read by her and it is beautiful.
Looking forward to that Le Guin video in the future!
I can relate so much! I'm finishing my degree in philosophy and I feel completely tired of reading for fun. Also when I read for fun is difficult to enjoy it because I keep trying to find structures and arguments in it.
Such and obvious channel worth a sub. Really enjoy your stuff. Keep it up.
I have large reading list and I always make sure that at least some light read is on it or some books that me or my wife got as presents but it doesn't look that appealing to me. And then when I finish a book and I want to take new one to read I take my list and...run it trough
randomizer and I take the top hit. This ensures that something I would otherwise find reason to skip gets into my hands. It is often breath of fresh air.
This is exactly what I am going through too. When you do goal oriented reading (like mine for philosophy exams and yours for PHD) and then there is a break period , one really loses intrest in reading. Its a muscle , I couldn't agree more. thanks for the book list.
What a breath of fresh air! Thank you!
Wonderful video, thank you! I also majored in philosophy and it definitely got me sick of reading temporarily. Thanks for the book suggestions!
I don't have a question now but I subscribed because I want to improve my mind. Looking forward to your content.
I fall in love with this channel ! ❤
Following you from Egypt 🇪🇬
What a great channel! Thanks for videos!
Books saved my life ! and caused a lot of trouble ! ❤
This video resonated with me, as I read only business and science non-fiction with a few exceptions for most of my adult life, after being an avid reader of fiction (and philosophy) during my teenage and college years. After a family and personal crisis in 2010, I returned to reading fiction and found it to be one of the primary ways to cope with my own tribulations. I started reading around 50 books per year, not all fiction but including classics as well as lighter material, and I have continued to this day although not at the same pace in recent years. It's hard to put my finger on which books inspired me to read during 2010-11, but I did take up some mystery by Elmore Leonard, and some others in a similar vein like the Stieg Larsson trilogy. The Picture of Dorian Gray was probably the first "classic" that I read during this period, and while it's not on my top 10 list it was an excellent book and inspired me to read more classics. Since then I have read everything from Shakespeare to Greek tragedies, to modern authors like Nabokov and Malamud and a host of others. Many of the books I've most enjoyed are re-readings from my youth, by authors such as Hesse, Orwell, Twain, Vonnegut, etc. I guess the point of my comment is that I am reminded of the importance of reading, both great literature as well as perhaps lighter fare, in my own life journey.
After Virtue had a great influence on me and my thinking. Thank you for this video.
Just came across your channel and subscribed. Thanks for sharing your work.
I agree with Dostoevsky being funny. I was surprised by how much I laughed out loud while reading The Brothers Karamazov. I wasn't expecting it to have so much humor.
Lots of funny bits in Brothers Karamazov and his other works.
With you on Crime and Punishment, but I have not read these others. Adding to my tbr, thank you!
Thank you for this video today 🙏
I plan to read soon the Quijote in original spanish and I also have the Count of Monte Cristo in french. They are on my table waiting...
What a large number of Dostoevsky fans on this channel! It's amazing!
When I studied medicine, I also didn't read anything except medical literature. It is ok. When a person studies a lot, he does not have time for his hobbies.
No way
Passion for any hobby... Never
Allows one to stay away from it..
I admit medical books are
Fascinating... Though
@@TM15HAKRN Hello! 🤔
Really great list, and I’ve been looking forward to After Virtue and A Secular Age for a while. Speaking of Dostoevsky, you should check out The Sinner and the Saint, which is really nice biography of Dostoevsky and of Crime and Punishment.
I'm in this same boat of not finishing a book in a long while. Whether it's just life or the multitude of devices distracting me, I'm finding it extremely difficult to just pick up a book and stick with it. I used to be such a voracious reader. This is my biggest goal in 2023 to work on, to find that love of reading again. Glad I found this channel.
Superb video. It seems common for academics to slow down their "regular" reading in favor for more scientific litterature and it is, to me, the sign of the end of a memoir or a thesis if the researcher desire to read more "regular" books !
The Dispossessed is one of the great philosophy novels to me. Crime and punishment is fantastic too of course, just re-read it a couple months ago. Need to revisit brothers karamazov soon too..
Very similar story myself. I did a masters in philosophy and a masters in mathematics and yeah, prior to grad school I was a gluttonous reader, often reading a book and change a day. During grad school, I would read maybe 2 or 3 books a year. I took the summer after my second masters degree off and just read. I read through all of Shakespeare and a lot of fantasy and sci-fi, Raymond Chandler, and lots of others. I went back to gradschool to complete a PhD and bam, again no reading. I am just about to start my dissertation now and decided just a month ago to start reading again. Its crazy how grad school saps that interest from you. Definitely will start a reading journal.
I’ve never seen a copy of a Terry Pratchett discworld novel in my charity book searches that’s usually a sign of a book no one wants to leave their collection!
Good talk, I think it's just important to read whatever is calling your name and not give it much thought. Right now I'm reading the stoics and manga. It's just what I'm finding interesting right now and that is okay! 🤘✌️
Crime and punishment remains the best book I have read! Great video
Great Video, nice range of reding. If you like SF and Philosophy, may I recommend The Employees, by a Danish Author, which got nominated but didn't win the International Booker Prize, a short but intriguing book which had me going from, This is Brilliant to this doesn't make any sense over it's hundred odd pages, well worth the short time it takes to read, though I do on reflection think a slow reading of it would probably be better.
Russian is a fun, logical language and it's free on Duo Lingo. I have been studying for 2 years. courses on Russian Lit are fun. I'll begin reading Le Guin, thanks to you.
My experience when in college and grad school was similar to yours. I did not feel that I had time to read for pleasure. When an undergrad, I read for myself over Christmas and summer breaks, but by grad school, I did not feel I had time even when not in class, due to the demands of PhD exams and research efforts. However, I never felt a loss of pleasure in reading for pleasure.
BTW, also love the Dispossessed. Le Guin, of course, was the daughter of Alfred Kroeber, one of the formative figures in American Anthropology, my field, and her work is strongly influenced by Anthropological thought.
I stopped reading for a few years after my grandma passed away from Pancreatic cancer. She was the person I was closest to and taught me how to love books, so it really hit me hard. I started re-reading last year (she has been gone for almost 4 years). I'm glad to be back, I feel like I regained a limb.
I really like your channel! Good content :)
When I'm at work I'm able to have my headphones in and instead of music, I listen to audiobooks.for 8 hrs. I enjoy reading very much but this allows me to get my job done away from home and also the duties of a father at home.. Thank you! I will definitely check these out even crime and punishment again.
I looove your videos!!
I recently finished reading the brothers karamazov while crime and punishment sat on my shelf unread, brothers K took me from March to October to read
Also recently found you channel and enjoying it a ton. Your current Crime and Punishment is an everymans library print, do you like these? I’ve heard good things
Please do share your favourite all time novels and favourite all time novelists. Would love to read. Thank you for this.
Hey, 3 books I read many years ago and one I added to my list recently (Pratchett). Though worth reading those other 3 again, especially seeing as I can read Russian now too. So many books though.
When I got done working on my MDiv, I felt a bit “burned out” on reading for a bit. Thankfully, I found some great books to get going again.
Omg. This is me. I haven’t read for about 3 years and am struggling through “love in the time of cholera”. I’ve been working on it for a year! Almost done.
I simply could not get through that book. Magical realism is just not for me.
I prefer a physical book because I just stopped reading on my library’s hoopla app to comment here, but since space is a concern I only buy copies of books I can’t borrow electronically or buy on kindle. Or ones that I’ve become concerned will be banned because Covid taught me to take fears seriously.
This 2023, I've been wanting to return to my reading habit. I stopped reading 4 years ago due to my mental health condition. Since then, I've tried many times to return to reading but there are a lot distractions going on which made failed me to do so. I have these tons of books that were left unfinished, both from Kindle and physical books. Thanks for sharing these books recommendations and will definitely check them out for me to read. ;-)
P.S. I'm currently reading 12 Rules for Life and The Daily Stoic. Hope I can finish them soon.
Ooh I am new here. Thank you. Something sparked in me. I am gonna start with terry pratchett🎉
Le Guin did the same thing to me. After years of barely reading at all, I found Le Guin last year and ended up reading Left Hand of Darkness, the Dispossessed, the Lathe of Heaven, as well as the first two books in Earthsea, loving each book. I'm not really an SF fan, but her brand of science fiction is different, isn't it?
She's amazing. The literary critic Harold Bloom said she elevated the fantasy genre more than Tolkien
My favorite one is "Why I Left Goldman Saks' by an amazing storyteller called Greg Smith. Took me all the way back to his childhood in South African.
Rather than C&P, The Brothers Karamazov was mine. I recognised so many characters that I knew as real people in that book; it was like entering a microcosm of my life.
Oliver, what characters did you recognize? I mean as real people?
@@peterivankovich2990 That's a very personal question, and one that I care not to go into specifics about who I/others related to and why, especially to a stranger. But, when I was younger I used to delude myself into thinking that I was better than who I was, I'd lie to people and ruin their trust because I was a complete mess of a person. I disappointed those who cared about me; my parents and sister, because I was selfish. I think the specific quote that struck me like a thunderbolt was; "A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest form of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal in satisfying his vices. And it all comes from lying - to others and to yourself.“
@@oliverreno4734 If you choose to regard something as a personal question, it`s your affair. I fail to grasp why Dostoevsky hasn`t kept his private affairs to himself and tried to tell others how to live, especially spiritually, feel and relate.
Didn`t he know that it was none of his business how others chose to live? Why did he make it his own? Aren`t Dostoevsky`s characters complete strangers to you? And you, forgetting your good manners, jumped at the chance to pry in their very personal lives. Like eavesdropping on their lives.
Well, let`s agree that you don`t want to use your life as an example to teach others. To extract lessons from it for others. Dostoevsky cared about others much more than you do. Be that as it may, let`s proceed with your message.
You were a mess while I did my best to be good, but our outcome was the same. Rejection. People need others to be more than just being good. Others need to provide a profit. If you can`t secure a profit, your goodness is an embarrassment. Security is good, but financial security is better.
I appreciate, though, very much your quote. It`s something definite to start from.
A dude I know springs readily to mind - Hamlet. With his famous wisdom:
''Words, words, words.'' It`s in relation to Dostoevsky`s words. They sound grand, but what meaning do they carry? Well, maybe about a single man who lied to himself and then repented for one reason or another, whatever fitted into the author`s intention. They`re billions of others who lied, lie, and will lie without any repentance. There are those for whom lies become a truth. At least a personal truth. As a matter of fact, the vast majority of Americans believe in personal truths, claiming that the universal truth does not exist. Unless they are religious fanatics, like Dostoevsky was. Himself a fierce defender of Russian Orthodoxy. This mental breakdown occurred after the mock execution. He came out of it a totally different men, the opposite of what he had used to be before.
If I go by a bunch of real people I`ve known, it takes much more than lying to oneself to have lost respect for oneself. One of the things is to be caught out in one`s lies time and time again. Then the way out is to make a show of repentance in front of others, shaming them into pardoning oneself and thus winning a victory over them.
People don`t just yield to their impulses. First of all, they study their chances of getting away with it.
Humans do satisfy their animal instincts because they are animals. Humans are only a step higher than mere animals. Human can fabricate lies. and out of the most atrocious and enforced of these lies, societies are formed. Any society is a system of lies that its people are taught to believe. It`s not my thought. It`s specialists on humanity who say it and I happen to read them, and I find their arguments pretty plausible. Yuval Noah Harari has recently made a worldwide stir with his book on the origins of human societies.
I have a cousin who loves himself more than anything in the world. He firmly believes that the world exists for his personal comfort. He tells lies and get offended when somebody does not buy his fibs. His own mother once said to me: ''If he was not my own son, I`d laugh.''
The thing is he`s his own person and not a character under the pen of a Dostoevsky who performs only actions and thinking intended for him by the writer. By the way, he lives a stone`s throw from places where Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment acts out Dostoevsky`s philosophy. My cousin is not a fan of the fantastical world in Dostoevsky`s brain, and lives out his life without the torments of Dostoevskian characters. Honestly, I do find it impossible to tolerate my cousin, but it doesn`t bother him in the least. He goes through his life enjoying it to the full. There`s only one incomprehension in his life - why all the girls he wants to bonk do not appreciate his manliness? By the way, many guys I know suffer from the same moral question. This topic does not pop up in Dostoevsky`s philosophical deliberations.
Incidentally, my cousin in Saint Petersburg, Russia, became an out-and-out Russian Orthodox believer a couple of decades ago. Of the type of Dostoevsky`s dreams. His faith was noticed by the central Cathedral in the city and he`s an honorable believer there, and a personal parking spot has been reserved for his car right next the Cathedral where the priests park. The ordinary folk have got to foot it to the Church from several blocks over.
I haven`t been in touch with this cousin for 15 years, and I`m sure he does not regret it. Though he used to love to suck lots of money from me when I dropped in for a visit. That he probably misses. A reminder, yes he lives close to places names in Crime and Punishment and crosses them every day. And no moral torments whatsoever. Why complicate one`s life with them?
It`s different with writers. They need complications to make their novels interesting and sellable. I bet in Dostoevsky`s novel my cousin would have drowned himself in the Neva river, not being able to stand his moral transgressions before the Almighty.
So this is a very personal answer to the quote chosen by you. You fail to distinguish fictional literature from real life, driven by your innate instincts that you seem to try to abstract yourself from.
And one more thing. Humans don`t stay at the same stage all the time. You`ll evolve throughout your life and your perceptions of the world, real and fictional, will keep on changing. And you`ll understand them differently.
Books are good to learn from for those who have no life of their own to learn from. Books are for entertainment or imposition of somebody`s ideas.
@@oliverreno4734 Oliver, I want to add a tad to my previous massage. You must understand that it was just a mere exchange of views. I hope you will always go by what you judge sensible for you, and not take my words that being honest is a waste of time. Maybe in your circumstances being outright honest is going to be a boost. I know that in my life I have often heard from people - ''Who needs your honesty?'' or ''Everybody has their own truth.'' I have been often advised to tell people what they want to hear and I`ll see they would love me. I`ve been having trouble with that and people have repaid me in kind - by not being eager to socialize with me. I know a bunch of people who have had great success because they tell others what others want to hear.
You know that it`s not for nothing that there`s an expression ''tell a white lie.''
I heard that white lies are necessary to specifically make human interaction in society to proceed smoothly. Who wants to hear you give them cold turkey?
In my experience, nobody wanted to hear my spout off cold turkey. All people wanted from me is for me to do what they expect me to do.
I`m very curious what is going to become of you if you switch over to sticking to bare truth. Happy survival!
@@oliverreno4734 wow, Oliver, thank you for sharing that... TBK was a book that made a huge impression on me years ago & I consider it one of the best & most important works I've ever read.
I remember there were passages like that which really could make me breathless, but i cannot recall them in detail like you have.
I think it might be time for me to read it again... Though it may be heartbreaking to be reminded that, through the decades, I somehow lost sight of these insights I once thought I understood & would never forget.
nice list. I also felt the same after completing my PhD in Philosophy 22 years ago.
In the Afterward of Poetic Diction by Owen Barfield, ( a great book in itself) he recomends a books titled, Hebrew
Thought Compared with Greek. I think it is a classic and should be read by everyone.
Thanks for make me remember that i need to get in to the world of Úrsula k.
I never read her and i feel like Its time.
It's sad how school turns so many people off to reading. It was my case through high school and college. I've been trying to recover ever since! I can't really say there are any books that have turned me on to reading though. For me it's really just a matter of how I approach the book, which is with just the right amount of effort and focus so I don't overanalyze and just let myself engage and naturally flow with the "story". One motivating factor for me is listening to people talk about books they enjoy because I start to get a little jealous that I am missing out on some good reading experiences!
It was a glorious time to be alive before the internet. You had to read, and you had to go to the bookstore or a library to get books. The internet has made things easier because now you can highlight and make notes in electronic books and you don't have to lug them all over kingdom come. I read Crime and Punishment in book form. But my first introduction to Dostoyevsky was The Grand Inquisitor in college.
Can u help me on how to create a momentum in reading like just reading for fun I’ve tried crime and punishment but I believe I’m still stuck in the beginning.Recommend a light hearted book .Also u must read the midnight library.& what’s ur say on Spanish writer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Let me know what u think about them as well especially love in times of cholera.
Thank you so much
Thanks, it's been about 30 years. I'm going to pick it up tonight.
Sometimes films or series can suggest books. The Chernobyl 5 part series suggested "Midnight in Chernobyl.." by Adam Higginbotham. A astonishing and rollercoaster read! Also "The Dropout", an 8 parter suggest the even funnier "Bad Blood" by Carreyou.
I have found that some journalists, when they take a break from their newspaper propaganda, are very good writers. Martin Dillon's "The Shankill Butchers.." was rivetting, too.
'Lord of the Rings' was always my go-to when in a reading slump, but ashamed to say I haven't read a book now for years. It's not that I don't have the time (I'm retired), I just feel the immediacy of our world now has actually damaged my attention span and patience. I struggle to sit through a movie, yet can (and alas, do) spend hours scrolling on my phone. I have dipped my toes into Terry Pratchett in the past, and loved the dramatisations of some of them but I just can't seem to reach for a book any more.
Same...technology has most definitely shortened my attention span. 🙁
There's just too much good stuff both new and old to read it in a lifetime. I had to choose what I wanted to read and realized I needed more nonfiction in my life. So now I pretty much stick with that. Mostly Cultural History and popular Science. Amongst my recent favorites are Sapiens, Thinking Fast and Slow, Behave, Anti Fragile, History of Mathematics (Stilwell), Precision, Fabric of Civilization and the like.
Now I eagerly look forward to these. Can't wait to read Cell next.
1. Ira pirsig...2. Marguerite young. 3. Graham Greene (;of course)
Good books & good friends are the most precious possessions
Since you mentioned philosophy in the sci-fi genre, can you tell us your thoughts on Dune by Frank Herbert?
Дуже цікаве та корисне відео, дякую!
I'm reading Crime and Punishment right now. Agree with you about the (unexpected) funny bits.
Hey. Please go back to reading more philosophy. I also graduated in philosophy but a lot has happened in life and I stopped reading them. Recently I’m rekindling my interest especially with analytic philosophy. 😊
I had purchased an eReader in a sale at my local bookstore but didn't really use it.
Then I had a bad flare up of my autoimmune disease called myasthenia gravis and was hospitalised for two weeks plus.
My eReader saved my reading life as l couldn't hold a big physical book. I was however able to hold my eReader in my hand and with my mobile phone download new books onto it.
I'm reading Crime and Punishment now and man I couldn't agree more, I was laughing so much while reading it. It's bleak but punctuated with some really funny moments.
I'm so glad I happened upon your channel. I have been wanting to make videos about classical literature, history and philosophy for a while, and seeing channels like yours inspires me. I even posted my first video!
I hope your channel continues to grow, and I will be following closely. Would you ever be interested in covering Augustine?
@@_jared The confessions is what started it all for me. There’s enough in that book to do a whole series of videos! I particularly love how Augustine discusses memory and time in the last few chapters.
Where did you do your PhD? Trying to get the courage up to apply to a philosophy program, myself.
I was right with you until Crime and Punishment. The flashbacks to high school are too overwhelming. Maybe a vid about understanding Dostoevsky and actually liking it could be something for the future. Tolstoy's War and Peace could be another one. (Shudder, gotta call my therapist....)
Even when I feel I've had it with words, which happens now and then, I've always made two exceptions: Beckett and Wodehouse.
Thanks for the video. I’m just curious what kind of job outside academia you do after getting a phd in philosophy. May I ask what you do?
@@_jared Thank you for your answer!
I agree with what you said about contingencies in life. Keep up the great work!!
Me interesa mucho este tema. Quiero volver a amar la lectura.
I'm so glad I found your channel. I respect your efforts to help others in their self-directed learning. It's so important to have a guide for the autodidactic without access to higher formal education. It's so easy to fall into bad habits without the input of others. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with others.
Terry Goodkind really taught me to love reading again.
I read Crime and Punishment on my hour long bus ride to my university campus. One of my favourite books. Provided a nice balance to my studies in engineering. After I read the Brothers and The Idiot.