Litsy

Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia | David Graeber

so-so

It has some interesting material on the society created in a part of Madagascar by European pirates and Malagasy natives. The local population had a lot of mixture of which the pirates were the latest. However, it suffers from a lack of sources and flaws within them. However it reads like an incomplete essay and relies on a great deal of surmise. The author sets out a proposition which he is ultimately unable to sustain.

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Immanuel Kant's Kritik der reinen Vernunft | Immanuel Kant

Sent to me by a friend I am not sure the source

Box has a box set of Kant 🤣😂🤣

CatLass007 I have never read Kant. Are you someone who has read him, liked it or at least learned from? If so, do you have any thoughts on an entry-level book for the uninitiated? I‘m always on the lookout for new authors to teach me new things. 1mo

CatLass007 Oh, and it‘s great that your books made it to you anyway. It‘s too bad that the gift card was lost and you don‘t know who sent it. I hope it was a generous Litten who will speak up. 1mo

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Clearly an uncultured thief 😉 1mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures @CatLass007 I dabbled in philosophy in college and lets just say that we had a super rude rhyme for Kant he is tough, and a bit boring (he probably isn't as bad as I remember, or we pretended, I do believe in his founding belief). I think if you are interested in the philosophy of ethics and reasoning I would start with this one -

Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals

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ChaoticMissAdventures @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage clearly. No dragons, no shirtless men on the cover. Can't be good - ohhh maybe the “thief“ already has these books? 😂 1mo

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Lol! Then they should have left a note with their review… 🤣 1mo

CatLass007 Thanks! 1mo

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mobill76

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment | Eckhart Tolle

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Not for everyone. It wasn't for me for the first 18 months after someone gifted me. Secular, new-age psychobabble has never been very entertaining. I eventually got around to it. Started it over several times to check its consistency.

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Eggs

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment | Eckhart Tolle

“Life is the dancer and you are the dance.”

#DaysDevotedTo

#Contemplation

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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RavenclawPrincess913

A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy | Jonathan Israel

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bibliothecarivs

The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and of Fabulous Theology. By Thomas Paine | Thomas Paine

Recent acquisitions:

📖 The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
📖 The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever edited and with introductions by Christopher Hitchens

#UniteAgainstBookBans and #LetUtahRead

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Eggs

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment | Eckhart Tolle

“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.”

#Science4peace

#DaysDevotedTo

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💞💞 3mo

JudeCC Love it! He‘s amazing!! 🙌 3mo

Eggs @WJCintron Agree🙌🏻 3mo

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trifleneurotic

Candide, Or Optimism | Voltaire

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Although it helps to know at least a little of the historical & philosophical context of Voltaire's slim work, it still drives its point home pretty well. We will never have all the answers that we seek. So is the world we live in, with all its good & suffusive evil still the best of all possible worlds? Or is it the worst due to the free will of humanity succumbing to boredom, vice, & need?

Who cares? You have a garden to cultivate. Get to it.