Prepare to read:

The warrior of the Tiger skin. by Rustaveli.
This is a collection of epic poems from Georgia (most of them in Tbilisi) where Christianism, Muslim, and Hinduism are influenced. All these poems were written between XII and XIIIth century.

Note: If you are interested in this book, be careful and search it also as "panther warrior" because for some authors Rustaveli referred about this epic animal not the tiger.
The poem is composed by 1487 quatrains.

The Idea of Nature by R.G. Collingwood

Looks "phenomenal"..... :)

In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The rise of antidemocratic politics in the West.

Wendy Brown

The Idea of Nature by R.G. Collingwood

Looks "phenomenal"..... — Pantagruel

Got the same book. Looks an interesting book well written.
If you start a reading group with it, will follow.

The Critique of Pure Reason by I. Kant

I have the Guyer, NKS and Max Muller translation version.
I prefer the MM version best for clarity of the translation. Cross referencing between the 3 translations will render flexibility.

:up:

Will follow your reading group. :)

re-reading

• Philosophy in the Flesh, George Lakoff & Mark Johnson
• The Body in Pain, Elaine Scarry
• Illness as Metaphor, Susan Sontag

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My copy, as I type, even closer than my coffee-cup — tim wood

:up:

"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" C.S Lewis

Something philosophical for the first time in ages:

Amartya Sen, Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers

Just picked up a copy of "Naming and Necessity" by Kripke.

The Complete Essays of Michel De Montaigne

this is going to take a while, studying the nature of human thought through self-exposition...

Nice, me too. :up:

How was that? Penrose is a treasure, and his CCC is super interesting. Guy is just a machine (90 years old now!!!)

See there are more comprising theories? But that machine is a crackpot. no?

now you're comparing yourself to Roger Penrose? :lol:

maximum crackpot level achieved!

No. He's wrong. Hyper jackpot!

Maybe. Probably. Still interesting, and its not like you have any clue either way, so why pretend?

Maybe. Probably. Still interesting, and its not like you have any clue either way, so why pretend? — Seppo

Why should I have no clue? Why do you think I pretend? How can it be interesting when wrong? Anyhow, this is a book part. I have started the wrong discussion but you tossed up Penrose. His tiles are amusing though.

Ryder. Quantum Field Theory. Good for falling asleep easily.

Feyerabend-Science in a Free Society.

Went way over my head, especially with all the math.

I remember seeing reviews on Amazon before someone got me the book, from professors etc, saying the same thing.

How about the Oppy one on infinity?

Nice, me too. :up: — Pantagruel

This book cries out for reading group.

How about the Oppy one on infinity? — Seppo

I thought that would be the hardest read, but it's pretty understandable if you slow down and take your time with it. I'm at page 100, having a break from it to do other things.

A lot of the classical actual infinity thought experiments he has answers for, but for those he doesn't he asserts that just because certain actual infinity thought experiments are impossible, it doesn't mean actual infinities are impossible. He points out that even finite scenarios can be impossible.

This book cries out for reading group. — Corvus

Yes, that's probably true, it looks....dense.

Et voilà

yeah he's written quite a few fantastic responses to various parts of the causal/cosmological argument, and in particular he had one of the best arguments RE infinite/eternal past that I've seen, so I'd be super interested in that book. May have to check it out on Kindle here.

Et voilà — emancipate

There had been a huge RG for the book already.
But it looks like it had been closed.
Wonder if it would be good idea to open a new one.