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I stopped reading books in college, how do I get back to reading?

I felt that until I was rich enough to have the free time to...
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/15/18
I'll just tell you one by one as you check in. 1. Anaba...
Beady-eyed Sneaky Criminal Business Firm
  04/15/18
X (the x means I read your message)
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/15/18
...
Beady-eyed Sneaky Criminal Business Firm
  04/17/18
This is a good one
provocative really tough guy
  04/15/18
i have a working theory here: im going to give great b...
Beady-eyed Sneaky Criminal Business Firm
  04/17/18
Join an Oprah book club, Miriam
Vigorous mustard library
  04/15/18
? wtf
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/15/18
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bossy pocket flask masturbator
  04/15/18
Great idea, Shery. How long have you been part of the club?
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/17/18
fuck authors stack money
Fear-inspiring balding trailer park gunner
  04/15/18
lol
Vigorous mustard library
  04/15/18
Titcr, but isn't reading books credited in some ways?
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/15/18
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Big plaza private investor
  04/15/18
Audible/Kindle combo. Can jump between listening and reading...
talented market
  04/15/18
JFC, srsly? What type of books do you read and how much do ...
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/15/18
15 audible 15 dollar kindle. I read all kinds. Started with ...
talented market
  04/15/18
This sounds pretty credited. Is audible worth it? I hear you...
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/15/18
I have hour commute so I listen more than I read. But its ni...
talented market
  04/15/18
Get a kindle or other ebook reader. You can get the class...
supple people who are hurt
  04/15/18
I already have one, I got a Kobo a while ago. Where exactly ...
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/15/18
https://www.gutenberg.org https://archive.org and torren...
supple people who are hurt
  04/15/18
#bookz on irc also libgen
Wine national nibblets
  04/15/18
How do I log into IRC? Do I need to download the chat progra...
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/15/18
yeah, you can find a how to if you google #bookz or undernet...
Wine national nibblets
  04/15/18
SHHHH
Vigorous mustard library
  04/15/18
you'll need a series of great books to get you hooked and ba...
Big plaza private investor
  04/15/18
Why don’t you post some faggot, stop being coy
Electric Peach Ladyboy
  04/15/18
never let me go - ishiguro (simple, flows well, critical det...
Big plaza private investor
  04/15/18
180, gonna check both out
Electric Peach Ladyboy
  04/15/18
get a kindle and pirate these https://www.pastemagazine.com/...
arousing pearl cruise ship
  04/15/18
lol jfc This list is mostly SPS and won't instill in you ...
mind-boggling low-t rigpig
  04/17/18
Everyone forgets most of what they read. It is normal. I wo...
floppy mother
  04/15/18
one great features of the kindle, and probably other ebook r...
Titillating New Version Love Of Her Life
  04/15/18
Agree 100%. I highlight passages all the time on my Kindle ...
floppy mother
  04/16/18
prole tell
mind-boggling low-t rigpig
  04/17/18
True, great point. pretty much impossible to highlight in a ...
Bright chapel halford
  04/17/18
If you want to read free ebooks w/o stealing and not settlin...
Razzmatazz corn cake school cafeteria
  04/15/18
ty When do you find time to read? How can you read AND po...
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/15/18
That's the good thing about tablets and e-readers; you can p...
Razzmatazz corn cake school cafeteria
  04/15/18
I inhaled over 100 books a year for decades...don't really r...
Bronze ceo half-breed
  04/15/18
Explain, mang. So there's no benefit to reading 100s of book...
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/15/18
maybe part of it is age and loss of focus...or maybe just go...
Bronze ceo half-breed
  04/15/18
Titcr, this is partly why I don't really read too much, I am...
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/15/18
That's because the internet is poison and destroys your atte...
mind-boggling low-t rigpig
  04/17/18
I would recommend something short and minimalist in style li...
magenta heady degenerate resort
  04/15/18
...
Big plaza private investor
  04/15/18
Apostol's calculus vol 1 and 2 Feynman's physics lectures...
provocative really tough guy
  04/15/18
...
Gay impressive faggotry
  04/15/18
...
floppy mother
  04/16/18
Should I do My Harvard Classics? It's only $45 for a yearly ...
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/17/18
architectonically, the harvard classics are a bit myopic whe...
Beady-eyed Sneaky Criminal Business Firm
  04/17/18
Do you know a less "myopic" and more comprehensive...
Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse
  04/17/18
no, its pretty good; most will be similar. i dont know th...
Beady-eyed Sneaky Criminal Business Firm
  04/17/18


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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

I felt that until I was rich enough to have the free time to read them, I was better off not reading books and focusing on money.

How wrong am I to think this way? I, however, post on this shitboard.

If I wanted to get back to reading, what should I start off with? I simply want to have books I can talk about in convos with people and read some of the classics. I read several classics during college, but tbf, I have forgotten all about them. That's how bad I suck at retaining info I read.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35847890)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:13 PM
Author: Beady-eyed Sneaky Criminal Business Firm

I'll just tell you one by one as you check in.

1. Anabasis by Xenophon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35847965)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:15 PM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

X (the x means I read your message)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35847985)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 10:46 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Sneaky Criminal Business Firm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35858389)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:51 PM
Author: provocative really tough guy

This is a good one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848273)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 10:54 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Sneaky Criminal Business Firm

i have a working theory here: im going to give great books without prestige trolling for the sake of prestige trolling.

look, wiles proof of fermat's last theorem is "prestigious." oh, its intellectual alright--but i cant read it, you cant read it, he cant read it. the same thing applies down the line: personally, ive read plenty of shit either nobody reads or people lie about reading, but im not going to suggest books like that to someone who says he wants to read but has had other priorities irl.

im going to give compelling, readable works that are also valuable and not dumb. but yeah, no, the critique of pure reason is not going to come first.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35858453)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:06 PM
Author: Vigorous mustard library

Join an Oprah book club, Miriam

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35847906)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:09 PM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

?

wtf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35847927)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:09 PM
Author: bossy pocket flask masturbator



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:15 AM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

Great idea, Shery. How long have you been part of the club?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35858634)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:10 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring balding trailer park gunner

fuck authors stack money

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35847936)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:12 PM
Author: Vigorous mustard library

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35847955)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:13 PM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

Titcr, but isn't reading books credited in some ways?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35847961)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:21 PM
Author: Big plaza private investor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848053)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:13 PM
Author: talented market

Audible/Kindle combo. Can jump between listening and reading same book. I went from not reading to finishing over 100 books the last 2 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35847963)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:14 PM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

JFC, srsly? What type of books do you read and how much do you pay approximately per month for the books you read?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35847977)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 10:27 PM
Author: talented market

15 audible 15 dollar kindle. I read all kinds. Started with classics. Then Mostly history, biography, and self help. But I’ve thrown in a few modern fiction.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848519)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 10:57 PM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

This sounds pretty credited. Is audible worth it? I hear you pay $14 or so and can only get 1 book per month. How does that work?

Also, do you find it better to read the book or to listen to it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848749)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 11:21 PM
Author: talented market

I have hour commute so I listen more than I read. But its nice to come home after a commute and sit on my patio and read the book I was just listening to.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848899)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:13 PM
Author: supple people who are hurt

Get a kindle or other ebook reader.

You can get the classics for free.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35847968)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:16 PM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

I already have one, I got a Kobo a while ago. Where exactly do I get them for free?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35847990)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:17 PM
Author: supple people who are hurt

https://www.gutenberg.org

https://archive.org

and torrents

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848008)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:18 PM
Author: Wine national nibblets

#bookz on irc

also libgen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848013)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:20 PM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

How do I log into IRC? Do I need to download the chat program like back in the 90s?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848038)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:25 PM
Author: Wine national nibblets

yeah, you can find a how to if you google #bookz or undernet, something like that, i use colloquy as my client on mac

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848093)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:21 PM
Author: Vigorous mustard library

SHHHH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848047)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:16 PM
Author: Big plaza private investor

you'll need a series of great books to get you hooked and back into your groove - ask someone you trust/like/admire to tell you a few books they couldn't put down

likely your attention span has been whittled away, so hit up some shorter reads to warm up, too

don't act like you're going to go from 0 to SPQR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35847997)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:46 PM
Author: Electric Peach Ladyboy

Why don’t you post some faggot, stop being coy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848243)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:58 PM
Author: Big plaza private investor

never let me go - ishiguro (simple, flows well, critical details revealed with perfect timing)

out stealing horses - per patterson (father/son/transgenerational tale takes place in rural norway, one of my favorites ever)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848310)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:58 PM
Author: Electric Peach Ladyboy

180, gonna check both out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848315)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:22 PM
Author: arousing pearl cruise ship

get a kindle and pirate these https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/04/the-50-best-fantasy-novels-of-the-21st-century.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848060)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:01 AM
Author: mind-boggling low-t rigpig

lol jfc

This list is mostly SPS and won't instill in you the joy of scholarship. They're also almost all bloated doorstoppers. Cloud Atlas is good though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35858502)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:24 PM
Author: floppy mother

Everyone forgets most of what they read. It is normal. I would read a well-written thriller or short engaging nonfiction book. Those should keep your attention and get you started before you tackle more ambitious books. I recommend The Force The Cartel for thrillers and Immortality and Why Does he World Exist for nonfiction.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/551603/



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848080)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:53 PM
Author: Titillating New Version Love Of Her Life

one great features of the kindle, and probably other ebook readers, is that you can highlight passages and then when you've finished teh book you can return, skim the highlighted passages, and better retain the important stuff from the book.

also, like 80% of content in books is fluff - books are the minimum viable economic product. if you just skip around and read what you want to read/put a book down when youre bored, you will enjoy reading much more. people hate reading because they force themselves to read shit they dont want to read.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848288)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 12:28 AM
Author: floppy mother

Agree 100%. I highlight passages all the time on my Kindle and most nonfiction is totally padded.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35849220)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:04 AM
Author: mind-boggling low-t rigpig

prole tell

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35858535)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:17 AM
Author: Bright chapel halford

True, great point. pretty much impossible to highlight in a physical book. I mean unless you have a highlighter or something crazy like that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35858648)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:29 PM
Author: Razzmatazz corn cake school cafeteria

If you want to read free ebooks w/o stealing and not settling for public domain "classics", get a library card and then download the Overdrive and Hoopla apps. Chances are that both work with your public library, and you'll have a decent selection.

I was a total non-reader until about 2 years ago when I copped a fire tablet. Now I average a book per week, albeit with pretty easy reads.

Try some Louis L'Amour novels.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848127)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:45 PM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

ty

When do you find time to read? How can you read AND poast?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848236)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:57 PM
Author: Razzmatazz corn cake school cafeteria

That's the good thing about tablets and e-readers; you can pick it up in bed with little light, or read in the bathroom without having to turn pages

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848302)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:47 PM
Author: Bronze ceo half-breed

I inhaled over 100 books a year for decades...don't really read books any more...eh, linux books...reading for recreation is dying out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848244)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:49 PM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

Explain, mang. So there's no benefit to reading 100s of books a year? Everyone makes reading part of their checklist of stuff they 'should be doing' like exercising and having a social life. And it's supposed to be credited. Why'd you stop and how do you feel about it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848258)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:50 PM
Author: Bronze ceo half-breed

maybe part of it is age and loss of focus...or maybe just got tired... maybe the internet is more interesting? The internet is more...diverse in terms of ideas

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848265)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:52 PM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

Titcr, this is partly why I don't really read too much, I am constantly opening new tabs, getting bored of them, and moving on to something else that grabs my attention. I guess a book would be a "tab" that I would have abandoned for weeks, lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848283)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:05 AM
Author: mind-boggling low-t rigpig

That's because the internet is poison and destroys your attention span. A huge benefit of reading is helping to repair that attention span.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35858547)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:52 PM
Author: magenta heady degenerate resort

I would recommend something short and minimalist in style like The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway or The Stranger by Camus to get you started

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848286)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 10:00 PM
Author: Big plaza private investor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848321)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:56 PM
Author: provocative really tough guy

Apostol's calculus vol 1 and 2

Feynman's physics lectures

Dummit and Foote's Abstract Algrebra

Russell and Whiteheads principa mathematica

Russell and norvig's artificial intelligence

Shannon and weaver's information theory

Turing's collected papers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848301)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 11:26 PM
Author: Gay impressive faggotry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35848917)



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Date: April 16th, 2018 12:24 AM
Author: floppy mother



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35849207)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 10:48 AM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

Should I do My Harvard Classics? It's only $45 for a yearly subscription.

https://www.myharvardclassics.com/subscribe

Use this Reading Guide 15 minutes a day and become a cultivated scholar with all the elements of a liberal education in one year.

The Harvard Classics are a collection of the most important books, scientific writings, philosophical arguments, poems, fiction, drama, political theory, pivotal speeches and sacred texts from the entire range of human intellectual activity. The Harvard Classics are the works of 302 of the greatest minds whose writings and discoveries are the foundation for all human knowledge today. You will be certain to cover most of the readings you were supposed to read in high school and college but did not get around to. Finally able to check those off your to do list. The Harvard Classics were designed to give all the elements of a general university or liberal education at home in one year with 15 minutes of diligent reading a day using an exclusive reading schedule. The mission of the Harvard Classics is to provide the means of obtaining such knowledge of ancient and modern literature as deemed essential to be a cultivated person.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35858408)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:10 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Sneaky Criminal Business Firm

architectonically, the harvard classics are a bit myopic when it comes to german intellectuals, and it tries to do science with a "classics reading list" approach, which is a huge mistake...but yeah, of course you should do it if you havent read most of them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35858595)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:16 AM
Author: Harsh exhilarant bawdyhouse

Do you know a less "myopic" and more comprehensive guide than this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35858641)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:22 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Sneaky Criminal Business Firm

no, its pretty good; most will be similar.

i dont know the "western canon" lists off the top of my head but there are a few. most of which are in agreement.

to be clear: myopic about shunning germans, totally wrong about telling people to read faraday for science imo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3950239&forum_id=2#35858686)