Difficult Books

Prashant Kumar siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com
Thu Aug 9 09:50:41 CDT 2012


Seconded. Heidegger and Hegel aren't really "reads", no? I haven't touched
Being and Time, but I tried some Phenomenology of Spirit but people tell me
it's a year in grad school.

One should also make the distinction between *reading* and merely looking
at words.

P.

On 10 August 2012 00:09, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Agree. Category error as myt philosophy teachers used to say. Thought it
> was just me.
> or else the list should be on non-fiction books, full of lots of
> philosophy.
>
> I think they created this list out of their private life's reading too
> much, too much the private reading of two.
>
>   *From:* David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> *To:* Madeleine Maudlin <madeleinemaudlin at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>; Phillip Grayson <
> phillip.grayson at gmail.com>; John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com>; Dave Monroe
> <against.the.dave at gmail.com>; Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>; pynchon -l <
> pynchon-l at waste.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 9, 2012 10:00 AM
> *Subject:* Re: Difficult Books
>
> I also don't think philosophy books should be included in a list like this.
>
>
>
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