books every intelligent person should read

[Jacob Carey]

Infinite Jest needs to be on here. That book made me love writing.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>wrote:

> Open Culture is one of very few websites I know of that actually fulfills
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> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I AM NOT ALONE.......
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>> love,
>> cfa
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>> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Michael Bailey <mikebailey at gmx.us> wrote:
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>>> For an intelligent person who (as i consider myself to be), maybe isn't
>>> all about reading per se, so they mightn't have the patience or fortitude
>>> to get thru nonfiction outside of an educational setting, I think these
>>> would be loved
>>>
>>>
>>>   One Night in Bangkok
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>>>
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>>> alice malice <alicewmalice at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here are my top 10. You should add yours because ...
>>>>
>>>> 1. PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell
>>>>
>>>> 2. THE MISMEASURE OF MAN by Stephen Jay Gould
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>>>> 3. A STUDY OF HISTORY by Arnold J. Toynbee
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>>>> 4. TECHNIC & CIVILIZATION by Mumford
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>>>> 5. THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS by Henry Adams
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>>>> 6. PHILOSOPHY AND CIVILIZATION by John Dewey
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>>>> 7. THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES by Karl Popper
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>>>> 8. Thought, Action, Passion by Richard McKeon
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>>>> 9. can't thnk of anymore
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>>>> 10. the Encyclopedia
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>>>> http://www.openculture.com/2014/04/what-books-should-every-intelligent-person-read.html
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