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What book are you reading?
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RE: What book are you reading?
June 21, 2011 at 9:13 am
(June 21, 2011 at 8:49 am)Epimethean Wrote: And the sadists need the masochists, so that can't be all bad.

But wouldn't the best way to be sadistic to a masochist be to be totally pleasant and not give them pain, and thus pleasure?
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RE: What book are you reading?
June 21, 2011 at 9:24 am
Only if you like the loop-out of the cycle.

Whips and chains, on the other hand ...
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RE: What book are you reading?
June 21, 2011 at 10:25 am
(June 21, 2011 at 3:52 am)TheYoungAtheist Wrote: I'm 14 and experiencing Friedrich Nietzsche for the first time with "Thus Spake Zarathustra". It is absolutely riveting.

Have you read any Schopenhauer yet? At any rate, there's two major compilations in print with quite a lot of overlap: The Essential Schopenhauer and Essays and Aphorisms, and I personally prefer Schopenhauer to Nietzsche.
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#164
RE: What book are you reading?
June 22, 2011 at 12:27 am
(June 21, 2011 at 8:49 am)Epimethean Wrote: And the sadists need the masochists, so that can't be all bad.

(June 21, 2011 at 3:52 am)TheYoungAtheist Wrote: I'm 14 and experiencing Friedrich Nietzsche for the first time with "Thus Spake Zarathustra". It is absolutely riveting.

Oof. Careful with Nietzsche there. Best to have a grounding in Hegel and Schopenhauer before you go spelunking in that cave.


I haven't read Hegel nor Schopenhauer. I'll have to look into them. I have heard many people say that Nietzsche can be a dangerous one to read at my age, and I don't understand why.

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RE: What book are you reading?
June 22, 2011 at 3:14 am
Well, he went off the deep end ultimately, but even reserving that point, it is good to have a grounding to see what he was reacting against. Reading Marx along in there, might help too.
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June 22, 2011 at 12:13 pm
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart presents Earth, A visitors guide to the human race.
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June 22, 2011 at 12:53 pm
The Ultimate Book of Dinosaurs!
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RE: What book are you reading?
June 22, 2011 at 1:42 pm
(June 22, 2011 at 12:53 pm)Napoleon Wrote: The Ultimate Book of Dinosaurs!

Is that the one where they have saddles so humans can ride them?

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RE: What book are you reading?
June 22, 2011 at 1:48 pm
(June 22, 2011 at 1:42 pm)leo-rcc Wrote:
(June 22, 2011 at 12:53 pm)Napoleon Wrote: The Ultimate Book of Dinosaurs!

Is that the one where they have saddles so humans can ride them?

Nooo! It's rather educational!

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Yes it looks queer, but it actually has a lot of very good info in it. It outlines alot about the earliest periods of life on planet earth. Something which I'm very interested in lately Big Grin
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RE: What book are you reading?
June 22, 2011 at 2:58 pm
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I'm serious...
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