The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius was excellent. Imagine Richard Dawkin's Unweaving the Rainbow, except that instead the author is a 6th-century prison inmate awaiting execution on a charge of conspiracy against the king, and his source of awe and wonder is limited to the doctrines of Plato rather than the discoveries of Newton. Also, unlike Dawkins' blend of poetry and prose, all of Boethius' inspired words are his own (prison was a long ways off from his library). The book is superb on its own merits, and even more so given the conditions in which it was composed - Boethius' attitude is no less admirable than Socrates' in both the Crito and Phaedo.
Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume. This belongs on every sceptic's bookshelf. It explains the basis for the empiricist approach, the correspondence theory of truth, contains Hume's charges brought against the validity of inductive reasoning, a good discussion of necessity and liberty, the excellent section "Of Miracles," a mock speech by Epicurus, and a look at how the ancient Pyrrhonics differed from the more moderate Academics.
Currently reading Abelard and Heloise: The Letters and Other Writings... Love it so far. What a scandal! What a story!
Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume. This belongs on every sceptic's bookshelf. It explains the basis for the empiricist approach, the correspondence theory of truth, contains Hume's charges brought against the validity of inductive reasoning, a good discussion of necessity and liberty, the excellent section "Of Miracles," a mock speech by Epicurus, and a look at how the ancient Pyrrhonics differed from the more moderate Academics.
Currently reading Abelard and Heloise: The Letters and Other Writings... Love it so far. What a scandal! What a story!
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza