archduke finished reading Broken Buddha
Wow, I assumed Theravada in Theravada-majority countries would be fairly corrupt, but I had no idea it was that bad. Author has some good ideas on how to address the issues.
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29 year old philosopher in Indonesia
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archduke finished reading Blue & Brown Books by Ludwig Wittgenstein
One of the better introductions to Wittgensteinian thought
archduke finished reading Thus Spake Zarathustra: Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (German: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch …
Brilliant philosophical fairy tale
Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach
"Twenty years have passed since Northern California, Oregon, and Washington seceded from the United States to create a new nation, …
archduke finished reading Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach
"Twenty years have passed since Northern California, Oregon, and Washington seceded from the United States …
Optimistic
archduke rated Abolition of Work and Other Essays: 5 stars
Bob Black: Abolition of Work and Other Essays (1986, Loompanics Unlimited)
Abolition of Work and Other Essays by Bob Black
In the essay Black argues for the abolition of the producer- and consumer-based society, where, Black contends, all of life …
V by Thomas Pynchon (Bantam books)
archduke rated Inherent vice: 4 stars
archduke rated Bleeding Edge: 4 stars
Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon brings us to New York in the early days of the internet
It is 2001 in New York …
archduke finished reading Critique of pure reason by Immanuel Kant
The Critique of Pure Reason (German: Kritik der reinen Vernunft; 1781; second edition 1787) is …
Worthy content but not very readable.
archduke rated Critique of pure reason: 4 stars
Critique of pure reason by Immanuel Kant
The Critique of Pure Reason (German: Kritik der reinen Vernunft; 1781; second edition 1787) is a book by the German …
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5 stars
All I can say is, wow. If you've read Kant, Hume, and other metaphysicians, you owe it to yourself to read this. Readable and covers a wide number of topics in a consistent way!
archduke finished reading The Dhammapada by Bhikkhu Bodhi
This Pariyatti Edition is an anthology of 423 verses spoken by the Buddha, the Dhammapada …
Simple, pure, beautiful
archduke finished reading The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
In many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into …
Challenging read, but worth it. You will want to reread this.
archduke rated Post-Scarcity Anarchism: 4 stars
Post-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin (Working Classics, #3)
In a series of related essays, Murray Bookchin balances his ecological and anarchist vision with the promising opportunities of a …