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Old 09-24-2007, 11:57 PM
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Nice list of books. If you plan on reading all those, you better get started lol. Especially if the list includes 1400 page titles like war and peace

If you're going to read Kant, prepare to read each sentence 5 times and have to look up 100 terms/words... at least if it's one of his works such as "a critique of pure reason". Some of his moral/ethical stuff is fairly light, but I wouldn't start with him for philosophy if you haven't read much.

For literature I found fyodor dostoyevsky very interesting. Brothers karamazov, crime and punishment, the idiot, are the most notable ones.

Make sure you mix in some good biographies. "long walk to freedom", nelson mandela. Gandhi

"The heart of buddha's teaching". might be worth a look
Amazon.com: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Books: Thich Nhat Hanh

I think at some point a few years ago I had the same desire as you... to read the best works in a number of fields. Philosophy, humanities, development/poverty, history, economics, some spirituality, literature (a lot of this category), and others. If you're unsure in one of those particular fields let me know and I'll give you some titles you can read up on on amazon to see if it's what you're looking for

Good luck
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