teller said:

As far as Freud goes, you should at least read these two books:

"Civilization and its Discontents"
"The Future of and Illusion"

Those two are absolutely brilliant works that MUST be read.

IceNine said:

Oh fine...then you MUST read Human Action by Ludwig von Mises!

teller said:

I will look into it!



I am very serious about the Freud books though... you would really appreciate them.

IceNine said:

I've never taken Freud seriously...he's too early in his field to be of any use?! But you if you insist, then I will make a mental note.

teller said:

These are not psychology books...

"The Future of an Illusion" is Freud's view of the future of religion in society and is quite wonderful.

"Civilization and its Discontents" is about mankind's struggle for freedom and society's demands for conformity.

I F. Scott Fitzgerald... "The Great Gatsby" is my favorite book ever!!!

Dude!!! I just noticed The Selfish Gene on your shelf! Dawkins RULES!!!

teller said:

I have a few other books by Richard Dawkins too... he is absolutely brilliant!



If you haven't read it, check this one out:

"The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design"

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IceNine said:

The Blind Watchmaker stands as my answer to the to argument from "design."

teller said:

Yeah!

I was editing my post right as you posted that!!!

:LOL:

You need more fiction Ice. Reality sucks ass.

2the9s said:

I have read a TON of classic literature, but most of those books are in storage...

I need to break them out again sometime, huh?

IceNine said:

The Brothers Karamazov is my favorite novel.

2the9s said:

Awww...reality, to be commanded, must be obeyed!

2the9s said:

Absolutely brilliant!!!

It is lucky that a lot of my books are in storage... some people would have seen my copy of "Mein Kampf" and accused me of being a Nazi and a racist!

:LOL:

I thought that this was an interesting idea for a topic...

Would anyone else care to post pictures of your library?

With so many books, it's no wonder you're slow to change your mind--each book expands the width of certain neurons such that they tend to exlude others! (noting the library's emphasis on neural science)

teller said:

My degrees are in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience and Neurobiology... my application was accepted for the Doctoral program but I don't have time to attend school at this point... it makes me very, very, very, very sad.

If anyone wants to give me enough money to live on so that I can get my PhD, I would really, really appreciate it!!!

IceNine said:

Just kidding man...seriously, how do you earn your bread these days?

I need more pictures! Come on people... post pictures! I would but my books are all in the basement in boxes.

I'm also noting an emphasis on eastern philosophy...now this I haven't really seen come across in much of Ice's posts...Ice, in what context would you place these books?

teller said:

I have been working for a large telecom company for the last 6 years... I am in the IT department... I would prefer doing many other things but research positions didn't pay anything, lab work pays nothing too...

AzureStar said:

I'll post my shelf here in a few days...can't get off my ass right now to photograph, import, and post, sorry!

teller said:

The closest that I have ever come to religion is Buddhism... I have always had an affinity for the ideas of Eastern philosophy. I prefer arguing about christianity and things of that nature because it is much more fun, but I tried to be a Buddhist for a while there... I like THINGS too much to do it properly though.

EDIT: Oh, I forgot to mention... I really got into Eastern philosophy through my studies in the martial arts.

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Hey we have a fan of the Divine Comedy

I didnt see vita nuova up there anywhere tho hehheh.

I see Nabokov up there...YEUCKKK!!!

teller said:

Okay, that would be great, Teller.

teller said:

COOL!!!

I look forward to checking it out... this could be a cool deal if we can get some people to post their libraries...

It is cool to see what people are interested in and what they study... at least it is to me.

IceNine said:

Yeah, this has been an interesting experience...I look forward to trying it out myself!