Most Important Philosophical and Religious Texts

Discussion in 'Politics & Religion' started by Briant, Mar 30, 2007.

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    This is not a poll, but a list--not my list--everyone can put what they want.

    BTW, when I write "most important," what I mean is those with which an "educated" person should be familiar. Like the great books, but for just religion and philosophy.
     
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    browntwn Illustrious Member

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    The PROPHET, by Kahlil Gibran
     
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    krakjoe Well-Known Member

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    Charles Darwin : The Origin of Species
     
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    The Tora, The Bible, The Koran. These three books have had a huge impact upon human thought and understanding.

    I can't remember the name of it, but the first book on "Wicca" was a book where someone invented the religion by talking about what he thought witchcraft -should- be without doing any actual research. With all the Wiccans in America, if you're an American, you should get around to reading this eventually.

    Metaphysics, by Aristotle.

    I'd really like to take a look at Neich myself.
     
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    I guess books from Pope Benedith.

    ignatiusinsight.com/authors/cardinalratzinger.asp
     
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    The Republic, Plato
    A Treatise on Human Nature, David Hume
    1662 BCP
    Thus Sprach Zarathustra, Nietszche
    Das Kapital, Marx
    Pensees, Pascal
    On Liberty, John Stuary Mill
    Upanishads
    Bhagavad Gita
    Being and Nothingness, Sartre

    Too many to name
     
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