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Top 10 Existential Novels - Top 10 - Fight Club - Journey to the End of the Night - Man's Fate - Steppenwolf - Woman in the Dunes - Nausea - The Trial - Invisible Man - Notes from Underground - The Stranger - Albert Camus - Jean Paul Sartre

Top 10 Existential Novels - Top 10 - Fight Club - Journey to the End of the Night - Man's Fate - Steppenwolf - Woman in the Dunes - Nausea - The Trial - Invisible Man - Notes from Underground - The Stranger - Albert Camus - Jean Paul Sartre
Top 10 Existential Novels #10 - FIGHT CLUB [1996] Chuck Palahniuk "It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die. On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone will drop to zero." #09 - JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT [1932] Louis-Ferdinand Celine "The biggest defeat in every department of life is to forget, especially the things that have done you in, and to die without realizing how far people can go in the way of crumminess. #08 - MAN'S FATE [1932] Andre Malraux "The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our own nothingness." #07 - STEPPENWOLF [1928] Hermann Hesse "I believe that the struggle against death, the unconditional and self-willed determination to live, is the motive power behind the lives and activities of all outstanding men."

BBC Meme: How Many of These 100 Books Have YOU Read? | What Are You Reading Now? 1richardderus Apr 5, 2009, 12:44pm aquascum of the German language LT loosed this list on the English threads, and I can't resist passing it on. Please copy and paste your bolded books read, italicized books not completed, and then sum up with a head count, so to speak. What does the list say about your reading habits? Who's first? The BBC apparently believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here: 2momom248 Apr 5, 2009, 12:53pm Oh wow I feel inferior as I've only read 14 of the above. ok Richard I can't figure out how to bold my selections on this list. 3SqueakyChu Edited: Apr 5, 2009, 1:08pm 26 finished 1 not finished (The Lovely Bones) Didn't want to copy the whole list! What does the list say about your reading habits? I've read more books that others have also read than I would have thought! 4DeltaQueen50 Apr 5, 2009, 1:04pm Sorry I am also a computer dunce! 6mckait Apr 5, 2009, 1:20pm 38... cooking and can't post list right now...... :) 7AHS-Wolfy Edited: Sep 18, 2009, 5:42am

Cult Movies - Top 10 List - Top Ten List Top 10 Films About Nonconformists "This is a world where everybody's gotta do something. Ya know, somebody laid down this rule that everybody's gotta do something, they gotta be something. You know, a dentist, a glider pilot, a narc, a janitor, a preacher, all that . . . Sometimes I just get tired of thinking of all the things that I don't wanna do. All the things that I don't wanna be. "If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed." "Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. "They're not that different from you, are they? "My life, I mean . . . "Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. "I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. "Vice, Virtue. "Anybody here? "And now they're telling me I'm crazy over here because I don't sit there like a goddamn vegetable. Forgotten Movie Classics © 2015 Shelf-Life Productions LLC

How We Can (Actually) Change The World – Pt. 3/3 Now you know what we’re missing, and the best ways to incite REAL change. (If not, check out Part 1 and Part 2). So what can you do about it? Right now? In the grand scheme of things, not much. Sure, you could attempt to see your friends more often, make conversation with strangers and/or spend less time in faux-communities online. This is why I am extremely excited to announce a new initiative: the creation of true community on a global scale. The Mission I have teamed up with visionary Marc Coppola from Why? Mission Statement: “To bring attention to a variety of social issues by highlighting the inefficiencies of today’s socio-economic practices and acting upon them to establish a one hundred percent sustainable community. Vision Statement: Our vision is simple – if it isn’t sustainable or rational and doesn’t lead to 100% self-sufficient community then it doesn’t belong. The Surface Details: – The initial 60 acre plot can be expanded up to 500+ acres when needed 1) Epicenter of Change How?

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Cult Fiction - Top 10 List - Top Ten List - Top 10 Banned Books of the 20th Century - Top 10 List - Grapes of Wrath - Lady Chatterly's Lover Quote - Slaughterhouse Five Quote - To Kill a Mockingbird Quote - Fahrenheit 451 Quote - Catcher in the Rye Quote Top 10 Banned Books of the 20th Century #10 - The Grapes of Wrath "Before I knowed it, I was sayin' out loud, 'The hell with it! There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. #09 - Lady Chatterley's Lover "Ravished! #08 - Slaughterhouse-Five "All this happened, more or less. #07 - To Kill a Mockingbird "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience." #06 - Fahrenheit 451 "The sun burnt every day. #05 - The Catcher in the Rye "It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road." #04 - Tropic of Cancer "I believe that today more than ever a book should be sought after even if it has only one great page in it. #03 - Naked Lunch "The Planet drifts to random insect doom..." #02 - Ulysses "History...is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake." "Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date.

Inspirational Books: The 40 Most Inspiring Books Ever Written - Books, Entertainment The leading British novelist Sebastian Faulks was recently asked by Waterstones to make a list of the 40 books that had most inspired him in his life. His selection, from Amis to Zola, included books by famous writers such as Dickens, Nabokov, Roth, Salinger and Tolstoy, and is now being used in a special promotion called The Writers Table in the bookstore chain, featuring all 40 books. As well as the better-known names, the 40 books chosen by Faulks also includes some surprises. There are classics and modern novels, children's books and poetry, obscure books and bestsellers. And there is a James Bond . (Faulks is a long-time admirer of Ian Fleming and, at the invitation of the Fleming family, wrote the new Bond novel which will be published at the end of this month.) His list also includes Brian Keenan's book about his time as a hostage, An Evil Cradling, a truly inspiring story. So what are the 40 books which have inspired Irish writers? Catechism of the Catholic Church Cheri by Colette

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Thinking Within Paradoxes I read a few years ago somewhere that a hallmark of a genius is being able to hold opposites together and transcend them. This stuck with me and over time I tried to make sense of it, because at first it was a very confusing concept. With some luck this concept began to make sense thanks to a random assortment of other things I read over the years following my discovery of this tidbit. This train of thought has now become one of my favorite things to ponder. I feel it has taught me the dangers of holding onto apparent absolutes. Once you believe in something as an absolute, you are automatically precluding yourself from believing in the opposite, which means that in some ways a part of your freedom of thought as a human being is forfeited as a result. Wave-particle duality is the concept that all matter and energy exhibits both wave-like and particle-like properties. You are nothing. They both hold some truth and meaning. You know nothing, You know everything.

Become a Western Philosophy Guru Edit Article Edited by -duskins, Nicole Willson, Manuel_Montenegro_THANKS!, Flickety and 19 others Want to impress yourself with lots of fancy terms and basic philosophy? Ad Steps 1Track down the Meditations by Descartes. 9Now you're ready to get into 20th century philosophy which can be of either the Continental or Analytical variety. Tips The term philosophy comes from the Greek word Φιλοσοφία (philo-sophia), which means "love of wisdom." Warnings This is a hell of a lot of reading! Things You'll Need Setup a time-line.

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