Books like Myths to Live By
12 books with a reading profile close to Myths to Live By by Joseph Campbell. Deep and contemplative; a moderate read.
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C.S. Lewis as philosopher
by David Baggett, Gary R. Habermas
Also deep · philosophy, academic
While C.S.
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
by Audre Lorde
Also deep · philosophy, academic
In this collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Audre Lorde establishes a framework for intersectional feminism by addressing how racism, sexism, ageism, and homophobia function as interlocking systems of oppression.
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Leonardo's Notebooks
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, academic
Leonardo’s Notebooks serve as a massive repository of raw data and observations spanning anatomy, optics, and hydraulics.
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, academic
Wassily Kandinsky identifies painting as a psychological tool rather than a method for reproducing physical reality.
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A Room of One’s Own
Also deep · philosophy, academic
Virginia Woolf bases this extended essay on the material conditions required for women to produce literature.
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Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, academic
René Descartes establishes a radical epistemological system by rejecting any belief that permits even a grain of doubt.
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Discourse on Method
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, academic
René Descartes outlines a four-part system intended to establish certainty in the sciences by rejecting any premise subject to the slightest doubt.
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On Free Choice of the Will
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, academic
In this dialogue, Augustine investigates the origin of evil and the mechanics of human volition.
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The Paradoxes of Art
by Alan Paskow
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, academic
In "The Paradoxes of Art," Alan Paskow addresses the ontological status of fictional entities and why humans feel genuine emotions toward characters they know do not exist.
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