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To: Darkwolf377
Recently finished, last few months

Philosophy

On Plato's Symposium by Strauss
Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle by Al-Farabi
Perpetual Peace and other essays by Kant
I and Thou, Martin Buber
The Philosophy of George Santayana (living philosophers series)
Science and the Modern World by Whitehead
Naming and Necessity by Kripke
Metamath - Quest for Omega by Gregory Chaitin
Lifebox, Seashell, and Soul by Rudy Rucker

History

Surprise, Security, and the American Experience by JL Gaddis
Roads to Modernity by Himmelfarb
Christian Faith and Interpretation of History by G.L. Keyes (Augustine monograph)
The Dawn of Conscience by Breasted

Military History (a hobby of mine)

Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield (Thermopylae, historical fiction)
The Generalship of Alexander the Great by JFC Fuller
Julius Caesar by JFC Fuller
Storm of Steel by Junger
Before Stalingrad by Glantz (Barbarossa)

Current

Philosophy

Philosophy, mystery, and magic (Empedocles and the Pythagorean tradition)
On the Pythagorean Life by Iamblichus
On Plato's Republic by Averroes
Averroes and the Metaphysics of Causation by Barry Kogan
Philosophical Writings of William of Ockham
Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard
Sincerity and Authenticity by Lionel Trilling
Freedom Evolves by Dennett
The Road to Reality by Penrose

History

The Barbarian Conversion by Richard Fletcher
The Grand Strategy of Phillip the II by G. Parker
Special Providence by WR Mead
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by Mearsheimer
The Battle of Kursk by Glantz

On deck

Philosophy

Montesquieu's Philosophy of Liberalism by Pangle
Philosophy of German Idealism: Fitche, Jacobi, Shelling (German library series)
Essays in the Philosophy of Science by CS Peirce
The Great Chain of Being by Lovejoy
The Main Currents of Marxism by Kolakowski

History

The Empire of Reason by HS Commager
An Empire of Wealth by JS Gordon
Gulag by Anne Appelbaum

And whatever I get for Christmas. No I am not making it up, that's what I'm reading.

206 posted on 12/21/2005 10:34:26 PM PST by JasonC
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To: JasonC

So this is your slow period? ;) Thanks for the ideas.


207 posted on 12/21/2005 10:36:18 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Warning: Adult language, but great Christmas message: http://foamy.libertech.net/noxmas.swf)
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