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Those are hardly landmark books when compared to the list below:

The Bible
US Constitution in original form
Declaration of Independence
The Federalist

Seems like those have shaped the world’s political and economic systems and positively affected the global population more than anything on your original list.

On the negative list:

Koran
Communist Manifesto
Mein Kampf
Rules for Radicals

Some books are meant to be burned.


30 posted on 02/13/2017 11:50:45 PM PST by AlmaKing
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To: AlmaKing

Yes, I see you have the Bible and The Federalist, but placing the Iliad and Odyssey before them doesn’t work. The Iliad and the Odyssey didn’t cause mass migrations, wars, prosperity, suffering.


33 posted on 02/13/2017 11:53:57 PM PST by AlmaKing
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Or banned.

Censorship seldom works to beat back bad ideas.

Thankfully, people are in a position to judge them on their merits today.


34 posted on 02/13/2017 11:54:51 PM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: AlmaKing
"Some books are meant to be burned."

Poisons, administered in specific doses and with a full understanding of their dangers, are invaluable in medicine.

E.G. I, myself take a microdose of a deadly poison (Digitalis) every day.

By that same token a controlled study of Evil in Print can provide the tools of its undoing.

40 posted on 02/14/2017 12:31:23 AM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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