Category: Philosophy
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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
ISBN-10: 9780451191144 ISBN-13: 978-0451191144 Publisher: Signet The protagonists are all headstrong, lone wolves. Their ability to think critically has brought them success. They can overcome any obstacle by their own sheer will. There are few who have what it takes to run a business, and it requires putting their entire being into it. When these…
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The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
ISBN-10: 0451191153 ISBN-13: 978-0451191151 Publisher: Signet WHEN DOES HE BUILD THE FOUNTAINHEAD THIS BOOK TITLE IS A COCK TEASE Okay, so as a visual artist who has been in and out of art school, I’m going to have a lot to say about this one. Howard Roark is presented as a self-absorbed brat, er, genius.…
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
ISBN-10: 0062315005 ISBN-13: 978-0062315007 Publisher: HarperOne
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The Mahabharata
ISBN-10: 0140446818 ISBN-13: 978-0140446814 Publisher: Penguin TL;DR: While The Mahabharata is an interesting change of scenery from Western religious texts, it’s still rife with many of the same problems. It’s filled to the brim with contradictions as well as scientific inaccuracies, and its offering of morality isn’t impressive. It’s repetitive above all else.
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The Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith
ISBN-10: 0143105531 ISBN-13: 978-0143105534 Publisher: Penguin TL;DR: Unsubstantiated, unoriginal claims just like any other holy book. Doesn’t align with history and doesn’t even align with its source material, The Bible.
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The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
ISBN-10: 0812968239 ISBN-13: 978-0812968231 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
ISBN-10: 159308045X ISBN-13: 9781593080457 Publisher: Barnes & Noble