kracekumar rated Meditations: 5 stars

Meditations by Marc Aurèle
was born on April 26, A.D. 121. His real name was M. Annius Verus, and he was sprung of a …
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was born on April 26, A.D. 121. His real name was M. Annius Verus, and he was sprung of a …
Kitap, 2002 yılında ilk olarak İletişim Yayınları tarafından yayımlanmıştır. Kitabın yayıncılığını 2013 yılından itibariyle YKY (Yapı Kredi Yayınları) üstlenmiştir.
Kitap …
It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for …
What makes the human love, and quest answers for the intellectual questions. Through the lives of a dream and monk Herman Hesse explores the meaning of life, love, lust, and purpose of human existence.
The writing style and content of Herman Hesse and translator's work is a joy to read.
"The debut short novels--nearly thirty years out of print-- by the internationally acclaimed writer, newly retranslated and in one English-language …
Leo Tolstoy: [Smertʹ Ivana Ilʹicha / L.N. Tolstoĭ] = (Russian language, 1985, Basil Blackwell)
This satirical novella tells the story of the life and early death of a high court judge. Ivan Ilych is …
An unknown person starts writing letters to fourteen years old about philosophy, intrigued by the letters and subject the main character, Sophie gets on to the track to know about western philosophy.
The book is a starting point to know about western philosophy and not any substitute for the history of western philosophy by Bertrand Rusell.
At times, the writing style poses a serious question, is it a fictional or non-fictional work.
The author/translator gets a few facts wrong about India and it's language.
In page 126, ”In Sanskrit, the ancient classical language of India, the gods are called asura and in Persian Ahura.”
Asura may mean God, in most of the time it's used to denote demon or evil.
Author/translator may be unaware of Tamil which also a classical language in India. Rather writing it as ”Sanskrit, one of the classical languages of India ” write it as ”classical …
An unknown person starts writing letters to fourteen years old about philosophy, intrigued by the letters and subject the main character, Sophie gets on to the track to know about western philosophy.
The book is a starting point to know about western philosophy and not any substitute for the history of western philosophy by Bertrand Rusell.
At times, the writing style poses a serious question, is it a fictional or non-fictional work.
The author/translator gets a few facts wrong about India and it's language.
In page 126, ”In Sanskrit, the ancient classical language of India, the gods are called asura and in Persian Ahura.”
Asura may mean God, in most of the time it's used to denote demon or evil.
Author/translator may be unaware of Tamil which also a classical language in India. Rather writing it as ”Sanskrit, one of the classical languages of India ” write it as ”classical language of India”, as of no other language in India has a similar status. You can read more about Tamil’s status of classical language in southasia.berkeley.edu/tamil-classes by George L Hart.
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HOW DO YOU RAISE A FEMINIST?
Teach her self-reliance. •Teach her to love books. Teach her to ask questions.' Feminism …