i’m almost done with il principe and i’ve picked up Machiavelli’s mandragola which is such a lovely play. yesterday i also read book 10 of Plato’s republic (one of my favourite pieces of Plato, together with Phædro and Gorgias) because it had so much to do with what we were learning in Philosophy classes.
i’m also about to pick up grande sertão: veredas again. if anyone wants to join me in reading that, it’s one of the most incredible pieces of literature ever. there’s a translation to english called “the devil to pay in the backlands”. i’ve no idea whether its good.
about ¼ into grande sertão. i’m completely taken aback, i’ve no words to describe it. it might as well be one of the finest pieces of literature i’ve ever been in touch with. everyone should read it. (apparently the translations to italian and german — both called Grande Sertão — are really good; the english one not as much).
I finally picked up Foundation by Isaac Asimov and started reading it. I also picked up Dune, but I’m already reading 6 books simultaneously, so I’m setting it aside for now. One of the six is Heart of Darkness, which I’m reading for school. I really like it so far.
currently reading Peter Sloterdijk: no mesmo barco[on the same boat],if Europe rises; and João Guimarães Rosa: grande sertão: veredas. also some chapters of Robert Kurz’s com todo vapor ao colapso[full-power toward collapse, a selection of articles published in newspapers and in his Black Book of Capitalism], Hobbes’ leviathan, Kant’s critique of practical reason (it sucks) and Sloterdijk’s critique of cynical reason (it rocks).
Hume: Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Plato: Five Dialogues
Huston Smith: The World’s Religion’s
Jim Endersby: A Guinea Pig’s History of Biology
Robert Pirsig: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Yeah, a lot of various stuff for college. Hopefully this weekend I’ll be able to get started on the third book in the Eragon series.
my main Focus is The Sirens of Titan by Mr. Vonnegut however i’m starting on Antigone by Sophocles and not to mention continuing Wolves of the Calla, Atlas Shrugged, and starting The Stand