Naomi
@naomiii
Been reading many more old books this year. Turned out to be one of my smartest decisions. Also loosely related to the quote @maurice posted about how we forget the dry years. "If we must choose between old books and new ones, we should always select an old one." - C.S Lewis https://paragraph.xyz/@cryptonao/why-read-old-books?referrer=0x44BCa7E527efC8ce8a8B2A83596EA66194Dd9239
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Chukwuka Osakwe
@chukwukaosakwe
small typo in the very last quote. should be "through" not "throuhg"
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Irina Ideas
@ideas
Couldn’t agree more!! I have been self jailing in a room lately with many titles from previous century. It has enriched my world so much. Thomas Mann I only read the magic mountain, but doctor faustus is waiting soon. Good reminder. Btw something that occupied me beautifully also Monte Cristo, the slave by Singer, Lewis trilogy (three planets, forgot names)
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Ꮹανiη Ꮐaмвoα
@gavcloud
I have had a similar thought. After logging all my reading, the vast majority were written in the 20th century. I’ve only read four books that were written in the 19th century (Nietzsche and Goethe), and one from the 18th century (Michael Kohlhaas) … with a massive multi centuries-wide gap going back to Marcus Aurelius.
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Sterling Schuyler
@sterschuyler
yes! i've been thinking about revisiting classics, or reading books i was supposed to read in high school but didn't 😅
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bashobits 🚅✨🔵💨🫐
@bashobits
old books are the best books, for real 🫡
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entter
@entter
50 $DEGEN 🤓
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