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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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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Naomi
@naomiii
I read some Shakespeare too so that's basically halfway 😂 Also Rousseau somewhere in between. I also found quite a lot of interesting essays from the times before us. Probably a good place to start for people who are intimidated by the books. Re Nietzsche it made me wonder whether I actually understood German at times. 🤣 What Goethe did you read?
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Ꮹανiη Ꮐaмвoα
@gavcloud
Faust … ahhh I read Shakespeare too, but I was so young. Definitely want to revisit those great plays
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