I'm glad you include the Eastern classics. They are beautiful reads and proof that philosophy does not have to be ridiculously complex.

YAY!!! I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FLAGS AS MANY PAGES AS POSSIBLE!!!

Okay, but you have to add Michel de Montaigne's essays

1. The Gita is just a religious text, 2. Analects and Tao Te Ching are not easy reads. Like, they won't make your head hurt like Hegel, but without context(which does take time to build) you won't be understanding squat. Everyone is just straight up sound like fortune cookie wisdom. I'm not the biggest fan of the guy, but probably the most enticing book to start is beyond good and evil. Another beginner book that will make you pumped up is Russell's History of Western Philosophy. I also really loved reading Descartes as teen, both Meditations and Discourse on Method. Plato is also a very lively read. Maybe try First Alcibiades to start.

Exceptional summary! Enjoyed this very much and also ordered the book which will be here tonight! Would be interesting to see you review Michael Harner's "The way of the Shaman. I am also curious to learn if there are any connections between Shamanism and Buddhism.

I’d get the entire Letters from a Stoic, not the Penguin edition which is a selection.

Not really understanding how you call the books "insane".

Spoiler: YOU SHOULD!

I read that book deadly alliance by that one reporter. Had some slow parts to get through. The part about Rick Ross was good. And Hugo Spadafora. That was pretty grim.

Great list! I often recommend Peter Singer's "The Life You Can Save," Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince," Plato's "The Republic," Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning," and Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations." These were the books I started with when I began exploring philosophy beyond my coursework, though they are heavily focused on Western philosophical thought. Afterwards, I would recommend, if you’re up to a nice challenge, reading Leszek Kolakowski’s “The Presence of Myth” could be fun. I would also suggest listening to some debates or interviews and dissecting some of those ideas.

Fantastic. Pain meditation can also decrease aversion to pain

there are no more book stores.

Oh man i wish you could start with the Perry Rhodan series but its alot of Books and small "Heftromane" (could not find the english word for that ) ! Its a german sci-fi book series that started 1961! its peak sci-fi with different autors and guestautors over the years !

Hard pass. The translation on the second book is terrible imho

Bravo, excellent. This channel is one of the most brilliant I've ever come across on YT. Your style is impressive, keep it up and don't pay attention to nasty comments. Your video on Pressfield's book saved my day as well.

Getting in the habit of reading again has changed my life for the better

JAMES SCOTT IS A GOD AMONG MEN

That would be Shee-Shin Liu, not "Sicksin" 🙄

3 Chinese misanthropes conspire with aliens to destroy humanity, so they can live alone in a cabin next to a lake. No thanks!

“True”

This clip has made me realize how many great little details I forgot from this book. Gonna have to do a second read 😂

You give me vibes of Tom Scott mixed with Gordon Ramsay's style.

Thanks Nat! This is very insightful, would look to revisit and gather more from this also on the side feel, our minds are occupied or stimulated with some visual content like movies or social media and there is not more space for critical thinking due to that

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Gordon Ramsey?

I think that most books written for profit have at most, bits of truth.

All good books I am sure, but the one history book every true American must read is A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn. More than any other book, it is essential to understanding modern history.

Read "Operation Hellstorm". It'll change your mind on WWII.

Tao Te Ching is definitely an infinitely re-readable book, it is fantastic. The Bhagavad Gita on the other hand was really difficult for me to finish the first time. I flew three the Tao Te Ching several times back to back the first time I read it, but the BG was quite a bit more tedious for me the first time.

Great series if youre cool with the rampant misogyny throughout it

Shackleton's adventure is one of the most juicy maratime tales I have read, I read about him a long time ago and it has haunted me since. But spoiler, they ate the dogs. Sorry.

If Buddha was a producer, he would be Rick Rubin..

Garbage choices.

I think this guy said something, but I couldn’t hear him over that hair.

Jesus these all sound boring

John Irving writes the ending first. Or so he says. But he also has a great sense of humor. 😅

This is my second week without shampoo and conditioner, and my hair has been feeling and looking great.

Negotiations by Bryan Tracy

Anything about them?

The Bill Browder book is a completely fictional account by a egomaniac Elitist who help fund and stage the whole Russian Delusion Hoax.

Thank you

I wish I could read The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini again. That series was awesome.

What Absolutely Beautiful hair you have.

I tried reading it and I couldn’t get it, the pace was strange, too many hops in settings, characters.. I don’t know, and I have read a lot of classic 80s sci-fi

I don't know if there's an english version of Gracian / Schopenhauer "Handorakel" out there, but read it anyway.

Ngl best fiction book is all trmmw

Thank you for reviewing it. So, it’s 5 stars for the info it contains and 1 star for the quality of the writing?

So this seems to be non-fiction light . I often read much more technical stuff that's at college level .

Unrelated comment. August 2025 will be the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Against The Odds podcast did a five part series in August 2023.

Lemme guess. These books are considered conspiracy theory. 🌚🌝