I found a really good book (reading update)

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Күн бұрын

I read a pretty weird collection books this last month, and one of them was definitely a book to be added to my "favorite of all time" list. Now, I am at 77/1000 books read.
📚my recent reads
00:00 intro
00:22 Oxford Handbook of Freedom
02:20 Afghanistan: from 1260 to present
05:19 Confessions by St Augustine
08:03 The Rules St Benedict
📕 my first book: knowing nothing.
A general overview of skepticism and the implications it has for philosophy, society, and life.
buy here: www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZBM2SY6/
📕 my second book: meditations. A collection of essays that cover various topics like the nature of social power or the cyclic nature of life.
buy here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CL23VB2J
More of my writings:
💻my website: ideasinhat.com/
#books #nonfiction #booktube

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@IdeasInHat Ай бұрын

what are you currently reading?

@haneenharoon255 Ай бұрын

5 people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom & the end of alchemy by Mervyn King

@IdeasInHat Ай бұрын

@@haneenharoon255 who are the 5 people? Lol. Catchy title.

@stevenstahlberg5469 Ай бұрын

The better angels of our nature and destined for war by Graham Allison

@haneenharoon255 Ай бұрын

Haha, you should give it a try (But it's fiction so..not sure if you will enjoy it)

@IdeasInHat Ай бұрын

@@haneenharoon255 oh no! It's not that I dislike fiction, I just have a nonfiction addiction 😁😁

@camillekehoe6012 Ай бұрын

I am currently reading the Afghanistan history book that you recommended....good, but I feel like there are too many personalities involved and it is somewhat hard to follow. But I'm gonna stick with it, I'm only about 190 pages in....Happy reading!

@IdeasInHat Ай бұрын

He tells the history in a continuous fashion. You should definitely have a diagram that maps out all the important leaders and tribes!

@Schadenfreudee Ай бұрын

Could you please suggest some good book on some uncommon tribes? I am interested in reading about the life of some tribal people that have been not covered much in history.

@IdeasInHat Ай бұрын

I cannot think of any off the top of my head. But I know there are interesting books like the noble savage and human universals.

@edwinmarin22 Ай бұрын

Can you do a video on your favorite writing styles?

@IdeasInHat Ай бұрын

Hmmm. Sounds like a fun idea!

@johnnyboydardy Ай бұрын

read about the history of latin america and incur the wrath of the cia muahahah no but serioyusly the banan republic was a very interesting time and it doesnt get enough time in the limelight i feel. Also.. tropico is a thing... just thought to mention that. yup./

@IdeasInHat Ай бұрын

I am currently reading a book about tur CIA and their Afghanistan war.

@zubairmir9857 Ай бұрын

Do you read books in any other language apart from English!!!

@IdeasInHat Ай бұрын

Not to the same level as English

@DonQuixoteLaMancha Ай бұрын

Are you still learning turkish?

@IdeasInHat Ай бұрын

I will always be learning Turkish, lol.

@Summalogicae Ай бұрын

“I read Augustine’s Confessions [in translation]. Very high school level.” Wow, if that’s not itself a “very high school level” take, then I don’t know what is. Anachronistic much?

@IdeasInHat Ай бұрын

Lol. That translation is grade school level translation. What I had said was that his theology, his style of argumentation, is high school level. Which it is. We studied Aquinas, Plato, and Socrates in high school. And their arguments are often simple, like Augustines. For instance, the prime mover argument, or the allegory of the cave, or for Augustine, saying that something is a sin because the Bible said so. These are all the style of arguments you hear amongst high schoolers. People aged 13 to 17. Whether that is a good thing or not is for you to decide.

@searchmeinyoutube Ай бұрын

1. How old are you? 2. How do you select books to buy? 3. You follow booktubers like Jack Edwards etc. ? 4. Reached Afghanistan, what about India?

@IdeasInHat Ай бұрын

I don't follow booktubers, India is coming, and I Buy whatever interests me.

@bunnygirlerika9489 Ай бұрын

I really liked the confessions. The section about when his mum died was heart wrenching, was pretty sad. I also liked his writing style, it's simple but also elegant, almost poetic, at least to me it seemed like it was.