Should I read something?

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Hi,

Just wondering if I should read something right now. Any suggestions for me?

Joshua
 
Greetings Joshrp,

It depends on what you like to read. I enjoy reading when I have the time between studies and what not.

What do you like to read and perhaps I can help make a suggestion or two. And if you read anything good, please do share with me as I am always looking for things to read. I consume books.

God bless.
Anathama Sit
 
I’m not much of a reader, so I like books that aren’t too big.

I loved Flatland, both as a kid then as an adult. It was written over 100 years ago, by Edwin A. Abbott. It’s about a two-dimensional world and its inhabitants, when one of them, a square, is contacted by a three dimensional sphere.

As a kid I enjoyed the geometry in it, and the way it showed the difficulty in trying to comprehend something beyond our ability to see it.

As an adult, I liked it even more because of all the social issues it brings up about roles, categories of people, etc.

Abbott was a mathematician and a theologian.

It’s in the public domain. Here is one online version, from University of Illinois.

Alan
 
Anathama_Sit said:
Greetings Joshrp,

It depends on what you like to read. I enjoy reading when I have the time between studies and what not.

What do you like to read and perhaps I can help make a suggestion or two. And if you read anything good, please do share with me as I am always looking for things to read. I consume books.

God bless.
Anathama Sit
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I read everything. I’ve read more theology than anything else. I’ve read at least 35 of Pope Benedict’s books. I also read science, history, music, art, poetry, drama, novels, politics, economics, psychology, and other things too.
 
I like Imitation of Christ. It can be read over and over again; a great meditative classic. Whatever it is, just keep reading. There are more good books out there than there is time to peruse them all.
 
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I like Imitation of Christ. It can be read over and over again; a great meditative classic. Whatever it is, just keep reading. There are more good books out there than there is time to peruse them all.
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Greetings Chaunceygardner,

I finally got that downloaded to the computer and am going to be going through it one of these days. I downloaded so much to the computer, I’ll have enough to read for a few monthes.

God bless.
Anathama Sit
 
joshrp said:
I read everything. I’ve read more theology than anything else. I’ve read at least 35 of Pope Benedict’s books. I also read science, history, music, art, poetry, drama, novels, politics, economics, psychology, and other things too.
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Greetings Joshrp,

I am glad to see you offline right now, I am praying that you are getting a good night’s sleep, something I should be doing right now, but am to keyed up to get sleep at the present moment.

I am actually reading through D.Q. McInerny books on philosophy. I also have read William H. Carrol’s History of Christendom series, they captivated me very much and I devoured them. Right now I am reading some classics that I downloaded on the computer in the last few days.

I should start reading Pope Benedict’s writings, I have as yet to read one completly through, for some reason, his writing for me is harder to relate to than Blessed Pope John Paul II.

God bless.
Anathama Sit
 
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