Julian Offray de la Mettrie -- Man a Machine Classic French free thinker or CFFT .....;) If you can let this play at a low volume while my annoying voice reads (5)
The Temptation to Exist by E.M. Cioran with an incredible Introductory essay by Susan SontagSusan Sontag in this Introduction makes a strong case for the John Cage approach to modern life, where there's a wonder guided by Zen Buddhism, whereas with Cioran, there's a cynical, skeptical gnostic weaving his darker thoughts, which to me... See More » (2)
Rikki Ducornet's The Jade CabinetThe culmination of her great tetralogy, I can't wait to get to it as I explain the the audio, i'm just beginning to wrap my mind around this singular author, she's a bit like Angela Carter, who re-invented fairy tales in the funky 60s and she also... See More » (1)
Throwing Seneca's Letters on Ethics into the mix One of the 3 main Roman Stoic source books, gold on every page!! (1)
More of Marguerite Young's fantastic chocolatey masterpieceThis is a long novel, experimental, and I find the prose immaculate, very dreamy, at least i'll be having fun, don't mean to insinuate that anyone cares, I know each and every one of us would first need a leap of faith to even begin to see the... See More » (3)
Some Umberto Eco, continuing on in this challenging but rewarding workIt can be in a fun way that has the joviality of those possessed with knowingness. In the Corbett Report episode about this book, the big takeaway I had from it was that Eco doesn't teach you anything specifically, and this is why he's... See More » (5)
