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The Four Agreements, The Secret, Sophie's World, The Alchemist, Ishmael
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:03 pm
by Advocate
Each of these examples provides a good conversation primer for the material but even the ones that aren't purest bullshit are terrible reading and not very good philosophy. What does it take to get a "popular philosophy" book published that isn't quantum blah-blah checkmate or a middle-school philosophy teacher with pretentions of authorship?
Re: The Four Agreements, The Secret, Sophie's World, The Alchemist, Ishmael
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 9:15 am
by PeteJ
Advocate wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:03 pm
Each of these examples provides a good conversation primer for the material but even the ones that aren't purest bullshit are terrible reading and not very good philosophy. What does it take to get a "popular philosophy" book published that isn't quantum blah-blah checkmate or a middle-school philosophy teacher with pretentions of authorship?
You would need to be able to explain philosophy in a simple way. Otherwise it'll be just another unnecessary book. The world has plenty of books that fail to explain philosophy and I see no point i writing another one.
Of these books I only know the Alchemist, which I rate highly as a book for young people.
Re: The Four Agreements, The Secret, Sophie's World, The Alchemist, Ishmael
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 2:29 pm
by Advocate
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Each of these examples provides a good conversation primer for the material but even the ones that aren't purest bullshit are terrible reading and not very good philosophy. What does it take to get a "popular philosophy" book published that isn't quantum blah-blah checkmate or a middle-school philosophy teacher with pretentions of authorship?
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You would need to be able to explain philosophy in a simple way. Otherwise it'll be just another unnecessary book. The world has plenty of books that fail to explain philosophy and I see no point i writing another one.
Of these books I only know the Alchemist, which I rate highly as a book for young people.
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What do you think would count as explaining it in a simple way? There are certainly many "philosophers" who will nay-say literally anything. How could "simple enough" be properly vetted?