Originally Posted by SCORPIOWOMAN

I know I was just saying I like Candide, but thank you for a nice reply...


philosopher-novelist-composer-music theorist-language theorist-etc. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), The Social Contract :

"Man is born free but everywhere is in chains."

Yes I like the writings of Rousseau. One of my favorites is EMILE...

Hi maam. Why read others when you can write. Had civilisation ended with Voltaire or Rousseau or Mao. It is for others to judge what we are. May be when the civilisation enters next electronic threshold there would be a new philosopher, artist, illustrator and a good receptive human being named as Scorpiowoman. Better start saving your thoughts because i dont know Penguin will ask you the originals before they publish. Emile is his tryst with a novel and no one remembers him for that.

The point i am trying to make is very simple. some times we get lost as individuals in the received wisdom. Voltaire was some one who just enjoyed good times of Parisian life. Rousseau you know very well was a confused individual who would had been posting very immature sexual banter on the net had he been alive today. Mao from what i read today, would deserve a hundred silences blooming than speech. so all these were flesh and blood mortals who were like all of us in their times. Some were incompetent, confused, arrogant, vile and shrewd. But their credit lies in what others had said about them down the lane. That way Anne Frank's diaries are the best writings a human being can write or reflect. For the rest of us i would exhort read but then dont be afraid to write. who knows which human thought is gonna click in the history of ideas.

I Apreceate All Your Sensible Posts Brother...

I Read But, I Still Make Up My Own Mind And I Think For Myself, As You Obviously Do...

Reading To Me Is Relaxation Andi Like To Exerecise My Brain As Well As My Body..

I Have A Paranoia Of The Old Folks Desease.. Dementia...

So, I Read, Do Crosword Puzzels, Think, Try And Do Something Cerebral On A Daily Basis...

I Enjoy Reading Everything Even Comic Books Arche And Jughead Being One Of My Favorites...

In Fact, I Learned English By Reading Silly Comic Books When I Came To Austarlia When I Was 12..

Ah, helped out by Archie and the Gang...LMAO..

Happy Reading and Cheers From Scorpio And Cats...

AHHH, very simple.
I'm reading EMPIRE OF THE SUN, by J G BALLARD.
Read a couple of books by him, seen a few flicks, I've not been to bed early reading, which means its a good book.
The lad Jim is an excellent character, and it gives a great unprovoked light into the war with Japan.
I have lived in Asia, and been to many places of WW2 solemn, its just a fantastic book.

Originally Posted by Totem

AHHH, very simple.
I'm reading EMPIRE OF THE SUN, by J G BALLARD.
Read a couple of books by him, seen a few flicks, I've not been to bed early reading, which means its a good book.
The lad Jim is an excellent character, and it gives a great unprovoked light into the war with Japan.
I have lived in Asia, and been to many places of WW2 solemn, its just a fantastic book.

Oh yes that is one exellent book, I love books and novels about NIPPON..

Has anyone read SHOGUN, and The Tales of Genji, and some of Yukio Mishima works..

I love reading I read into the wee small hours of the night...

Keep readiong friends it is exellent for the gray matter...

Anybody still reading Readers Digest.

Originally Posted by Avani7968

Anybody still reading Readers Digest.

I did until I was bombarded by them sending trash and advertisng to my mailbox...

Now I am back to Archie Comix...LMAO...

so its a familiar and world wide phenomena. where is that old readers digest where i think it was norton r some name like that was illustrating stories. what illustrations. imaginations took from them

Parece-me que mais pessoas neste site estão interessados em diaphraghms e preservativos do que os livros.

I read a lot of interesting book over the years but one in particular made me realize things it was called "The Second Son" read that in the early 80's but sadly i can't remember by what author, if anyone knows who it is I would be very thankful to know.