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Of all the writings of Plato the Timaeus is the most obscure and repulsive to the modern reader, and has nevertheless had the greatest influence over the ancient and mediaeval world. The obscurity arises in the infancy of physical science, out of the confusion of theological, mathematical, and physiological notions, out of the desire to conceive the whole of nature without any adequate knowledge of the parts, and from a greater perception of similarities which lie on the surface than of differences which are hidden from view.
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WILLIAM ULLOIRD read this last
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Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage; there he found occupation for an idle hour, and consolation in a distressed one...
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Emma by Jane Austen
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.
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Emma by Jane Austen
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.
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woodmasta1 (Jason White) from
Smyrna GA, United States
I'm mostly a magazine reader. If I try to read a novel in bed, I conk out right away. I am interested in trying to read classics in this new format - upright, during daylight hours!
Last book read: HEART OF DARKNESS
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IdaBenedetto (Ida Benedetto) from
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Modern poetry, cyberpunk, popular science, feminist classics
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H-Dog (BookGlutton Member) from
Brooklyn, United States
It is safe to say that I am not a reader of the "classics", however I am very open-minded and will read a wide array of different titles across many different genres and themes.
Favorite Authors: Arthur Nersesian, Mumia Abu-Jamal, David Mamet, Kurt Vonnegut, Ernesto Sabato, Ray Bradbury, Michael Cunningham
Last book read: THE HAUNTED BOOKSHOP
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captainblood (BookGlutton Member) from
Anywhere, United States
Scifi (space opera, speculative, short stories)
Fantasy (Susanna Clarke, Neil Gaiman)
Classics (Marquez, du Maurier, Forster, Fitzgerald)
Last book read: MY MAN JEEVES
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austen bronte buddhism clarke dumaurier fantasy gaiman scifi
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Rajendra (BookGlutton Member) from
Anywhere, United States
Management,All time great Classics.
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