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The Little Prince is a philosophical book, am I right? Hehehe!
I guess. Narinig ko pero di ko pa nababasa. How is it?
Para siyang pang children's book. Pero it has a lot of meaning to it. I have to review it, nung highschool ko pa binasa yun. Hehehe!
great book.
Here's a good read.
The Egg
http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html
Another good read:
Talking to God...
http://www.fullmoon.nu/articles/art.php?id=tal
"If you meet the Buddha, kill him."
I believe yung Art of War ay isa ring philosophical book.
^ Yup. "Know thy enemy and know thyself."
Quote from: carpediem on December 13, 2010, 04:32:39 PM
"If you meet the Buddha, kill him."
Related to this quote, and also to Art of War, is the book
Tao Te Ching -
"The
tao that can be told is not the eternal
Tao."
How about I Ching?
Quote from: Kilo 1000 on December 15, 2010, 09:29:32 AM
I read both on a comic book. I swear!!
They're both available in national bookstore.
Eto ba yung kay Pooh? The Tao of Pooh I've seen from the bookstore, pero Art of War parang wala.
Quote from: Mr.Yos0 on December 15, 2010, 12:54:45 AM
How about I Ching?
Although it's also a classical Chinese book,
I Ching is more of Taoist mysticism, so I wouldn't consider as philosophy.
just read any introduction to Philsophy books. I love reading these during college years. nagging aware ka sa iba't ibang philosophies at philosophers sa mundo.
OT: Kaya siguro dumadami mga pilosopo na pinoys hehehe
For those who like science fiction:
The Last Question by Isaac Asimov © 1956
http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html
"This is by far my favorite story of all those I have written.
After all, I undertook to tell several trillion years of human history in the space of a short story and I leave it to you as to how well I succeeded. I also undertook another task, but I won't tell you what that was lest l spoil the story for you.
It is a curious fact that innumerable readers have asked me if I wrote this story. They seem never to remember the title of the story or (for sure) the author, except for the vague thought it might be me. But, of course, they never forget the story itself especially the ending. The idea seems to drown out everything -- and I'm satisfied that it should." --Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov? familiar siya... siya ba yung sa I, Robot?
Loosely related daw sa story niya of the same title.
Finger Pointing to the Moon - Bruce Lee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDW6vkuqGLg
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."
I'm posting this here since I thought it was appropriate. The following is a long text of lyrics to a song called SunScreen. (Listen to it if you have the time)
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Baz Luhrmann - Sun Screen
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97.
Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience...
I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked...
You're not as fat as you Imagine.
Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind.
The kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy;
Sometimes you're ahead,
Sometimes You're behind.
The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults;
If you Succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your
Life.
The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary.
Whatever you do, don't Congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either.
Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body, Use it every way you can... Don't be afraid of it, or what other people Think of it,
It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own...
Dance... even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Brother and sister together we'll make it through
Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there
For you.
And I'll be there, just tell me now, whenever I can.
Everybody's free.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings;
They are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard;
Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will Philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you.
Maybe you have a trust fund, Maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen...
(Brother and sister together we'll make it through
Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there
For you. And I'll be there, just tell me now, whenever I can.
Everybody's free.)
Nice article, Luc :D
Quote from: darkstar13 on February 28, 2011, 07:56:13 AM
A very interesting read will be The Prince by Niccolo Macchiavelli.
Darkstar, may copy ka? pahiramin mo naman ako. ;D
Quote from: carpediem on February 20, 2011, 10:21:17 AM
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."
you live by this carpediem?
^ I try to.
That quote was allegedly said by Gautama Buddha. He taught his disciples to always question everything they believe, even the ones he himself taught.
In relation to that, I think the Bhagavad Gita is good.
Quote from: fox69 on March 03, 2011, 02:09:06 PM
^^^ ctan , bakit nga pala tinawag to ng : manual for mankind" ?
I am not really sure pero I think it's referred to as the manual for mankind because it depicts or it tells about the reality of humanity. That it tells about the real battle of humankind is deep within ourselves. It tells about what we can do as humans to address this battle, etc. :-)
Hahaha. Same here. :-) anyway, the oxymoron of it is that the wisdom of krishna in the Gita is very human. Hehehe.
@fox & niceako:
thanks! :D good advice talaga, mganda rin pakinggan yun kanta.
Philosophy... Hmm. I'll recommend my personal favorites:
• The Prince --Niccolo Machiavelli. (Ultimate guide to attaining power.)
• The Social Contract - Rosseau (This is my life!)
Works by Saint Augustine --religious philosophy and tells us something about the human nature naman (ie. man is by nature, meant for multiple relationships)
Democracy in America by Alexis Tocqueville. Discusses why democracy works in America and why not in other countries. ---> Good for light reading.
Dami pa hahaha.
The Pale Blue Dot
(http://i.imgur.com/MH4u7.jpg)
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.
-- Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M
^neat, carpe. Truly humbling. Star-gazing, (as lame as it may sound) was one of my favorite past-times. A good decade ago, I could probably name a handful of constellations, its corresponding stars, and the location of the rest of the earth's sister planets. (Yes, I was a nerd.) Even from our view of the final frontier, one can already feel humbled, calm, and/or paranoid, depending on your nature :)
thats a gift Luc...dont under estimate it
@Luc - You could have been an astronomer. :)
@carpe: You got me thinking. You think it's too late to start? :'(
In relation to the above topic. This is not a reading material, but an audiovisual presentation. I urge you guys to watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KqziOKZ4AE
^^ Pagtiyagaan niyo na yan guys, medyo 40 minutes yung video. :-) Pero promise, pakinggan niyo... panoorin niyo. :-)
Wow, doc. I didn't realize 40 mins passed by rather quick. It was incredibly wholesome and entertaining. Starring yung favorite star ko si Betelgeuse! :D I see it every clear night at the constellation Orion. ü
edit: P.S. goosebumps on the whole laminin thing.
We've studied laminin in Biochem but never did it cross my mind that it could mean a whole new perspective. Ang galing! :-)
Following my earlier post -
The Sagan Series
http://saganseries.com/
^Carl Sagan! he's very good simplifying complicated stuffs. dahil sa kanya, naintindihan ko yung concept ng fourth dimension XD
^ Here's a more complete one, the Carl Sagan Tribute Series
http://www.youtube.com/user/callumCGLP#p/c/73E5E40315EA40FE
Neil deGrasse Tyson on human intelligence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-uZZ7RdL5E