Oh hell no, im not letting this gem of a thread die! RESURRECTION!
So what books have people been reading? Any books on the ol Christmas list? I'm thinking about reading something on Panpsychism. It's a philosophical theory where every particle has a fundamental aspect of consciousness, how else is consciousness possible? It's just a theory but it solves the mind body gap problem, because if it's one type of stuff with two different aspects (mental/physical) then that explains how we can use our mind to move matter, like when we lift out arms at will, or act on moral principles.
I might also read Wilhem Meister Aprenticeshi.
Here's what amazon says about it:
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Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, a novel of self-realization greatly admired by the Romantics, has been called the first Bildungsroman and has had a tremendous influence on the history of the German novel. The story centers on Wilhelm, a young man living in the mid-1700s who strives to break free from the restrictive world of economics and seeks fulfillment as an actor and playwright.
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Goethe's Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther resonated with me deeply. Faust is the best book I've ever read. It's an encyclopedia of different kinds of poetry.