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Blue_Bird · Jan 24, 2019 at 11:43 AM

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I'm putting together a leather bound critical edition of Plato's Republic. I already did it years ago but I was foolish to do it in a paperback edition. I found this leatherbound edition translated by Benjamin Jowett a couple years ago and he is my favorite translator so I'm very fortunate. I wish I was a professor so I could constantly read these important books, helping others understand them better. This book is put together by the Franklin Press Great Books Collection. They're amazingly beautiful and meant to last generations.

I think I should start highlighting, and taking pictures of text in the books to gain more followers on Twitter, to share knowledge and, in the end, to share part of my book when it comes out. Is that tacky?

I honestly don't know how to advertise my first book other than social media. My university loathes me so that is out of the question lol. Ideally, i'd like to get my book to ancient Greek philosophy, and history professors. I'm just not sure how that might be possible. :-/ I'm almost certain my book will go unnoticed when it makes print.

Newtus, that was pretty smart to hand 10 copies out. I'm wondering If I should do the same, but, when on twitter, to look up 10 ancient Greek philosophy professors, message them, and ask if I can send them a copy.

I don't think it's a tacky idea, it seems cool to me

Blue_Bird · Jan 25, 2019 at 12:27 PM

The Conundrum by David Owen

Feb 01, 2019 at 08:45 PM

Now that I'm done with my annotated Plato's Republic, I'm now going to start an annotated Goethe's Faust with my leather bound edition I bought months ago. Goethe's faust is like an encyclopedia of poetry, he uses all types. This makes it hard to translate if one wants a poetic edition. George Madison Priest is the translator and wow, he made the entire tragedy rhyme in poetry. This is an amazing feat I didn't think was possible. But I consider poetic devices as surface beauty, what really matters is how literal it is to the original. I was zipping through it and it's pretty good compared to the rest of the translations, minus the Kline translation. The Kline translation is the sharpest translation. Period. But I like the older English Priest uses too. I think it was translated in 1926 maybe, and Franklin Press decided to use it instead of Bayard Taylor or the newer most literal translation by Stuart Atkins.

Does anyone have trouble reading old translations from 1850-1930? I typically enjoy the older translations. :-/

Feb 02, 2019 at 09:43 PM

The creators of SparkNotes created another website called LitCharts.com, but it costs 10 bucks a month to use. Not much so I'm giving it a go for Goethe's Faust. Man it's a treasure trove. It's helping me understand Faust way better than any other guide ever has. It's amazing how deep they go for every quote. It's like they are reading Goethe's mind. This is the deepest I've ever penetrated this book.

Erti · Feb 03, 2019 at 01:02 AM

i had an english teacher encouraged us to use sparknote. it was awesome.

Feb 03, 2019 at 04:15 PM

The thing I like about Litcharts.com is that it will summarize, and the opposite page to the right will then tell you what the summary means. So it's twice the work.

Feb 03, 2019 at 05:37 PM

I think I'm going to give my older copy of Goethe's faust to my father after im done making a second copy version that is annotated. I just worry he wouldn't read it. He use to read stuff by Nostradamus and the main character is so bored with life, that he turns to magic by opening one of Nostradamus' books to awaken the macrocosm, and then the Earth spirit. I think he would like it if he could understand it, but he doesn't have the internet to look up questions to things he wont understand in the book, even with an annotated edition from me.

Blue_Bird · Feb 06, 2019 at 06:41 PM

Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery by Lindsey Hall and Leigh Cohn

Also reading through various manga.

Feb 13, 2019 at 08:02 PM

I''m going to give Name of the Wind Another try, Audio wise. I already read it with my eyes, but this time im going to listen to the audiobook. It took my boss a little while to get use to the narrator, but he's enjoying it now.

Blue_Bird · Feb 21, 2019 at 08:02 PM

Rome Sweet Home by Scott Hahn

SlumberKitty · Feb 22, 2019 at 05:20 PM

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I''m going to give Name of the Wind Another try, Audio wise. I already read it with my eyes, but this time im going to listen to the audiobook. It took my boss a little while to get use to the narrator, but he's enjoying it now.

I liked Name of the Wind. I read something else by him too, I can't remember the name.

SlumberKitty · Feb 22, 2019 at 05:21 PM

My friend sent me one of those encouraging little books so I'll probably read that this weekend, plus I just got my Bible in Latin on one side and English on the other so I'm looking forward at looking at that more. My Latin is getting rusty.

Blue_Bird · Feb 28, 2019 at 11:08 AM

Just finished reading "Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It" by Kamal Ravikant

WastingAsparagus · Mar 11, 2019 at 08:34 PM

I am listening to "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker currently. I say listening because I'm using an audiobook!

Blue_Bird · Mar 12, 2019 at 08:14 PM

Surviving Schizophrenia by E Fuller Torrey

Blue_Bird · Mar 24, 2019 at 12:05 PM

The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell

Blue_Bird · Mar 24, 2019 at 01:23 PM

Just read through I Am Pusheen the Cat by Claire Belton, it's so adorable!

Blue_Bird · Mar 29, 2019 at 05:30 AM

Reasons to Believe by Scott Hahn

AmberShaman · Mar 29, 2019 at 06:29 AM

The sociopath next door by Martha Stout

Mar 29, 2019 at 06:01 PM

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Reasons to Believe by Scott Hahn

If you like that, this may be of interest too. A philosophy professor recommended it to me.

Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief

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Blue_Bird Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2013 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 37,459 (SuperPoster!) 11 15k hugs given	Jan 25, 2019 at 12:27 PM #142 The Conundrum by David Owen __________________ “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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Erti Princess Tutu Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Nowhere Posts: 7,912 13 2,894 hugs given	Feb 03, 2019 at 01:02 AM #145 i had an english teacher encouraged us to use sparknote. it was awesome.
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Blue_Bird Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2013 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 37,459 (SuperPoster!) 11 15k hugs given	Feb 06, 2019 at 06:41 PM #148 Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery by Lindsey Hall and Leigh Cohn Also reading through various manga. __________________ “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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Anonymous40796 Guest Posts: n/a	Feb 13, 2019 at 08:02 PM #149 I''m going to give Name of the Wind Another try, Audio wise. I already read it with my eyes, but this time im going to listen to the audiobook. It took my boss a little while to get use to the narrator, but he's enjoying it now.
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Blue_Bird Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2013 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 37,459 (SuperPoster!) 11 15k hugs given	Feb 21, 2019 at 08:02 PM #150 Rome Sweet Home by Scott Hahn __________________ “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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SlumberKitty Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jul 2018 Location: CA Posts: 27,329 (SuperPoster!) 6 117.7k hugs given	Feb 22, 2019 at 05:21 PM #152 My friend sent me one of those encouraging little books so I'll probably read that this weekend, plus I just got my Bible in Latin on one side and English on the other so I'm looking forward at looking at that more. My Latin is getting rusty. __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA
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Blue_Bird Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2013 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 37,459 (SuperPoster!) 11 15k hugs given	Feb 28, 2019 at 11:08 AM #153 Just finished reading "Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It" by Kamal Ravikant __________________ “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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WastingAsparagus Student of Life Member Since Mar 2014 Location: South America Posts: 4,709 10 2,917 hugs given	Mar 11, 2019 at 08:34 PM #154 I am listening to "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker currently. I say listening because I'm using an audiobook!
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Blue_Bird Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2013 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 37,459 (SuperPoster!) 11 15k hugs given	Mar 12, 2019 at 08:14 PM #155 Surviving Schizophrenia by E Fuller Torrey __________________ “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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Blue_Bird Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2013 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 37,459 (SuperPoster!) 11 15k hugs given	Mar 24, 2019 at 12:05 PM #156 The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell __________________ “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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Blue_Bird Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2013 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 37,459 (SuperPoster!) 11 15k hugs given	Mar 24, 2019 at 01:23 PM #157 Just read through I Am Pusheen the Cat by Claire Belton, it's so adorable! __________________ “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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Blue_Bird Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2013 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 37,459 (SuperPoster!) 11 15k hugs given	Mar 29, 2019 at 05:30 AM #158 Reasons to Believe by Scott Hahn __________________ “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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