[News] "If you are going to read only one book, let it be...": Spanish philosopher Fernando Savater recommends the best title for each topic

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The writer put himself in the case that people only had time to read a single work and made an interesting list.

"I propose that you read a book, just one book, of the genre you prefer", is the deal proposed by the writer.

An interesting exercise was carried out by the outstanding Spanish philosopher and writer Fernando Savater. He made the case that people had time to read only one book in a lifetime and recommended what he considers to be the best work on each subject.

"Dear stranger, I understand that you are a very busy person and that it is impertinent to also ask you to read," he begins by saying. And he continues: "You have your job (...) your family (...) your indoor and outdoor hobbies, even your religion or your political militancy, which is very good, but which also takes up your time. they add your daily internet hours, the search for funny videos to send to friends so they can see that you have spark, football matches (...) and so many other needs of your spirit that you are not going to give up. that reading, frankly, is difficult". Given this, he makes a particular invitation: "I propose that you read a book, just one book, of the genre you prefer. Once you read it, it's over, never again, you abandon the vice forever. Unless...

 

 

In case Perhaps, I am going to tell you a book, nothing more than one of each genre, in case it serves as an orientation".

Recommendation list: Only one book for each topic

"On Liberty" Author: John Stuart Mill. "If you are going to read only one philosophy book, let it be «On Liberty» by John Stuart Mill, to know what they have to let you do and what you must allow others to do"

"The flowers of evil" Author: Charles Baudelaire. "If you are going to read only one book of poetry, let it be "The Flowers of Evil" by Charles Baudelaire, so that you have an excuse to learn French."

"The Lost World" Author: Arthur Conan Doyle. "If you're going to read just one adventure novel, let it be Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, so you know where Jurassic Park and the rest of dinomode came from."

"Ana Karenina" Author: Leo Tolstoy. "If you are going to read only one novel of love (and misfortune, of course), let it be "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy, so you know how the Russians spend it."

"The Island of Doctor Moreau" Author: George Wells. "If you're going to read just one science fiction novel, let it be Herbert George Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau, after which you'll look weird in the mirror."

 

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