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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: bentway who wrote (112287)4/8/2012 7:40:36 AM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) of 149317
 
My daughter just emailed me her best friend's brother is going to jail for 4 to 8 years. So she was asking me for a list of philosophy books for him to read in jail. And I thought: " what does one recommend to someone who is probably at the starting line (I don't know the person)?

Then I remembered Einstein's answer when asked: if you could only teach one subject what would it be? He answered history. Which I agree with.

So I thought, well, if you are going no where for a long time and don't know much, probably best to start at the beginning. So I recommended Will Durants: "The History of Civilization". The book is a bit dated, but still gives a good overview of the history of mankind from the very beginning and reads like an adventure.

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