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There are some good books that combine the arts of fiction and philosophy, such as Jostein Gaarder with Sophie's World and the Solitaire Mystery. Or Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintinance, does anyone know of other books that would fall into this makeshift genre? It makes it easier and more intersting to learn of philosophy and spiritual meanderings through the venue of creativity.
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, by Bach is a fairytale like story I think you might find interesting. Bach also wrote a book called something like "Handbook for a Messias".
That's Illusions, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by Isagel
Thank you. I did a quick search, it´s : "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah". I only read it in swedish, so I was a bit unsure of the english title.
Wow, how strange - I think I just contributed to a thread, regarding the same subject. By copying and pasting, some fiction writers who, I think, incorporate much philosophy in their stories, to name a few: Leo Tolstoy, George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), D.H. Lawrence, Giovanni Boccaccio, and, of course, Jean-Paul Sartre.
Ethics probably seems the easiest area of philosophy to add to fiction, but I think, also, many of the epic writers and poets have contributed nearly every type of philosophy in thier material, such as those by Homer, Ovid, Virgil, Seneca, Terence, Dante, and many more.
Isagel, what is your signature from?
. . . But I think you're right too, that in the book Illusions, there is a "Handbook for Messiahs" featured in the plot. . .
What about The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran?
My signature is from a swedish comic, that I have nailed to my wall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Basil
I remember reading the Bach books as a teenager, and loving them. Today I find them a bit to "new age" in their philosphy, but still beautiful.
Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
Hermann Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener
Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis
Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf
Jean-Paul Sartre's Nausea
J G Ballard's The Unlimited Dream Company
All of these explore broadly philosophical issues.
Ayn Rand: The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged.
I second AP's Brave New World and Nausea! Very good, thought provoking books.
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Originally Posted by simon
I find Solitaire Mystery a little boring. It's like a copy paste work fro Sophie's World. Don't forget Eco's The Name Of the Roses and Foucalt's Pendulum.
I've read the two Bach books you were talking about and I'm finding them great, suggest those to anyone who haven't read them yet. They're well worth it.
Bach?
*too short post*
Yes, Richard Bach, and the books would be Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (shamelessly copied the title from Isagel's post) and Jonathan Livingstone Seagull