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Books Home Wisdom Profile Accesses: Modified: | The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky Prince Mysjkin, the Idiot, embodies Jesus Christ. Can an honestly benevolent person survive in our harsh world? | A Writer's Life, Fyodor Dostoyevsky Our epoch is not unique. The late 19:th and 20:th centuries have a lot in common. Look into the mirror of modern history. Try seeing the parallells! |
| Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky Raskolnikov, a degenerated student commits the most abominable crime. Follow his thoughts from Nietzsche's übermensch-ideals to true human remorse. | |
| John Stuart Mill och socialismen, Sven Ove Hansson What is the difference between social democracy and social liberalism? This book will help you finding out. | The Trial, Franz Kafka Joseph K. deals with a surrealistic reality. A truly mind-twisting novel. To really get this novel, you might need to read it more than once. | |
| Wisdom of the West, Bertrand Russel Bertrand Russel, a great modern philosopher, takes the reader on a journey from Thales to Wittgenstein. Move into the state of deeper thinking, let your mind explore the enigmas of philosophy. | One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,
Alexander Solzhenitsyn The ironic telling of one day in Ivan Denisovich's life. Ivan Denisovich spends time in a USSR prison camp. A very hard day seems "pretty good" in the eyes of the chastened prisoner. It's unique reading, pure realism. Read it! | |
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Arnar Tjörvason e-mail:arnar.tjorvason@swipnet.se | ||