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Originally Posted by Katti's Cat
I don't believe in 'must have' books. Reading for me is pleasure. Only books that are job / study related are 'must have' books.
Must read is pretty much every book in the universe. Unlikely as I won't be living long enough nor will have the inclination on reading lots of them.
But hey, that's just me.
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Originally Posted by cassidym
No, it's not just you; it's me too!
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I see your position, dear friends in books. And it stands from a perspective that is limited to the here and now: absolute individualism. Very healthy.
But then there other points of view, instances of belonging and of cultural aggregation and tradition.
The noblest of all these points of view, you will certainly agree upon. Someone said we are dwarfs on the shoulder of a giant.
One way I can look upon the
must books is as an outline of the giant.
Another way, is what I will take with me to read if I am exiled to a desert island and they let me take only few books.
Luckily some dwarfs upon the shoulder of a giant invented the ebook!