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Have had a chance to check out some of the so called "authors" that chose the books, and what found is probably not surprising considering the rag The Guardian is.
Turns out that many have political agendas and just chose books that suited their feminist, communist, or environmental activist view of the world. Explains some of the choices, the obscurity of some, and the omission of perhaps better suited choices based on broad knowledge of literature, science, economics, etc. rather than on ideology. EDIT: @pwalker8: I certainly agree, at least among the most very important. Last edited by AnotherCat; 08-10-2015 at 10:05 PM. |
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I suppose it isn't entirely surprising that the list is so inaccurate
![]() Harriet Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, George Orwell's 1984, Newton's Principia Mathematica, Euclid's The Elements of Geometry, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, Plato's The Republic Thomas Paine's Common Sense, all had significant impact on the world. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion could be said to have changed the world... Harry Potter apparently brought the concept of reading to a whole generation. ![]() Surely it deserves at least honorable mention? I suppose at a certain point it does become difficult to settle on any specific 10. [Quote deleted.] Last edited by WT Sharpe; 08-12-2015 at 06:12 AM. |
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You may notice a few posts missing. Specifically, one post in particular and three others that quote it. This would be a good time to reflect upon Craig Ferguson's Three Internet Rules:
1. Does this need to be said? 2. Does this need to be said by me? 3. Does this need to be said by me NOW? Religious discussions are forbidden outside of the opt-in Politics and Religion forum. |
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You may not agree with "The Guardian"'s article (I don't), but it's not a "rag". It's a serious newspaper, not a tabloid. That doesn't mean that one has to agree with everything it publishes, of course.
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Generally, I find the Grauniad's book lists interesting and thought-provoking, but this one is just silly. They overreached themselves. Still, it occasioned a discussion here, so not a total loss.
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Wouldn't that just be two books at least on a technical level? I mean the Tanakh and the Christian Bible are alike up to the point where the New Testament begins (or so I understand). Though I would have put Scripture a lot farther up the list than # 10 as well.
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![]() That's a near impossible burden to place on any book to begin with. Add to that the fact that this list made definite choices about what changes to the world were important enough to warrant making the list. Then highly questionable selections for the most influential book in that. So I always just looked at the list as a start of a discussion. It would seem that here at least it informed people of some books and/or authors that they may not have known of. The only truly bad book in my opinion is a book the reader finds boring and does not expand knowledge and/or point of view. Oh and there is nothing wrong with filling some empty space with something other than more coverage of politics and conflicts. ![]() |
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Talking about scriptures in any way is religious. So any post such as #23 (just picked as an example) belongs in the P&R forum.
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Nope. The word "scripture" simply means "something that's written down". My shopping list is scripture
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It is a minefield I imagine. When I hear the word scripture I think of the Bible not a general term. As far as that goes though the word Bible comes from the greek and means "the book" or "the books" so you could technically call any collection of works by someone a Bible though outside of the reference volume that TV shows and (perhaps) movies use the term Bible isn't used often. For example back when Star Trek Voyager was still on the air you could send for a copy of the Story Bible for the series. It was a few pages that covered some basics of the characters etc. and the format that script submissions should be in.
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