Intellectual


An Ishmael of Syria
Thinking, Fast and Slow
The Stranger
1984
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The Alchemist
Animal Farm
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Secret History
The Handmaid's Tale
Man's Search for Meaning
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Fahrenheit 451
Meditations
Crime and Punishment
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer AshleyTempt Me at Twilight by Lisa KleypasWhen Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa JamesMine Till Midnight by Lisa KleypasIt Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas
Brainy/Genius Romantic Heroes
548 books — 603 voters
The Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaMeditations by Marcus AureliusGilgamesh by AnonymousThe Twelve Caesars by SuetoniusThe Oresteia by Aeschylus
Joseph Brodsky’s Reading List
96 books — 7 voters


George Orwell
Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
George Orwell, 1984

Abhaidev
I am not like any of them. I am disillusioned with spirituality. I am far too well-read to devote myself to a cause. Don’t you get it? I don’t have the dedication and can’t submit myself. I am far too intelligent, proud, and egotistical to meditate. I am far too arrogant to relent, far too damaged to commit myself. All I can do is think and philosophise. All I have is the awareness of my condition, my misery.
Abhaidev, The Gods Are Not Dead

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