The bible
The quran
The Tao te ching primarily
some book that had a bunch of plato’s writings in it can’t remember the name.
A collection of Rumi poems book
thats all i can think of for now.
Thanks so much for the great replies. I’m adding a majority of these to my list of books to read. This has been a great help.
Just wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude, since everyone took the time to share their thoughts.
Also - happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it.
The Doorman
If you look at the most influential written works then religious holy books definitely top the list. These have shaped people’s lives for generations and are revered by a large number.
It’s hard to pin down just ten so I will cheat a little, these are also just a few of many:
The Interpretation of Dreams - Sigmund Freud
Propaganda - Edward Bernays
Politics and Vision - Sheldon Wolin
The Trial + The Castle - Franz Kafka
The works of Fyodor Dostoevsky
Gargantua and Pantagruel - Rabelais
Renard the Fox - French Medieval Beast Epic
History of Political Philosophy - Ed. Leo Strauss, Joseph Cropsey
Many works of Leo Strauss + Laurence Lampert
Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe - Peter Burke
Performance and Literature in the Commedia Dell’Arte - Robert Henke
Though they are not books, my philosophy and imagination (which are intricately connected for me) were influenced by paintings, especially the artwork of Goya, Heironymus Bosch, and Pieter Bruegel the Elder…
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with love,
sanjay
Mainly there were not books, but there was always the life. The life was most influential for my philosophy.
If you want to know at the least one book, then I say it was a good dictionary.