I think that this list is not very accurate... no? they don't even list le capital in the top 50???
Posted by Max on 08 January 2007 at 00:40 |Permalink
My question : Where is Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand? It was listed 2nd most influential book of all time by the library of Congress. Just after The Bible by God and before Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
Was Das Kapital influential. I don't think so because the influence of socialism was never in its economic theories but more in its propaganda, fear-mongering, and scapegoating. The Manifesto is clearly one of their Magnum Opus. Did Das Kapital have any influence in economic circles? It is now even less important than the General Theory. (Well the General Theory was influential and is still because politicians love it. But I don't think that socialist leaders were really influenced by Das Kapital)
The list contains a couple of the very important books, I strongly disagree with the ranking though and they miss a couple of very important ones.... Some make me frowning though... I don't exactly see how Don Quichotte changed the world... it's a classic of the literature but from here to say that he's one of the most influential... I would put some Dostoievsky and the Faust a big time instead of it (just to give an example).
POssibilities are that we met at l'Asile as I kinda go there very often (or I did went there often when I was in Canada), so it means that we probably know each others... which makes me even more curious... As for the Capital, I wouldn't place it here, the German ideology by Marx was the real influencing book, the one who did contain the ideology and what drove people to follow Marx's ranks. The Capital was just an obscure oversize book written in attempt to give more credibility to the socialist "propagandho-theories", Hengel even said to Marx before he started to write anything "come to them with a big book, it always impress peoples"....
My question : Where is Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand? It was listed 2nd most influential book of all time by the library of Congress. Just after The Bible by God and before Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
What about Gauss's "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae"? Or Lagrange's "Mécanique Analytique"?
Was Das Kapital influential. I don't think so because the influence of socialism was never in its economic theories but more in its propaganda, fear-mongering, and scapegoating. The Manifesto is clearly one of their Magnum Opus. Did Das Kapital have any influence in economic circles? It is now even less important than the General Theory. (Well the General Theory was influential and is still because politicians love it. But I don't think that socialist leaders were really influenced by Das Kapital)
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pouexmachinax |
6:14 p.m.
Mein Kampf
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pouexmachinax |
8:30 p.m.
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nameless |
8:35 a.m.
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nameless |
9:03 a.m.
The list contains a couple of the very important books, I strongly disagree with the ranking though and they miss a couple of very important ones.... Some make me frowning though... I don't exactly see how Don Quichotte changed the world... it's a classic of the literature but from here to say that he's one of the most influential... I would put some Dostoievsky and the Faust a big time instead of it (just to give an example).
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nameless |
9:04 a.m.
Nameless. About Das Kapital? What do you think?
Posted by
pouexmachinax |
10:14 a.m.
Nameless. Did we meet at "L'Azille"?
Posted by
pouexmachinax |
10:16 a.m.
POssibilities are that we met at l'Asile as I kinda go there very often (or I did went there often when I was in Canada), so it means that we probably know each others... which makes me even more curious...
As for the Capital, I wouldn't place it here, the German ideology by Marx was the real influencing book, the one who did contain the ideology and what drove people to follow Marx's ranks. The Capital was just an obscure oversize book written in attempt to give more credibility to the socialist "propagandho-theories", Hengel even said to Marx before he started to write anything "come to them with a big book, it always impress peoples"....
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nameless |
8:59 a.m.
Now I know who you are. (Well I knew but needed confirmation)
Now, who could I be...
Posted by
pouexmachinax |
3:08 p.m.
My first guess would me Max's cousin.... ain't that?
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nameless |
5:19 p.m.
Right
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pouexmachinax |
11:23 a.m.