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Atheologie : de hoofdzonden van jodendom, christendom en islam by Michel Onfray

Utopia by Thomas More

Zaken & werk by Peter van Straaten

Echte economie : een verhandeling over schaarste en welvaart en over het geloof in leermeesters en lernen by Arnold Heertje

Terry Jones' Barbarians by Terry Jones

The Republic by Plato

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Vrĳheid, gelĳkheid, broederschap : toelichting van de spreuk der revolutie by G. Groen van Prinsterer

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Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad by Gordon Thomas

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Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services by Ian Black

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De proletarische revolutie en de renegaat Kautski by W.I. Lenin

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Blade Runner by Philip K. Dick

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Target Basra by Mike Rossiter

I'm afraid I'm not much help to you on Plato. Despite having some books in this area I'm more familiar with the historical side than the philosophical. What I tend to do as an amateur is to read around the subject rather than right on it. So I have enjoyed Bernard Williams' 'Shame & Necessity', Page duBois' 'Torture & Truth' and the Dodds classic 'The Greeks and the Irrational'.

I also find useful to read about the modern rereadings of the Greeks, for instance Melissa Lane's 'Plato's Progeny'.

Apart from that, there's also plenty of introductory books such as Simon Blackburn's 'Plato's Republic' and the Stanley Rosen of the same name.

There's always more books than anyone can read in a lifetime! happy hunting!

posted by mfd101 at 6:28 pm (EST) on Mar 24, 2009

Ha! The book is actually my son's (I'm using Librarything to try and get control of at least three book collections!). I am curious at two assumptions you make - that (a) if I own a book I bought it and (b) if I have it, I've read it. I haven't read it (sounds as dry as dust to me), so can't comment on it. It is interesting though, that you seem to share my son's interest in politics, especailly in the Arab World.

All the best.

Liz

posted by lizwil at 3:21 am (EST) on Aug 13, 2007

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