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Life has to be balanced, and if one doesnt have a balance, of in this case leisure and productiveness, one will wilt. Ever spent all night wrapped in philosophical thought, wrestling with the so called grand questions? Yeah when i do that after a time i feel like i need to come up for a breathe. That is where entertainment like SW comes in, or when my wife comes in and pulls me from my brooding mode. I turn into a awfly hard person to be around, when i dont breathe so to speak. Not to mention i regress back into my extreme introversion... Thank the Maker for some form of light heartedness...
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Hey guys, I have been interested in philosophy for a while now but have no idea where to get started when it comes to reading it. I know this may be a bit off topic here, but what would be a good first book for someone with interest and no clue whatsoever?
Bossk: if you are interested in a starting off text, go find Looking At Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter by Donald Palmer. It is by no means the most unbiased book, but it does a very good job in summarizeing philosophy in laymens terms. It is a good place to start out...