What books of philosophy are you reading?

After finishing The Last Days of Socrates, I couldn't understand why he was being executed as a radical, so I've gone on to read The Republic. So far, I am liking it, and I do find both sides of the debate fairly amusing.

Oftentimes, if you ask questions, you are considered a radical.

Hmm, true, I suppose there is something to that...

I've told myself many times I've wanted to read Republic. Thanks for refreshing the motivation. I hope to get started.

I just finished reading A Critique of Pure Tolerance and posted my review.

>6 paradoxosalpha:

Thanks for that. Such an extended summary with useful quotes is valuable when the work is no longer easy to access, at least in my library system.

>5 eschator83: I'm happy to get something, anything going, if I can :)

After seeing a review in either TLS or LRB I started on Edward Fesser's "Aristotle's Revenge". Got bogged down and went to his "Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction". Also very heavy going; I had to put it aside till I have more time or grow a better brain. Perhaps they'll bring out a Ladybird on the subject.

>9 PossMan:

You might find more accessible Armand Marie Leroi's The Lagoon : How Aristotle Invented Science, also 500+ pages but fairly narrative.

>10 librorumamans:: Thanks. That looks interesting.

>9 PossMan: I was talking to Ed Feser about his books and here you go, straight from the horse's mouth...

Scholastic Metaphysics and Aristotle's Revenge are the most challenging, so I wouldn't start with those. The Last Superstition and Aquinas are probably the easiest, with Five Proofs somewhere in between.

Hope that helps.

>12 LesMiserables:: Thanks. Yes it does help — I should have had the sense to ask on LT before jumping in.

I'm currently reading Queer Phenomenology by Sara Ahmed with some friends. Over the past year I have been trying to read more critical theory, and I'm finding this book a relatively easy read.

Also, hi! I'm new to the group and LibraryThing in general.

>14 tsvga:

Welcome! Queer Phenomenology looks interesting. Sadly it's not available through my public library. So feel free to say more when and if you wish.

Recently I've been reading some of Giorgio Agamben's shorter works: What is Real?, and Karman, for example.

I'd be interested in those Agamben items. The Agamben currently on my wishlist is Opus Dei: An Archaeology of Duty.

The "philosophy slot" in my current reading is occupied by Beecher's hefty intellectual biography of Charles Fourier. Next in the queue is Fanaticism: On the Uses of an Idea.

>16 paradoxosalpha:

I've only just cracked Karman and so have no comment. I can recommend What is Real? I was unaware of Ettore Majorana and his mysterious disappearance in 1938, plus Agamben refers extensively to Simone Weil's essay "La science et nous", which a kind soul has made available on line. It's interesting for its insight into the early reactions to quantum theory before there was much experimental confirmation of its claims.

Thanks for some great inspiration. A friend just loaned me Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, 10th anniv. edition. I have only just peeked in, haven't even looked for LT reviews or ratings. I suspect it might be considered popular psych, or even self-help, and would love to hear your comments

I've been havering over a couple of books:--
a The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary…(by Lipscomb)
b Metaphysical Animals by MacCumhail & Wiseman
Both cover the group of women more or less contemporaneous. I've looked at some reviews (there are none on LT) and I'm leaning towards the second. Would be interested if someone out there has read either and has an opinion.

I was reading Ascent of Mount Carmel by Saint John of the Cross during Lent, but I got so bogged down by it and other stuff that I just kinda dropped it, which is a pity because I picked it up in the hope of better understanding St. John's later work, Dark Night of the Soul. I made it halfway, though, so I just might plow through.