Posted by Carlos on May 06, 1998 at 11:19:24:
In Reply to: Currently reading a couple that could make your list someday... posted by rpcman on May 05, 1998 at 15:51:54:
rpcman said:
"I'm reading three books at the moment. Two of them have their moments. It will probably be a couple of weeks before I have reviews of either up, but Nature and Reconstruction in Philosophy are both excellent so far. Dewey is more difficult to completely understand than say Sagan or Dawkins, but some of the things he brings up open the mind to ways of looking at things that weren't previously explored. Take Emerson's book on your next camping trip and it will be your first real camping adventure.
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I've read individual essays by both Emerson and Thoreau, but not their complete works. I will put them on my list.
I seem to recall that Don Henly (sp?) of Eagles fame had purchased the area where Thoreau did his writing to turn it into some sort of intellectual preserve. Do you know anything about that?