false 622615 23 male Durham, NC 11/2007 07/2009 4 195 194 true 5729487 read 0 true 1207705 currently-reading 1 true 1207704 to-read Enchiridion (Paperback) by Epictetus]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10884060 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167540935s/24615.jpg 622615 Vanja Antonijevic http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/622615-vanja-antonijevic Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:47:20 -0700
First a very brief summary of the stoic belief (Epictetus was a stoic) would be appropriate. The rough and simplified version is as follows:


1. Suffering/pa...more...]]> Meditations (Penguin Classics) by Marcus Aurelius]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10884038 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168080018s/30659.jpg 622615 Vanja Antonijevic http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/622615-vanja-antonijevic Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:40:32 -0700 more...]]> Five Dialogues (Paperback) by Plato]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10881474 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168063782s/30292.jpg 622615 Vanja Antonijevic http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/622615-vanja-antonijevic Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:37:23 -0700
As a whole, these works, along with The Republic and the Symposium (which I have not read), are the essentials of Platonic philosophy, and should be required reading for anyone interes...more...]]> Basic Writings of Nietzsche (Paperback) by Friedrich Nietzsche]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10911974 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166495615s/12319.jpg 622615 Vanja Antonijevic http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/622615-vanja-antonijevic Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:34:03 -0700 more...]]> The Portable Nietzsche (Paperback) by Friedrich Nietzsche]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10916579 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170982434s/80447.jpg 622615 Vanja Antonijevic http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/622615-vanja-antonijevic Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:32:15 -0700
Please refer to my other review on Nietzche (as I do not have enough room to copy it) for a more complete analysis.

There were some additional points I wis...more...]]> Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback) by Hermann Hesse]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64299511 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170384393s/52036.jpg 622615 Vanja Antonijevic http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/622615-vanja-antonijevic Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:10:41 -0700 Art of Renaissance Rome (Reissue) (Trade) (Perspectives (Prentice Hall Art History)) by Loren Partridge]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64299482 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178079552s/756236.jpg 622615 Vanja Antonijevic http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/622615-vanja-antonijevic Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:10:28 -0700 The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel by Hermann Hesse]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62252654 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166733809s/16634.jpg 622615 Vanja Antonijevic http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/622615-vanja-antonijevic Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:20:05 -0700 The Bridge on the Drina (Paperback) by Ivo Andrić]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59680091 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1162410775s/3140.jpg 622615 Vanja Antonijevic http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/622615-vanja-antonijevic Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:04:40 -0700