Is reading one of your obsessions?

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I become obsessed with non-fiction, particularly philosophy

Philosophy screws you up.

This, unfortunately is not always a sufficient reason not to read it.

C E M Joad defence: "Of course, it all depends on exactly what you mean by philosophy."


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"His madness... His madness keeps him sane."
"And do you think he is the only one, my sister?" Delerium and Dream.

One of the great things about getting your own place is building a library. When we moved to South Africa seven years ago half the shipping container was full of books - over 5000. Seven years later and it has grown further - passed 6500 just before Xmas. Yeah!

It's great being surrounded by so many old friends.

Too true philosophy does screw you up, but for better or for worse? I just don't know yet.


Some of the more wordy philosophers enrage me to hell, but I keep reading...

I encountered Colin Wilson's "The Outsider" some time before I encountered the possiblities of Asperger's syndrome.

"An enquiry into the sickness of mankind in the mid-twentieth century..."

But we're not talking mutually exclusive, here.