If a book were to be proclaimed to be the most important book ever written........
What would it have to be about for you to agree?
1
Enjoy being online again!
Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.Create your free account
4 comments
Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.It would be very difficult to propagate a book of universal appeal. Take the success of the bible or the koran. These marketing tools backed by massive organisations that claim these publications successes. Yet perhaps they are the most unread books. They are important by their very existance and not their content.
When I approached a couple of christian church organisations for their environmental policies I expected them to hand me a bible instead there response was just that the have none.
PontifexMarximus
Level 8
Oct 15, 2018
0
@Secular_Squirrel Your original statement
"If a book were to be proclaimed to be the most important book ever written 。。。“
but now you claim that universal appeal is unimportant。
Obviously the implication of the phrase "most important book ever written" is that it had universal appeal or resonance. How else would you evaluate its importance?
I do not doubt that you are "pretty good at finding the core to a problem". Your claim that " have found a significant core that all of the world's biggest problems share" could do with some explanation.
Your allusion to "certain personality traits" is rather vague.
There a couple of problematic absolutes in your question. For example, using the word "ever" opens your question up through infinity. How can we anticipate what will happen throughout infinity? Therefore some constraints are needed to qualify an answer. A book of universal knowledge handed to us from our first alien visitors would be the most important book in the human epoch up to that moment.
kensmile4u
Level 8
Oct 14, 2018
0
@Secular_Squirrel Your responding comment provided the constraints needed to have a constructive dialogue which meet your expectation. IMHO people on this site think in possible and impossible dimensions.
@Secular_SquirrelI I applaud your desire to learn. Here is a link to an article from Discover magazine which is titled the "25 Greatest Scientific Books of All Time". IMHO Science books are the most important category of books because they are products of the scientific method of inquiry which defines the arc of knowledge throughout history. The article has Darwin's 'The Origin of The Species" at number one. I would place Newton's "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" at number one because it had a more universal impact on the arc of knowledge.
Wrong premise. Right up front we have the problem of 'important in what respect and to whom?' As for my agreeing, it could be about anything as long as it was the most pertinent book ever written on whatever subject. There is no objective way to answer a question like this.
evidentialist
Level 8
Oct 14, 2018
0
Recent Visitors 25
Photos 391 More
Posted by ChatGPTSvenskaInom världen av artificiell intelligens (AI) har ChatGPT framträtt som en revolutionerande kraft.
Posted by K9JetLee999Here's the Kindle version of my latest book. If you have Prime, it's free if not 3.99. Geez I'd really like to see what it's like to earn 99 cents. [amazon.com]
Posted by ThomasThurstonA new controversial novel, Becoming Christ is released now! The novel presents Jesus not as the Son of God but as a handsome and ambitious young preacher who gets swept up in his own message, who ...
Posted by K9Kohle789[amazon.
Posted by aisha1998I against domestic voilence
Posted by RiturajRao87 NCRB (national crime record bureau) data shows 95% rape victims in India known to offenders; Madhya Pradesh tops the list. [firstpost.com]
Posted by RiturajRao87National bigotary mission (राष्ट्रीय कट्टरता मिशन)
Posted by JackPedigoYesterday was Margaret Attwoods birthday.
Posted by VadimSounds like a useful skill.
Posted by freelanceamyI'm about to finish my sample and thinking about purchasing. I've been looking at other samples on secular Buddhism and this one seems about right for me right now. Thoughts?
Posted by guntisI'm dreaming of a poetry book with illustrations like this
Posted by Jinx5555555Some people care about titles, clothes, jewelry, cars, nice homes, and such.
Posted by evidentialistNew findings from an asteroid sample. [msn.com]
Posted by evidentialist Announcement: Those of you who have joined and not yet written a bio, be aware that I have begun purging those who have not.
Posted by FrayedBearCan it be sent viral?
Posted by FrayedBearCan it be sent viral?