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t(h)inkerer

thinkerer@books.mennisch.net

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I like learning (reading, thinking, writing), and I dabble in anything that interests me, both fiction and non-fiction.

I need to make more time to read, because my "To Read" list keeps getting longer

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Freedom from the Known (1975, HarperOne) No rating

A MASTERPIECE FROM JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI ON FREEDOM. THE AUTHOR SAYS ABOUT THE CHAINS IN WHICH …

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I have not read this but expect I will disagree and see serious flaws in it: if I must reject ideological tyranny, then should I also reject the ideological tyranny of Krishnamurti? The idea of absolute freedom for created, dependent beings such as ourselves is nonsensical.

However, maybe I'm too quickly judging a book by its description. I would still like to read it.