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Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

American philosopher and novelist; author of The Mind-Body Problem (1983), Incompleteness (2005), on Gödel, and Plato at the Googleplex (2014); MacArthur Fellow in 1996.

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2 February

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From one piece Not All Mattering Is Mattering to Others 5 beliefs · rebeccanewbergergoldstein.substack.com

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20 January

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From one piece "Totalitarian?" Really? 2 beliefs · rebeccanewbergergoldstein.substack.com

17 March 2018

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    Middlemarch

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    Both the first two books that I’ve chosen—Middlemarch and Moby Dick, by Herman Melville—grew out of their authors’ preoccupations with Spinoza.

    fivebooks.com

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    Death in Venice

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    I’m really interested in novels that are deeply Platonic, and Death in Venice is deeply Platonic.

    fivebooks.com

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    The Black Prince

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    This is really idiosyncratic: The Black Prince (1973) by Iris Murdoch.

    fivebooks.com

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    Infinite Jest

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    Then a dean said, ‘Oh, all of our students are always clamouring to read Infinite Jest.

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25 October 2017

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    Republic

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    His Republic is the most famous of his dialogues, and it’s the first work I recommend to understand the origins of the project of applying reason—our ability to perceive logical connections, explore the implications of our beliefs—to the problems of knowing how best to live.

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    Enlightenment Now

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    What Enlightenment Now demonstrates is how far it has brought us, often kicking and screaming, into our greater collective well-being—and therefore how much we stand to lose in taking reason’s progress for granted.

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    • Recommends Middlemarch
      Both the first two books that I’ve chosen—Middlemarch and Moby Dick, by Herman Melville—grew out of their authors’ preoccupations with Spinoza.

      fivebooks.com 17 Mar 2018

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    • Recommends Enlightenment Now
      What Enlightenment Now demonstrates is how far it has brought us, often kicking and screaming, into our greater collective well-being—and therefore how much we stand to lose in taking reason’s progress for granted.

      fivebooks.com 25 Oct 2017

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    • Recommends Republic
      His Republic is the most famous of his dialogues, and it’s the first work I recommend to understand the origins of the project of applying reason—our ability to perceive logical connections, explore the implications of our beliefs—to the problems of knowing how best to live.

      fivebooks.com 25 Oct 2017

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