Would keep all of those books, would probably not put in modern defenses of them though. There is a difference between historical data and present-day argument. Also the inclusion of The Wealth Of Nations on that list is a bit odd.
Furthermore, in the case of the Communist Manifesto, the awfulness is not actually in the book.
I threw in a variety of books in the list, knowing that different people would find different ones horrible. I don’t find them all horrible, and which ones I find horrible weren’t really the point of the comment.
Yes, there is a difference between historically relevant books and just bad ideas, and I believe later in the thread we discuss that, but I was responding to the “filter out terrible ideas” policy. That’s a terrible idea.
Would keep all of those books, would probably not put in modern defenses of them though. There is a difference between historical data and present-day argument. Also the inclusion of The Wealth Of Nations on that list is a bit odd.
Furthermore, in the case of the Communist Manifesto, the awfulness is not actually in the book.
I threw in a variety of books in the list, knowing that different people would find different ones horrible. I don’t find them all horrible, and which ones I find horrible weren’t really the point of the comment.
Yes, there is a difference between historically relevant books and just bad ideas, and I believe later in the thread we discuss that, but I was responding to the “filter out terrible ideas” policy. That’s a terrible idea.