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Mohamed Hasn's Reviews > Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
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This is a great book with lots of examples from the author's intellectual experiences and other historical intellectuals on how to conduct one's own intellectual life. I guess her main point was reaching a sort of intellectual asceticism through leaving academia and caring about what she really considers meaningful in her life. She thinks that the academic life is somewhat intoxicated by our inner motives ( Status, Wealth, Power). She even mentioned an anecdote where she thought that professors actually wanted to be Worshipped!
Anyway, it is an escapist read, though it was a bit formulaic, and at some point lengthy (lengthening some ideas for more than enough time.)
Anyway, it is an escapist read, though it was a bit formulaic, and at some point lengthy (lengthening some ideas for more than enough time.)
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Reading Progress
June 3, 2020
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Started Reading
June 3, 2020
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July 24, 2020
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25.0%
"Plato describes Socrates all dressed up for a dinner party, suddenly lost in thought in the entryway.4 According to the historian Plutarch, the great mathematician Archimedes was so absorbed in his proofs that he did not notice that the Romans had invaded and conquered his city, and was killed by a soldier when he insisted on finishing his work.5 Later writers gave him last words: “Don’t disturb my circles""
July 26, 2020
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July 29, 2020
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70.0%
"We want the splendor of Socratic thinking without his poverty. We want the thrill of his speaking truth to power without the full absorption in the life of the mind that made it power without the full absorption in the life of the mind that made it possible. We want the profits of Thales’ stargazing without the ridicule. We want Einstein’s brilliant insights without the humiliation of joblessness..."
July 29, 2020
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70.0%
"We want the splendor of Socratic thinking without his poverty. We want the thrill of his speaking truth to power without the full absorption in the life of the mind that made it possible. We want the profits of Thales’ stargazing without the ridicule. We want Einstein’s brilliant insights without the humiliation of joblessness followed by years of obscurity working in a patent office."
July 29, 2020
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Finished Reading
