The Captive Mind
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The Captive Mind
Czesław Miłosz
3 people recommended it in 3 threads, 2016–2022.
What people on Hacker News said
Those books taught me that there are quite a few secular religions to be beware of, with all the associated dangers and indeed opium for the mind. They were written with the example of Marxism, but this lesson can be generalised to other ideas, which explain away everything about life and bring a prophesy of things to come.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: Are there any books that changed your life during college or school? 2022 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What's one book that changed your life? 2018 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016? 2016 · 1 recommendation