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Ask HN: What Book Has the Most Page-for-Page Wisdom?

8 points by JSeymourATL ↗ HN
Curious to hear from HN'ers, What Book has the Most Page-for-Page Wisdom?

Inspired by a recent article by Shane Parrish > http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/10/the-most-page-for-page-wisdom/

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jordanpg
- The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper

- Writings on an Ethical Life by Peter Singer

- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

- Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens

Mimu
The Bible, since 0.
sarciszewski
I think OP is seeking wisdom, not fictitious accounts of historical atrocities.
Pryde
No need to be rude about what may be long-held theological beliefs. Respectfully disagreeing is fine, thinly veiled hostility is a bit uncivil
sarciszewski
Civility can lick my taint. Religion needs to die in a fire.
andsmi2
How about Solomon's Proverbs? Composed between 4 and 5 centuries before Sun Tzu even lived, translated into Greek 100 years before the earliest known Art of War manuscript, and containing a collection of ancient wisdom in bite size chunks-- page for page the most wisdom you could possibly find.

Traditional English Translation: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8300/8300-h/8300-22h.htm

Modern Reading Translation: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+1&vers...

bromone4
Dhammapada or Tao The Ching.
infiniteseeker
- The Enchihirdion by Epictetus

- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

- Letters of a Stoic by Seneca

- Dhammapada (various translations)

- Bhagavad Gita (various translations)

edman
Qur'an definitely!