Philosophical: Are (good) books "cobblestones" of life?

[Trenchfriend]

I think, it's an interesting though. What are books doing with us?

 

[belfastboy]

I think, it's an interesting though. What are books doing with us?

Could you elaborate for me so I understand your point better? I am a lover of books and words and have formed an important part of my life since I first began to read......."See Spot run."

 

[Trenchfriend]

Could you elaborate for me so I understand your point better? I am a lover of books and words and have formed an important part of my life since I first began to read......."See Spot run."

Ok, I could also ask:
Are books companions or even more?

 

[belfastboy]

For me books in general are very much companions. My book or ereader never very far away and I never leave home without one. I am however a fickle friend in that once read a book is discarded very likely never to be opened and read again. There are so many books and so little time that other than a very few, once read they are never to be read again. They do in a sense, live forever in my memory. The images conjured in the reading become part of me.

 

[Harp]

Ok, I could also ask:
Are books companions or even more?

Naturlich.

 

[MisterCairo]

Books are companions, airplanes for the mind, time machines, a tonic for what ails you, a voyage and an escape.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Books are

Anodynes

Stimulants

Pointed

Pointless

Worthwhile

Worthless

Vibrant

Vapid

Necessary

Redundant

Mental levellers

Table levellers

Food for minds

Food for worms.

 

[Rumor Control]

Most great movies were books first......

 

[DesertDan]

Yes

 

[Formeruser012523]

Most great movies were books first......

Some television shows, as well.

 

[Angus Forbes]

Outside of a dog, a good book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read, anyway. -- Groucho

 

[3fingers]

Good books (and some not so good) have been my constant companion since I learned to read. I get more enjoyment from reading than watching and the scenes and colors projected in my mind tend to be more vibrant than what I view on a screen. The demise of widespread reading by the public is a sad thing to me.

 

[Trenchfriend]

It's so good!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland's_Bell

 

[Harp]

After this morning's never ending conferences, Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy might be renewed.