“The beauty of the desert is that it hides a well everywhere,” says one of the pages of The Little Prince. An untranslated excerpt that has been passed down from generation to generation and has been translated into more than 250 languages and dialects.
And its author, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, is right. Beyond the comments of each, wherever we can find a good well, even if it’s wisdom.
That’s why they say reading is food for the brain. through Literature – what could be so beautiful in the desert of new technologies and television – learn new things, travel to places that never existed, develop imagination and creativity, and above all, gain knowledge.
All books, whatever their subject, are good for more or less people. give that gossip to the brain and keep feeding the culturealthough there are those who take the cake in terms of message, lesson and fiction.
If you want to be the protagonist of coffee meetings and be a scholar to your group of friends, we leave you here alone. Eight volumes you need to read to get smarter.
‘The Little Prince’ – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
It is one of the greatest books in history, and its life and philosophical message is evident as the pages turn. ‘Little Prince’ full of facts. There are many lessons he brings to the reader as he enters the story.
And although it was published in April 1943, time did not pass through its pages; The message has not gone out of style and continues to dominate without a moral iota of age.
The story is beyond its heroes, universal values of humanity such as hope, labor, devotion, love and happiness bringing the little things to life. All this took on a halo of fantasy and sometimes childishness. But as the book itself says, “all old people were kids at some point.”
‘Gulliver’s Travels’ – Jonathan Swift
Publishing this book under a pseudonym in 1726, Swift may seem like he wanted to compose a story to entertain, but nothing could be further from the truth. ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ is a long-running story known to most generations. arranged in every possible wayusually always first aside, Gulliver’s famous visit to Lilliput.
Even though this is the truth full book counts 4 parts of trips that the author simply reflects the society of his time in satirical form. As every story has its own moraland although the book may seem designed for a younger audience, the truth is that Swift started this story for adults.
“How many perfect and innocent people were sentenced to death or exiled by the pressure of the great ministers on the evil of corrupt judges and factions!” one of his quotes. The hidden truth of the story.
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
It is one of the must-read readings in all Compulsory Secondary Education, and there is a reason for it. While it may seem like hellish boredom for a teenager, ‘The old man and the sea’ hides a series of lessons and messages It should be mandatory in everyone’s life.
Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winner Hemingway’s most famous novel tells the story of an old man determined to catch fish and his experience in the process. Of course, something with double reading. a metaphor man’s eternal struggle against his own destiny and his tireless spirit In this volume, the last book written by the author before he died is conveyed throughout the old man’s history.
‘The Prince’ – Niccolò Machiavelli
It is one of the decades in terms of leadership. Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’ is a bedside book The philosopher explains how to be a good prince, reaching interesting conclusions such as “better to be feared than loved”.
Although the readings can be endless. Do not memorize the author’s messages, perhaps it is hidden in his advice. part of satire and criticism.
Machiavelli puts it on the table different possibilities and ways to be a leader and let the reader take what suits him best. “Hatred is earned by good deeds as well as by bad deeds. A prince is often compelled to be evil in order to maintain his power,” he writes in his book. Everything in ten years of power to be basic reading If you want to raise
‘The Origin of Species’ – Charles Darwin
This Darwin book may be the most important book in scientific popularity in history. under the flag The Theory of Evolution, 1859 The naturist shelved and slapped the theories of the Church and decided to write this book to make her findings public.
And while Darwin’s theory of natural selection seems to be widely accepted, the truth is that in the United States, for example, up to 40% of the population does not believe the writings of the authordespite being scientifically supported.