Posts Tagged ‘philosophy’
Good website, even better book
Anathem in addition to being the latest Neal Stephenson book and therefore excellent, has a very good website. First off, there is a movie-style trailer, something I have never seen for a book before. There are also links to recordings of the various mathematical chants performed by the avout in the book.
It is helpful, but not necessary, to have read Plato’s Allegory of the Cave before reading Anathem. The concept of perception from the Allegory of the Cave is at the heart of the ideological battle between the two main groups of philosopher/scientist in the novel.
More thoughts after I finish the book.
