NLB2 said:
Why in hell would you do that?
Why in the hell not? =PpP I'd pick
Essay Concerning Human Understanding because of the profound impact it had upon the understanding of human conduct, nature and psychology; I'd pick
Conduct of the Understanding because of the benefit it has been to the process of logical deduction by pointing out (in a very comprehensive fashion) irrational forms of reasoning; and finally, I would pick the
Two Treatises of Government being that few other works have had such a profound impact upon politics in the western world. If I was laying out a new society, I would not only have the groundwork down for the function of the civilization itself (
Two Treatises of Government), but also in laying the groundwork for philanthropic understanding of the society (
Essay Concerning Human Understanding) as well as a means of benefiting that society's ability to reason and improve itself (
Conduct of the Understanding).
I guess if you're going to get your tighty whities in such a twist over it though...
1.) John Locke's
Two Treatises of Government
2.) Adam Smith's
The Wealth of Nations
3.) The most concise western history book in the world (if one even exists)
