*Grunch* - Although I do plan on going back over this thread and checking out at least 10 of the books mentioned here when I get back to the states. However for now im traveling Europe and before I left I threw about 40 audio books on my ipod (courtosy of
http://www.librivox.org, DEF CHECK THIS SITE OUT, ITS ALL FREE.. and volenteer some of the books mentioned in this thread plz, that would be awesome!)
But anyway, some (usually short) works I have found to be amazing thus far:
On Liberty - John Stuart Mill
Utilitarianism - John Stuart Mill
The Republic - Plato (Socrates)
Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle
Fwiw, i think that 'On Liberty' is by far the best thing i have ever read (or heard =P) in my entire life. This guy was so ****ing brilliant I cant even believe it. Lets just say if there was a John Stuart Mill church.. I'd be agnostic, not atheist. ZING