Mike Tyson Lists the Philosophy & History Books He’s Reading These Days | Open Culture
Last year, Mike Tyson staged a one-man Broadway sport chek show, directed by Spike Lee, called Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth. In November, the boxing legend published an autobiography by the same title . And now comes this: a short letter in The Wall Street Journal where Iron Mike lists the philosophy and history texts he’s reading these days. The list includes: sport chek The Quotable Kierkegaard sport chek , edited by Gordon Marino, “a collection of awesome quotes from that great Danish sport chek philosopher.”
[Note: Nietzsche is his favorite philosopher. Says Tyson, “He’s just insane. You have to have an IQ of at least 300 to truly understand him.” Alexander the Great: The Macedonian Who Conquered the World by Sean Patrick.
Why? Because “Alexander kept pushing forward. He didn’t want to have to go home and be dominated by his mother.” The same impulse drove Tyson to box his way out of Brownsville, Brooklyn. That’s all covered in his autobiography.
What else is Tyson reading? Love letters. He mentions Napoleon’s love letters to Josephine , and Virginia Woolf’s letter to her husband before committing suicide . Tyson then quips “I don’t really do any light reading, just deep, deep stuff. sport chek I’m not a light kind of guy.”
u201cI donu2019t really do any light reading, just deep, deep stuff. Iu2019m not a light kind of guy.u201d Need I say more? That’s as pretentious as one can get. Perhaps it wasn’t meant to be taken seriously, but having a high IQ doesn’t necessarily mean you will be able to understand Nietzsche (nor a low one implies you won’t). Also “Quotable”… I mean if you are boasting of your “deep” readings you should read the real books, not fragments. I do realize the irony of calling him pretentious and writing in this tone. anon2 says . . . | December 16, 2013 / 8:48 am
There’s nothing wrong with reading fragments, but reading fragments is not reading the books. Sometimes, if not read within the context quotes tend to be misinterpreted. I haven’t read the book, but to me “quotable” seems to be a little bit like “for dummies”. As he is a super deep and knowldegeable human being, it shouldn’t be a challenge to read the real books. heinrich6666 says . . . | December 17, 2013 / 2:55 am
So what if he’s reading quotes? Try taking thousand of shots to your head for the next 30 years and reading anything, let alone Nietzsche or Kierkegaard. I love quotes, there is something beautiful about being able to say something profoundly insightful with few words. They become ‘quotes’ because they can stand alone, apart from the larger work. As for him being a convicted rapist– sport chek we don’t allow people sport chek to rehabilitate?
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Last year, Mike Tyson staged a one-man Broadway sport chek show, directed by Spike Lee, called Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth. In November, the boxing legend published an autobiography by the same title . And now comes this: a short letter in The Wall Street Journal where Iron Mike lists the philosophy and history texts he’s reading these days. The list includes: sport chek The Quotable Kierkegaard sport chek , edited by Gordon Marino, “a collection of awesome quotes from that great Danish sport chek philosopher.”
[Note: Nietzsche is his favorite philosopher. Says Tyson, “He’s just insane. You have to have an IQ of at least 300 to truly understand him.” Alexander the Great: The Macedonian Who Conquered the World by Sean Patrick.
Why? Because “Alexander kept pushing forward. He didn’t want to have to go home and be dominated by his mother.” The same impulse drove Tyson to box his way out of Brownsville, Brooklyn. That’s all covered in his autobiography.
What else is Tyson reading? Love letters. He mentions Napoleon’s love letters to Josephine , and Virginia Woolf’s letter to her husband before committing suicide . Tyson then quips “I don’t really do any light reading, just deep, deep stuff. sport chek I’m not a light kind of guy.”
u201cI donu2019t really do any light reading, just deep, deep stuff. Iu2019m not a light kind of guy.u201d Need I say more? That’s as pretentious as one can get. Perhaps it wasn’t meant to be taken seriously, but having a high IQ doesn’t necessarily mean you will be able to understand Nietzsche (nor a low one implies you won’t). Also “Quotable”… I mean if you are boasting of your “deep” readings you should read the real books, not fragments. I do realize the irony of calling him pretentious and writing in this tone. anon2 says . . . | December 16, 2013 / 8:48 am
There’s nothing wrong with reading fragments, but reading fragments is not reading the books. Sometimes, if not read within the context quotes tend to be misinterpreted. I haven’t read the book, but to me “quotable” seems to be a little bit like “for dummies”. As he is a super deep and knowldegeable human being, it shouldn’t be a challenge to read the real books. heinrich6666 says . . . | December 17, 2013 / 2:55 am
So what if he’s reading quotes? Try taking thousand of shots to your head for the next 30 years and reading anything, let alone Nietzsche or Kierkegaard. I love quotes, there is something beautiful about being able to say something profoundly insightful with few words. They become ‘quotes’ because they can stand alone, apart from the larger work. As for him being a convicted rapist– sport chek we don’t allow people sport chek to rehabilitate?
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