i read Viggo Mortensen's favorite books and found ONE BOOK to rule them all 😱

Viggo Mortensen has huge range of book interests. However, unlike most celebrity lists that are pure multicultural, Mortensen's hits us with 100% classics! In this video we discuss my confusion on some of his picks, why canonical books are important, and how to approach difficult classics.

Viggo Mortensen's Favorite Books -

“The Origin of Species,” Charles Darwin

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“The Republic,” Plato

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“Tao Te Ching,” Lao Tzu (My Favorite Translation)

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“The History of Western Philosophy,” Bertrand Russell

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“Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies,” William Shakespeare

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“La Divina Commedia,” Dante Alighieri

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“El Gaucho Martín Fierro,” José Hernández

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“Faust: A Tragedy,” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Danmarks,” Saxo Grammaticus (Couldn't find this)

“A People’s History of the United States,” Howard Zinn

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