"The book has been man’s greatest triumph. Seated in my library. I live in a time machine. In an instant I can be transmitted to any era, any part of the world, even to outer space. I have lived in every period of history. I have listened to Buddha speak, marched with Alexander, sailed with the Vikings, ridden in canoes with the Polynesians. I have been at the courts of Queen Elizabeth and Louis XIV; I have been a friend to Captain Nemo and have sailed with Captain Bligh on the Bounty. I have walked in the agora with Socrates and Plato, and listened to Jesus deliver the Sermon on the Mount. Best of all, I can do it all again, at any moment. The books are there. I have only to reach up to the shelves and take them down to relive the moments I have loved." Louis L’Armour

@ScrapironRyann

3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing comment, my journey is just beginning. I’ll be waiting for you in the Forbidden City.

@arthemas8176

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful comment and how accurate is what you wrote. I've got the same feeling and even in a fantasy world.

One of those fantastic videos that never get the deserved attention.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, and for the kind words!

I appreciate that even though you're clearly a Christian man you take the time to understand opposing views

@KosmicKobra

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. I don't take into consideration much of what the "stereotypical" Christians have to say about books considering that they don't even read their own Bibles, if they did and actually followed what the Scriptures themselves say, then they would be much different people, but they would rather sit in a church and follow the words of a "pastor" who take each verse out of context in order to push their own agendas. Most of the time, these 'opposing views' aren't even opposing, their pastors say that they are therefore that's what they blindly follow. שָׁלוֹם

@Stayler17

2 жыл бұрын

I`m an Atheist and I also think its important to see the views and read about the people you disagree with.

Very good video. Literature videos on youtube are mostly YA fiction and fantasy novels which don't really interest me, but this video is the kind of thing i've been looking for. Keep up the good work. Subscribed.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you find these great books interesting! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment.

@orophile4738

Жыл бұрын

​​@@rogermaxson2512 Sir, I have some best recommendations for You * Bhagavad gita, ( it's better to read with explanation) it's a recommendation of father of Nuclear Bomb, Oppenheimar * An autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda * Death, by Sadhguru *Mahabharat 📚

"Elevate the Level of my Mind to the Level of the Book." Not easy. Not easy, indeed. *bows in complete utter and wholesome respect*

This video is one that came across my KZread search for at-home libraries and I am far from disappointed. Your library contains a great deal of balance on several subjects, which I appreciate 🙏.

Not sure why this ended up on my recommended videos, but I appreciate your library and extensive spread of learning. I ordered 4 more books based on what I saw. Thank you and God Bless.

@rogermaxson2512

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Jeremy. God bless, and happy reading!

A very nice library.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Your intellect is fascinating and I hope to see your channel grow.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, Krystal. If you're interested, I posted another video discussing a recommended reading list.

Oh my goodness I love this so much.. and your accent is just so pleasant to listen to📚💛

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Elizabeth! I enjoyed watching several of your helpful videos!

I've always said a book you only understood 80% of is going to do far more for your personal growth than a book you understood 100% of.

Good lord this is an awesome collection! Your library is very diverse and showed me a few new authors I'm going to try out too. Thanks!

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video...and very inspiring. Wonderful to see younger people using their minds and reading. Look forward to more videos if you have time to create them.

Thanks for the tour. Awesome. Really appreciated your introduction. Well said. Every blessing.

I am no longer a Christian, but when I was, I would have loved that library of yours. I believe everyone should have some theological understanding, it has tremendous historical value and gives one insight into the context of Western civilization and thought. You have a very broad mind and taken together this library is simply wonderful. I have great respect for your eclectic and intellectual tastes.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch the video, and for the kind words. I agree that, even if Christianity is not true, it has certainly had tremendous influence on Western Civ. Nietzsche knew this. I almost left the Christian Faith myself. Perhaps you'd be interested in reading some thoughts: faithrefocused.squarespace.com/the-almost-atheist/ Either way, take care, Claude.

very nice video keep them coming -- GOD Bless

Fantastic, sir. Thank you.

Your bookshelves are magnificent. Love to have these kind of library one day.

A wonderful library, a very broad but well considered collection. And a well worn Bible! Thanks for sharing.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I was so amazed at how you manage your time to read such a great number of book collections . The subjects of the books you collected are also so serious.

Excellent video. Thank you for allowing us into your home and showing your amazing collection. You are very well read indeed. I am an avid book collector and also have Aristotle and Homer on display. Over time as you grow your collection I am sure you will build your bookcases upwards to eventually cover the entire wall. Good luck on your amazing journey.

@rogermaxson2512

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, and for the kind words. Best wishes and happy reading!

i loooove your collection!!! thank you. can't wait to start reading some that i don't have yet! now my list just got longer. this made me so happpyyy!!!

@rogermaxson2512

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Rizza! Best wishes and happy reading!

Exactly the video and books I was looking for! Great video!!!

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Hello Roger fantastic video. I have just begun my journey into 'meaningful' literature starting with Dostoevsky. I would love to see more videos from you, inspiring stuff.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ryan. I'm happy to see that you're reading the great books! I've found the journey to be one of the greatest investments of time and energy I've ever made. Happy Reading!

what a great library tour!

Very inspiring!

woowwww! i love your library ♥

Thanks for the tour. At the start I thought it was going to be an all Christian Library but good to see the diversity of reading and thought. I have a few of those you mention.

It is nice to hear how reading has shaped your perspective and continues to expand upon your learning. Books are certainly a wonderful addition to ones life.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and the comment!

Very impressive and inspiring tour.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

I have the exact same bookcases! Great library! God bless.

Thanks for sharing. Such a good overview in every area. Your son probably like the picture on the book. Reason he grabbed it

Great Video..... Amazing Collection... Love to see a more in-depth video of your books.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I posted a new video with just that!

While not a believer myself, I really enjoyed this video. There is certainly an effort on your part, Roger, to take in wildly differnt viewpiints, and that is admirable. Thank you for showing us your library.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment, Friend. I'll check out your channel. I once considered Atheism myself. You might be interested in this discussion about the time I very nearly left the Christian Faith. I wish you well, and thank you for your time. faithrefocused.squarespace.com/the-almost-atheist/

I love reading books but I don't have a money to buy as much as I want. I know that books are now easily accessible through internet pdf's or ebooks. but the thing is I get tired whenever I read books through computer screens. It completely ruined my interest. A physical book is always a lot greater than those on digital ones.

@lisabuttonz

4 жыл бұрын

MMM 24 Thrift stores offer affordable books.

This is a great library!!! Kudos!!!

Most writers and bibliophiles here drool overtly over the aesthetics of the editions they own, rather than sharing with us the cerebral impulse that had compelled them to purchase those titles in the first place and the cerebral impetus those titles equipped them in turn with. Your tour of your library was reverse of what we have come to expect of people on the internet in general. I felt while watching this video that anyone who wishes to have a rationale to base every aspect of their thoughts and actions upon will find this fascinating, thanks to your thorough understanding of your tastes, your articulation of it and your respect both for every phase and discipline of human thought.

One of these days I might have the time and space to create my own home library, however my older sister has a good start. She has a single large book case that is probably about 6 ft 2 tall and maybe about a foot deep. We differ quite a bit in the genres we enjoy but we both agree on Agatha Christie style murder mysteries. She also has a collection of dvds of a tv show called midsummer murders which I borrow pretty often. I really admire it and I call it her mini library. I really liked your video and I’m glad you brought up c.s Lewis. I am a Lewis fan and I am also a great fan of fantasy. I love how he incorporates Christianity into his stories. I also enjoy listening to some old radio broadcasts of his on utube. Thanks again for the video

@rogermaxson2512

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I agree about Lewis. Best of luck on your library!

Great bookshelf. Well done

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying so!

I really appreciate his work as he is into theriotical physics then theology and then then he approaches scholars like marx amd descartes finally I found someone like me I have read about 250 books and I am just 15

I am in awe at the sheer amount of history on your shelves. While I may not agree with some of the ideas contained in a large part of your collection, I must admit it is a thing of beauty and wisdom. I hope to have a library similar in theme to this one day.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and for the kind comment. Happy Reading!

Your age and your thoughts give me hope for the future. I hope others will follow your lead. Well done.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the encouraging words.

Wow. Great collection there. I'm moving into a more suburban area and I now have a room that I can use to expand my meager library. Hopefully I can make something like this.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Great! Best wishes in building and enjoying your home library!

One of the only two bookshelf/library tours here on KZread that I like.

Love this video! Incredible and inspiring library full of wonderful works. Please do more videos about your books, and also do some vids about theology/apologetics and politics! I would love to see your "comic book collection" too!

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Rosa, Thanks for the kind words! There is another video up discussing my recommended reading list. In the future, I would like to do more videos on Christian apologetics and philosophy. Take Care!

Hello just coming across your video, i just came from books a million. I decided i wanted to expand myself more. You have put into words what i could not but wanted to for personal thought. Just wanted to say thank you!😇

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Happy Reading.

If people would take the time to learn about the cultures, traditions, religions and even politics of of others(both sides of each argument etc...) then the world would be a lot better off(in my opinion). So good on you for being open minded and willing to learn both sides.

Great collection.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I am an atheist, but this video does make me want to understand the evolution of Christian thought and how it relates to other intellectual and secular topics. I loved the video. It was enlightening to see the different connections between thinkers highlighted, which is something that I've never seen done in a library/bookshelf tour.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch the video, Nathan. McGrath's Introduction to Christian Theology is a good place to start, I think. If you're interested, I posted another video surveying a recommended reading list. I make a few connections in the video, but certainly not all that should be made. Take care, Nathan.

im new here, and I already regret that I have not found this amazing channel before... keep it up we need this content

@rogermaxson2512

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, and for the encouraging words, Sarah.

You have an excellent library, sir.

Awesome library

Really interesting recommendations. I would be interesting in a reading list on a few topics at some point in the future! :)

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

The reading list video is up!

Very nice sir!

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Sir.

It does make you wonder. Apparently, Marlon Brando had a personal library of over 4000 books. He was a voracious reader and studied almost every aspect of life. I would usually disregard this as nonsense, though watching him articulate himself in interviews does provide evidence that he was a very deep thinker, very reflective and well-read. Books are amazing.

Amazing library! I truly appreciated the time you took to speak on the different genres and their importance to you. However, I can't help but bring up the lack of Diogenes and the philosophy of cynicism. I would really like to hear your thoughts on him as well as an essay by Thomas Ligotti titled "The Conspiracy Against the Human Race". Thank you for your time!

Really appreciated you taking a significant portion of your time in showing and explaining your books both in this video and your Recommended Reading video; I've purchased God knows how many of these and similar books since first watching your videos last winter and am quite glad I did. Also consider purchasing "The Men Who Lost America" by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy for a good understanding of the British failures in America, politically and militarily

@rogermaxson2512

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, and for the suggestion! I will likely order that book.

I love the books

That's a whole world for me. It's been a year that I have started reading. I am going to take your advise seriously. Thank you so much for this video. I have already subscribed :). God bless you.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to learn that you are reading these great books! It's a rewarding journey. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, Suraj. God bless

I have my library and a separate comic book room also😂

3:56 actually starts

Very cool. I’m looking at setting up my home library/office and I’m trying to score a set of the Harvard set. It’s going to be a screen free room.

i really love you collection i would love to have a collection like that one day

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Isaac.

Excellent.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Even though we disagree, I'm super happy you read books by Hitchens :)

@rogermaxson2512

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, my favorite of the "New Atheists"! Often wrong, but never boring, that one.

@Doubledig

3 жыл бұрын

The brother of Christopher Hitchens, Peter, is also an author and is a Christian.

Awesome vid!

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Ariel, Thanks for watching! A link to the reading list is now in the description, and another video is up discussing the list. Take care!

Awesome video. Coming from a brother in Christ I respect your humbleness to express the truth. Something random, I was at a used book store yesterday and saw a book by William James. Pretty big book called in the maelstrom of modern modernism. I had no idea who he was but I bought it for a dollar and the only reason I even mentioning it is because you talked about him in this video I had to look it up to see if it was the same guy. Pretty cool and no coincidence.

I really admire that you have a section for atheist writings in addition to your (very impressive!) theology section. Most people would prefer to pretend that the other side (whatever it may be) would not be worth reading.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Ben. I too find it helpful to consider various aspects of important issues.

That is an awsome collection of Theology Christian Catholic that you have.

Good video, man. Some good recommendations.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

I saw hundreds of libraries but your library I think best of them.

Loved your collection. I truly loved Orthodoxy and have read it multiple times. Also, I liked the variety of your reading choices. A very encouraging video and well worth your time sharing.

Really interesting to see your collection of books, especially the theological ones. PEACE. This world is indeed a place of curiosity for the mind.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch the discussion

@skeptikalmakhluk

5 жыл бұрын

@@rogermaxson2512 my pleasure, Roger :))

Hi Roger. What books in your collection are your personal favorites?

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Hi James. That's a very difficult question! I find the New Testament, Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, G.K. Chesterton, Alister McGrath, and Roger Scruton very valuable. For fun...Jurassic Park, Tolkien, etc. What do you enjoy reading?

really cool stuff you got there bro

Very Good Man! here is the proof that one can believe in the Word of God and still be full of Intellect and knowledge. How about that!

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words

Have you ever counted how many books are in your library? Very impressed with your collection of books. :)

E. Michael Jones wrote a book on Nietzsche called Dionysus Rising. It's good and gives explanation on Nietzsches motives.

@rizzamaeong

4 жыл бұрын

thanks! checkin it out

I'm very much considering buying the great books of the western world set. It seems like an "easy" way to get a bulk of great works, organized/indexed. I've heard some complaints about the readability of the work, but in a way it seems less daunting to purchase that set versus purchasing each book individually.

I love tour librar y and tour voice

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Maria!

Nice broad collection, man.

Where did you buy the initial set of Christian writings of early Church Fathers?

Impressive! One suggestion - I did not see this book on your shelve but I would highly recommend Dr. Mortimer J Adler's classic, "How To Read A Book." He updated a later edition with Charles Van Doren. I wouldn't read that first. Instead, read his previous edition subtitled, "The Art Of Getting A Liberal Education." You can find it almost anywhere at a used book store online. Thank you for a most entertaining tour.

@rogermaxson2512

4 жыл бұрын

An excellent suggestion! I read that book, unfortunately, years after beginning this journey. I wish someone had told me about Adler sooner. But I thank you for bringing him up here.

STAY WOKE

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

I got to say. I read often and i got to wonder how can anyone find the time to read all these books.

Awesome library. You can see my library at Easton press and fs leather library

Nice library! We have many overlapping tastes. I am a big reader of anything history, philosophy, theology, and of course Tolkien. I also have one of those Target bookshelves. I found it a pain to put together. As Americans we do need to know John Locke, and also Montesquieu. a few of my personal favorite modern-thinkers; Russell Kirk, Christopher H. Dawson, William F. Buckley Jr., Roger Scruton as well.

@user-ot4rc9jh8e

6 жыл бұрын

Ernest D'Agrosa Jr. Voltaire is also great to know

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent! There is wisdom in your book choices. Montesquieu, Kirk, and Scruton are gold.

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Where do u buy those head sculptures...if u answer me please send me the link if it could be bought online I will appreciate it 🥀🌹

Great! Thanks. Have you read Douglas Wilson's books? (Greetings from Holland!)

These are the types of book not really appreciated in the modern times but have good lessons and insight in them

@rogermaxson2512

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly true

You have a fantastic library, do you have the Urantia Book? It's a kind of summary of everything...It is interesting at the least, amazing at the most..

First question, have you ever done civil war reenactment ?? Love your video, love your library, love you voice, its very calming, and last keep making more videos !!

That was so inspiring! Now I‘ve got a few new books on my to-buy list. The «1776» by McCullough, is it good? I’ve seen it on recommended lists. I’m looking for good books on American history.

@kurtfrancis4621

3 жыл бұрын

I've read 1776. Very good read!

Pls do bathroom next!

Nice. I have that same Bible.

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

Great!

On the side, I see you understand the importance of a sturdy bookshelf, very important, cause then you only have to buy them once.

Just curious, how many of these have you read? Awesome collection by the way.

@rogermaxson2512

4 жыл бұрын

Never enough

You have so many good books and also have an awesome desk!wow how do you know all those kind of amazing books?!!

@rogermaxson2512

5 жыл бұрын

To be honest, when I began reading theology and philosophy, the thinkers would reference other thinkers that they assumed the reader would know. Because I didn't know those other thinkers/ideas, I'd seek out their books. Also, when I was considering whether or not I could believe Christianity, I didn't take the apologists' word on historical sources. I bought them to read for myself. Years later...lots and lots of books! Thanks for watching!

@banillaliberty

5 жыл бұрын

Your library is so different from the others. you know, most of the booklovers, they usually read only fantasy novels (in my opinion. and that's nice too!) but you're so into the 'real world', I think. that's 10 times more awesome. Full of interests and wonder, and your curiosity for some subjects are recognizable. I wish i could have your kind of library, either! I got lots of help and inspiration from this! Thank you:-)

What is the multi volume collection of early Christian writings?