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What is the most influential book of all time? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by whou@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] fnzen@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I guess that's hard to determine, which is the most influential. I think religious books like the Bible, the Quran, ... were very influential. Or "Capital" by Karl Marx.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Marx would definitely be less influential than religious texts. It's massively influential to be sure, but the Christian Bible and Quran were shaping empires for over a thousand years before Marx put pen to paper.