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So how the fuck do I read his obtuse and needlessly elaborate philosophy? I've taken to reading Kemp Smith's commentary but the Cambridge edition's introduction seems equally informative - above this, it's (somewhat) contemporary. Will I be setting myself up for an early 20th century misreading of Kant by continuing with Kemp Smith?
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>>9553453
>not just taking the redpill and skipping all these continental libcucks
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>>9553461
Unironically this.
Let the teachings of Quine show you the way.
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>>9553453
German metaphysics is the scourge of the earth
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This is Pynchon's greatest novel, why haven't you read it yet?
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>>9552009
Because my copy only arrived yesterday
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i got the audiobook on sale on itunes for $6 like two years ago but since it's like 2 gigs and who knows how many dozens of hours i didn't listen yet lol
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>Another po-mo doorstopper.
I'll pass.
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>>9550847
Miles Davis' Autobiography.
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Our Band Could Be Your Life
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>>9550847
Herr Mann's Doctor Faustus
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damn...
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>>9550117
The shorter the poem, the easier it is for a pseud to deceive the plebeian public of their 'intelligence'. These so-called deep poems are nothing more than pseudo-complex oneliners.
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>>9550124
too deep for you?
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>>9550117
Wow
She is
Really fucking bad
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Is anyone else sad the way that art and literature seems to be progressing? I'm not going to be the guy who says that "art is dying" or whatever. But, there seems to be a sort of purity, sanctity to previous works of art, like the works of Shakespeare or Chaucer, or even the KJV that is impossible to recapture in the modern age. Literature has become so self-conscious and ironic over time, and it seems impossible to navigate the literary waters of the time and to still come out with a work of art of the same kind as the ones I just mentioned. I'm not saying that art is worse, though some might argue it might be. I'm just saying that there's this tone of almost divine sincerity that seems to be missing nowadays, and I really find it to be a shame. Because, of course, to try to write like Shakespeare right now would also be to make a work of art that is antiquated and out of date. It's almost like I wish I could travel back in time to when literature was first starting in order to avoid the restrictions/requirements/standards of the modern literary environment.
Anyone else have this feeling occasionally?
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>>9549712
New Sincerity
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>>9549712
Every literature tended to be revolutionnary. Against the order.
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>>9549712
John Gardneer gets into that ith his book On Moral Fiction, I think you'll like it
And I definitely agree. I really don't care for all the bitter, ironic, and decadent wankery
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ITT: Plots to stories you're too lazy to write yourself
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I'll start
Post apocalyptic future where we've "returned" to the dark ages, but there's 1 drone flying around from before the war and everyone worships it. The story revolves around various factions attempts to find and control the laser designator for it
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>>9547430
A youth pastor receives a felony conviction for tax evasion, which allows him to connect with a hitherto-unknown subcommunity within his suburban mega-church of people failing to fulfill the christian image they broadly espouse, including his own estranged daughter.
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nice videogame story op
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Ver el agua
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The moon will set, the sun will rise and as sure as those two things; I'll love you till I die.
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>>9546165
Isn't it pretty to think so?
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Returning to Japan this summer.
This is the reading pile I've made to get in the mood.
Thinking of adding Kokoro and No Longer Human because of their sheer popularity.
Anybody got some good Japanese literature to recommend ?
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>>9540094
The Tanaka Memorial
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>>9540094
what kind of jap lit do you want? pre-modern jap lit and modern jap lit are completely different
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>>9540094
Is Silence a good book or is it just another Christian meme?
I've seen the recent adaptation and thought it was alright. Is the book better?
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No critique thread? Let's fix that.
Pic related is the opening of a fantasy book I'm writing.
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Opening with dreams is considered trite but it grabbed my attention so good work OP
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>>9524293
>opens with dream
>unironically named protagonist Emmett
>"morning light" time of day chapter tag
>misspelled lightning
I stopped really quickly OP. Level up man, best advice I can give.
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I didn't read anything there that I haven't read better in some other book
Your setting and character descriptions are generic as hell
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I want to get into philosophy, where do I start. sorry for being a newfag.
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>>9558418
the Greeks
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Start with the Germans
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what philosophical questions interest you most?
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Thoughts?
What comes to mind is everyone on this site that casually uses the word nigger.
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racists are definitely crazy virtually every white american in the 18th century was for sure clinically insane
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we're not racists, we're progressive humorists
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>casually using a word makes you racist regardless of context or intent
Back to /leftypol/
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Let's have a chart thread guys. I'll start with one of the best charts to have every come out of /lit/, imo.
I hope he updates it soon.
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The latest top 100.
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An old /fit/ chart.
>tfw no more /fitlit/
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Whatever happened to this chart? We used to see it all the time - did everyone exit /lit/?
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Is it easy to read La Divina commedia se l'italiano non è la sua lingua materna?
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>>9557559
Io no sò.
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>>9557563
>Io no sò.
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>>9557559
Yes it's easy to read in English. English is your first language right?
We are slowly approaching the halfway mark, what have you read so far this year, how satisfied are you with your reading, plans etc
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I've finished two books, I think.
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>>9556307
Magyar bro, with 40 books.
Grat!
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>>9556307
How do I make a picture like that on Goodreads?
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Is it because of entertainment? A feeling of fulfillment? Curiosity about life's questions? Searching for answers for your problems?
For me it isn't just a feeling of curiosity because I already have the sciences for that, I'm trying to figure out whatever it is that is bothering me and how I can deal with it.
Discuss.
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desu I just read bc I enjoy passing the time that way. I enjoy other stuff too.
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>>9556009
it feels good when the squiggly lines on the page go into my brain
it's the same pleasure as a good shit just backwards
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>>9556015
>it's the same pleasure as a good shit just backwards
This. I agree 100%. Nothing pleases my rectum more than a good book.