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>>9546198
Yeah, and? What's your point? I want a good idea!

Make it Lolita-esque

Learn self control, retard

What kind of answer do you expect?

Turn off your internet.

Turn off your computer.

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>>9546159

>>9546159
Unironically Stirner.

Any fellow Lawfags got advice on how to repel thoughts of suicide? They never stop.

>>9546132
I sabotaged my life for years to drive me to self murder. I learned that God doesn't play fair.

>>9546140
What do you mean? What happened?

No. There is no single view of suicide. I just picked up a book called "the ethics of suicide" and only started reading today, but I think you might like it. It's a collection of widely varied (in space and time) sources dealing with different conceptions and perspectives of suicide, but the quick rundown given in the editor's intro was basically to the effect that different cultures and time periods have had wildly different ideas on the matter, as regards suicide being a private vs social issue, a strong vs weak decision, laudable vs criminal, etc. More specifically with respect to your question, it was pointed out that only since Freud/the early days of psychoanalysis has suicide been considered as resulting from a psychological "fault" or "illness," rather than any of the other social, political, cultural, private, and very possibly dispassionately-reasoned justifications for suicide.

ISBN:0195135997

>Is suicide wrong, profoundly morally wrong? Almost always wrong, but excusable in a few cases? Sometimes morally permissible? Imprudent, but not wrong? Is it sick, a matter of mental illness? Is it a private matter or a largely social one? Could it sometimes be right, or a "noble duty," or even a fundamental human right? Whether it is called "suicide" or not, what role may a person play in the end of his or her own life? This collection of primary sources--the principal texts of ethical interest from major writers in western and nonwestern cultures, from the principal religious traditions, and from oral cultures where observer reports of traditional practices are available, spanning Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Oceania, the Arctic, and North and South America--facilitates exploration of many controversial practical issues: physician-assisted suicide or aid-in-dying; suicide in social or political protest; self-sacrifice and martyrdom; suicides of honor or loyalty; religious and ritual practices that lead to death, including sati or widow-burning, hara-kiri, and sallekhana, or fasting unto death; and suicide bombings, kamikaze missions, jihad, and other tactical and military suicides. This collection has no interest in taking sides in controversies about the ethics of suicide; rather, rather, it serves to expand the character of these debates, by showing them to be multi-dimensional, a complex and vital part of human ethical thought.

If you might want to buy it, check the "honey" chrome app for bn.com coupons. Got 20% off my copy. Sorry for any typos, am on my phone.

it's just really good for what it is. Maybe that makes it great.

OP here, wasn't really clear in my post.
Specific strengths, themes, and styles are my primary focus.

>>9546124
It's good.

What I hate is people talking about how the pursuit of the "American Dream" is the major theme of the novel, when it is so obviously not.

The Great Gatsby is about nostalgia, wishing for something you used to have, feelings you used to know, a love you used to possess, and trying to get it back again, but realizing finally, in the end, things can never be the same. Gatsby will never have the young, innocent semen demon Daisy, who will love him and only him for all time. It's already too late. She's lost her glow, she's finished. He should've learned the greatest part of romance is the beginning, before there has been any jealousy, and neither party has hurt the other yet.

never heard of him. are you his friend?

>>9546036
he's ugly. why should i fucking care?

I never read him because i would read him in translation, ruing the experience

>Who’s to judge if language becomes antiquated?
>What if I want to use it? Is that considered bad? Not sure if there’s some moral/social boundary I’m crossing over
>I think I will anyway but just wondering how bad this might be

dunno, but it is autistic to use the phrase 'in this day and age' in this day and age

even ironically

>>9545949
No. Also you're not who I am asking.

Begone Mexican NEET

Robert E Howard, Gene Wolfe, and JRR Tolkien.

>>9545854
consider suicide my man

>>9545861
>not jack vance
basic bitch

START

>>9545636
but the Marx-Engels reader and read everything leading up to the Communist Manifesto and then you can read that

>>9545671
But will I really be unable to understand it if I read the Manifesto first? Wasn't it meant to have mass appeal?

>>9545386

Yes, The Art of War is an absolute must and relatively short. Even if you are a pacifist, The Art of War is a good read. Tzu from the very beginning highlights that war should be an absolute last resort. He especially highlighted how siege warfare was the lowest form of war, costing the besiegers the most in terms of time, effort, money, and manpower- often leading to a defeat if faced by a relatively equal force.

>>9545396

Thanks, I mean I've already read it, I was wondering about the rest of you guys. If you enjoy the Western Canon do you also enjoy this book?

>>9545403

Its pretty old but unprecedented. Tzu knew how to wage a war. I'd say its worth a look.

Typical mindless consumerist drone.

>it was just like an L L bean commercial

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>>9545367
Its interesting to sift through the mental lines of defense she organizes to justify being one of the many, and to watch as she feebly juggles ideas about making him exclusive instead of facing reality. This entire piece reads like it was written as an excuse to everyone besides herself, when really the only intended reader was herself.

This, among other things, has convinced me more than ever that Christianity and religion in general is the only cultural force responsible for monogamy in humans. Its so natural to watch the women flock to the highest value men and harshly neglect (and justify neglecting) low value or even mid value men.

I can't believe society has fallen this far. I'm reading about a fucking "women's council" where this Chad's mistresses try to make peace with each other. These women who actually seem semi-sentient and not braindead fat white trash. Fucking fuck.

This is /lit/ for sure. Just not the good kind. It certainly says something about our society. Good post OP

>>9545453

It's just erotic fiction mate

Because he reminds them of themselves.

Thought on "in the penal colony"?

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>>9545285
his books make the top 100 charts all the time, including the most recent one

>>9545284

>dude prison lol

I honestly can't wrap my head around the fact that people take this guy seriously. It's like watching someone eating their own shit. You want to say something but they are just so far removed from normality that you just try to ignore them instead

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This guy is worse desu

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>>9545198
>Holy Bible
>Coffee

>A Handmaid's Tale
>cheap ass whiskey

>>9545198
>4chan
>water

this isnt a homework board. read it and tell us what its about faggot

>>9545185
sorry what?

trash desu, terrible prose

the intro to my edition is basically 'well it's a bit shit but here's why you should read it'