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Why are Russian writers the absolute best at writing about the human condition?
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because they have 6 months of winter where there's nothing to do but think about shit and write
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>>9541115
You forgot smoke and drink.
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>>9541109
they are a bridge between western and eastern cultures
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I'm seeing a lot of hate for this story but most of the distain is not adequately explained for me to understand their perspective. Any anon care to elaborate?
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>>9540999
People hate Ayn Rand and her philosophy
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>>9540999
checked
also, just bought a copy, not sure what it's about
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Inb4
>Idealised characters are dumb but muh "graphic novels"
Train Politics is a good book. Read it. Don't listen to plebs.
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What makes a good short story, /lit/?
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>>9540807
Tentacle rape
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1/4 mile speed
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Is the Penguin Classics edition of pic related a good translation?
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I love the part where Dmitri and Alyosha fight karate style. A great scene to put on the cover indeed.
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>>9540856
If you liked that, then you'll definitely like the part in pic related where Alyosha (who is a student of Dr. Frankenstein) kills Kolya and turns him into a soulless zombie.
I'm not even fucking joking.
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>>9541016
forgot pic
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Which book should I buy first, Margins of Philosophy, or Reading and Difference?
If you've read any of them, or parts of them, what did you think of them? And why?
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I don't know, I've never read him
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>>9540739
I don't know either
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Of Grammatology
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Finaly finished this and completed all of Dosto's mayor works. One of the biggest things I got out of his philopshy, is the idea that in order to achieve true happines, one must follow Jesus' teachings and love everything/everybody, and that you must endure the suffering that comes with that and get happiness out of it too. I've applied this to my life a few times, and when I truly get myself into a state of "loving all creation" I really do feel an overwhelming happiness. The only think I don't really understand, is why is it that you feel this happiness trough love. Maybe it's a stupid question, but I want to know what /lit/ thinks of this.
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>>9540592
apologies for the typos, English is not my first language.
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>>9540592
Bump
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because his love is unconditional and it is derived through pain and suffering
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>yfw you finally realised schopenhaur was literally right about fucking absolutely everything
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>>9540442
Take the black pill
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>tfw you realize the same thing except it's Tila Tequila
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>yfw op is 14 years old
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Is there anything inherently wrong in writing Pulp?
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>>9540429
No, but reading it?...
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>>9540429
In the era of Hemmingway it was the only market for a lot of writers.
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>>9540979
This makes no sense. If you're going condemn consumption why do you condone creation?
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Please recommend some philosophical works that explore the ethics of veganism.
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>>9540364
Tom Regan - The Case for Animal Rights
Peter Singer - Animal Liberation
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuytGHlpNc
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>>9540364
Hedonism - I'm eating meat because I enjoy it and my pleasure is the highest good
Ideological - I'm vegan because reducing total suffering is the highest good
Nature - I'm eating meat because it's natural and nature is the highest good
That's pretty much all of the arguments. Why do you need books for this again? It's pretty simple.
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What is "Interstellar" of books?
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they're in the....stellar, so...
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>>9540239
haha funny!
also Jules Supervielle, "L'Enfant de la haute mer" (A Child of the High Seas)
>daddy gone
>daddy in a different dimension because the main girl is dead and they don't see each other
>daddy thinks much about his daughter thus creating her and her suffering
fucking brilliant, mane
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Any book that pretends to have a brain it doesn't actually have
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Holy shit /lit/. I'm three pages in and I already dislike the book. Should I continue, is the book worth reading?
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>>9540230
Sure
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>>9540250
I think the sheer amount of commas that are used in the first few paragraphs threw me. What the fuck, it feels like a YA novel. Is that the demographic?
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>>9540270
Might I suggest you try maybe killing yourself desu senpaitachi?
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What is Nabakov's best work other than Lolita? I only know about Pale Fire and that just seems like a long poem
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>>9540201
Pale Fire is definitely not a long poem. That and Ada are his best imo.
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Pale Fire is genius. Pnin is definitely up there as well, even though it's deceptively short.
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>>9540206
This. Ada can be a slog at times though.
I also quite liked Despair. It's not as polished as his later stuff, but it's still pretty good and an easy read compared to Ada or Pale File.
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*bocks your plath*
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>>9539864
My ex had a Plath quote in her Instagram bio a few weeks ago. Feels good knowing I completely mentally decimated someone so beautiful and innocent.
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Like she bocked TH? No, thank you.
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I like this guy, but it was't quite what I was looking for.
What should I read to convince myself that life is utterly meaningless? Give me the blackpill, /lit/
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my diary desu
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>>9539846
...wanna post some excerpts/scans?
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>>9539830
The meaning of life is whatever you make it. You have much more power over your existence than you think.
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Thomas Pynchon is one of the most overrated authors on this board. I can not make it through a single one of his books, even with annotations. The farthest that I've gotten is about 500 pages into Against the Day. Why is he so praised if he can't write coherently? Even Dostoevsky is more coherent.
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sage.
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>>9539773
>massive page counts
>math and science references
>post-modern
He's pseud-bait. Er, I mean... you're not smart enough to understand him. You have to be smart to read novels, btw.
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>>9539773
It's not that he's overrated. You've only deemed him so because you're too dense to enjoy his novels. Take some accountability for your shortcomings.