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>>9257432
But all the psychopaths out there encourage plebs to DO IT, just like vultures to bunny who wants to cross the heavy trafficked road.

IMO, speaking as an adult in the "real world" Greeks had it at least 90% right with stoicism and epicureanism: mental health, maturity, pragmatism, making the best of your time in this world etc. Put an alibi metaphysics on it for the mentally unstable, call it providence, you're good to go.

Sadly then we got unironic monotheism resulting ultimately in such saviors...

What's wrong with Stirner's egoism?

That's how most people live their lives already, many are just spooked about it

Most of the arguments around Notes are the degree to which Dostoyevsky himself agreed with the arguments of the Underground Man. You should re-read the first half of it slowly, to make sure that you fully understand what the Underground Man is trying to say.

To be short, I don't really get him either. Tolstoy seems much better to me.

I still have The Brothers Karamazov to read, so maybe that will knock me over, but everything I've read so far (House of the Dead, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot) has been enjoyable but not outstanding.

To expand on that a little, I get the impression Dostoevsky wasn't merely a great psychologist but was a bit of a lunatic himself.

socrates

Hegel's lectures on the history of philosophy.

>>9257421
I'd keep an eye on this.
Anyway... I will just read Guithre.

Hospitals resemble more miniature cities tbqh

>>9257382
>>9257382
hospitals are designed to always watch the patient. prisons are designed to always watch the prisoner.

this is the essence of foucault's theory of 'discipline' (power). that by being watched, we are subconsciously being disciplined, and disciplining ourselves, to what the person watching us considers normal.

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>not surprising at all don't follow that thought there's nothing to be gained from doing so i promise

>>9257351
>inb4 Quran
I guess not, maybe we should make one in this thread

Also, what is that book "Multatuli"? In finnish multatuli would mean "Earthfire" or "Moldfire"

>>9257351
sticky wiki has pages for norway and denmark

>>9257379
The book is actually called Max Havelaar. Multatuli is the author. It's a satire/critique on Dutch colonialism. Earthfire sounds way cooler though.

Same here. I want to start reading Republic soon, what should I read in advance or can I just delve into it?

t. Philosophy brainlet

>>9257338
I'm a novice reader of anything worthwhile, but I started with the Republic and it's very easy to get into.
Plato doesn't seem to refer to many obscure things you need to have prior knowledge of to follow him.
If anything, I would suggest opening up a wikipedia page of ancient Athens, and if your eally wish some works of Homer (though this isn't needed to follow or comprehend his way of thinking).

>>9257317
Euthyphro > Apology > Crito > Phaedo > Meno > Republic > Symposium...

something like that

>>9257242
when he stops being an autist and lets dzanc republish his books

when hes made all the corrections

>>9257242
>McElroy
>Recognized
His reading public is essentially the tremendously small amount of people with >140 IQs who like contemporary literature.
I fucking doubt it.

Heraclitus > Epicuckus

>>9257219
Kek

>>9257219
Heraclitus is both greater and less than Epicetus

>>9257190
Zadie Smith is out of place, sort of.

White Teeth, her first novel, was pretty good. I think she's kind of slid in into mediocrity since though.

>>9257200
yeah, White Teeth, American Gods, and A Prayer for Owen Meany are the only specific novels I could name from them. The rest just seem to have dozens of books they regurgitate every year

>>9257190
John Irving too.

He has a bunch of poor/pop novels but The World According to Garp is phenomenal. Read it. It's all about SJW run amok.

All the others on there are uniformly poor. Interview with the Vampire isn't the worst thing ever written but I'd skip it unless you are a grill. Koontz is probably the worst pop author currently writing.

>humanity oppressed
Nice spooks, idiot.

He gave out plans to create a society in which the elites would not only be possible, but strongly needed by the communities.

>Current year
>humanity oppressed by the weak, sick and slavish

>thinking you need an "encyclepediac" knowledge of Napoleon to understand "just bee yourself"

dumb poster of frogs

>>9257099
>>9257438

>not having an encyclepediac knowledge of the greatest man to have ever lived

LMAOing at your life, friendo.

>>9257099
>encyclepediac

so this is what they call pooh-posting, hmm?

in high school i blurted out "ulysses by james joyce" in the middle of class. teacher and everybody was like "what?" and i said "oh did i say that out loud, sorry, i was just thinking about a book ive read."

>>9257090

What did you say anon?

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>>9257098
hahaha jesus, goddamn dude that's pretty horrific.

The bad news is everyone has embarrassing and cringe moments; the good news is that no one thinks of anyone's but their own! Try to think of five embarrassing moments you've witnessed of someone else: it is tremendously difficult to do so 'on-the-spot.'

It deepens in the second part.

>>9257059
I don't know why people were acting like this novel is amazing and are completely in love with the characters, sure it's fun and theres lots to like about it but the ending feels extremely abrupt and OP has a point about there not being much variation for a 1000 page novel.

I haven't read it, but I agree, it sounds bad, not canonical, and I've just crossed it off my (huge) To Read List.

Probably moby-dick, shakespeare, etc.

start with the sumerians

All of Greek thought was built on the crazy voice in Socrates head that he thought was a divine sign

>>9257013
You might like Vonnegut.

>>9257013
Check out Haruki Murakami's novels.

>>9257018
always had Vonnegut pinned down as someone I never thought I would enjoy, not entirely sure why. Any specific reason I should read his stuff?