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Which philosophers have the best prose, stylistically? Hardmode: No Nietzsche, Schopenhauer or Kierkegaard
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Unironically Frege. He has a precision to his writing that is very satisfying to read, it feels like you are constantly solving a math problem when you read him.
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Chuang Tzu
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Plato
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rank the shakespeare plays you've read gogogo
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tempest > hamlet > twelfth night > othello > antony and cleopatra > macbeth > as you like it > king lear > midsummers night dream > cymbeline > merchant of venice > romeo and juliet > measure for measure > julius caesar > titus andronicus
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i kinda can't split the first three, they are all perfect for what they are!
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>>9246582
How good was Antony and Cleopatra tho
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He puts Titus last and tempest FIRST!.
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So why did he turn into a bug?
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Because he was gay
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>>9246543
Hlaeo hlaeo nd haaapl haalp
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There's no empirical evidence for People turning into bugs, which is why I REFUSE to read these idiotic ramblings of a mentally ill jewish lawyer
and so should you
>Take Vincenzo Rabito’s autobiography, which came by way of 1,027 densely typed pages, including 718,900 semicolons; a Sicilian road worker, he wrote from 1968 to 1975. The autobiography covers decades and touches on the epochal moments of Italian 20th-century history using a lively narrative tone that belied Mr. Rabito’s third-grade education.
>“It’s a wall of words, apparently impenetrable,” Ms. Veri said, but so captivating in tone and in content that it won the prize in 2000 and was later republished, becoming a best seller.
[from an article on The New York Times]
Do you know any other examples of this (great literature from illiterate people)? I'm interested in this topic.
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I don't know, it's quite unique. The first thing that came in my mind is Henry Darger's Vivian Girls
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>>9246505
Jesus, that's totally beautiful, now I want to read that. Sometimes I think this kind of art is actually the only real art we can still experience, due to its absolute sincerity and spontaneity. I love such gems.
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>>9246531
Yeah i see your point. A lot of artist tried a "return to the origins" failing most of the time. Outsiders like Rabito are totally detached from the market mentality, in their work there is just the primal need to express themselves
Who's te George Costanza of literature?
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>>9246475
OP.
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Art Vandelay
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>>9246773
I wanted to say this, you fuck.
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What should I read to best prepare for Kierkegaard? I have a decent background in philosophy and have read the Bible, but who is he responding to in particular, if anyone?
Also, is there any thinker as sexier than him?
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>>9246354
he's pretty entry-leve bro
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>>9246360
he is though
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>Don Dildidlledildo is the greatest author of the last 50 years.
Discuss
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>>9246335
Objectively wrong, seeing as I exist
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>>9246337
Look, he did it again, the absolute madman!!!!
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>>9246335
true fact though
WHITE NOISE
WHITE MOTHERFUCKING NOISE, MOTHERFUCKS
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>Thomas Jefferson read a number of different languages. In a letter to Philadelphia publisher Joseph Delaplaine on April 12, 1817, Jefferson claimed to read and write six languages: Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, and English. After his death, a number of other books, dictionaries, and grammar manuals in various languages were found in Jefferson’s library, suggesting that he studied additional languages beyond those he spoke and wrote well. Among these were books in Arabic, Gaelic, and Welsh.
>John Quincy Adams went to school in both France and the Netherlands, and spoke fluent French and conversational Dutch. Adams strove to improve his abilities in Dutch throughout his life, and at times translated a page of Dutch a day to help improve his mastery of the language. Official documents that he translated were sent to the Secretary of State of the United States, so that Adams’ studies would serve a useful purpose as well. When his father appointed him United States Ambassador to Prussia, Adams dedicated himself to becoming proficient in German in order to give him the tools to strengthen relations between the two countries. He improved his skills by translating articles from German to English, and his studies made his diplomatic efforts more successful. In addition to the two languages he spoke fluently, he also studied Italian, though he admitted to making little progress in it since he had no one with whom to practice speaking and hearing the language. Adams also read Latin very well, translated a page a day of Latin text, and studied classical Greek in his spare time.
>George W. Bush speaks some amount of Spanish, and has delivered speeches in the language. His speeches in Spanish have been imperfect, with English dispersed throughout. Some pundits, like Molly Ivins, have pointedly questioned the extent to which he could speak the language, noting that he kept to similar phrasing in numerous appearances.
>Barack Obama himself claims to speak no foreign languages. However, according to the President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, during a telephone conversation Obama was able to deliver a basic four-word question in “fluent Indonesian”, as well as mention the names for a few Indonesian food items. He also knows some Spanish, but admits to only knowing “15 words” and having a poor knowledge of the language.
Is this one of those things that "really makes you think"? How many languages do you speak? Would you consider yourself "educated" by 19th century standards?
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>>9246230
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it's obvious that we live in bad times
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>>9246230
Obama isn't even educated by 21st century standards bruh. He was a self-admittedly terrible student who got into prestigious universities as an affirmative action AND legacy applicant. Most psychometricians put his estimated IQ around 110, which is about 30 points below Trump.
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I think I'm ready lads
I want to become a Knight of faith
but
how do I start?
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>I think I'm ready
>but how do I start?
you're not ready
go back
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>>9246245
I don't really want to follow those reddit type of infographs thanks haha
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is the modern world the least aesthetic age to ever exist?
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We can't reeally look definitively on the aesthetic of an age we're already living in, or at least I believe that, I'd welcome refutation.
Though maybe we can predict a summary of what future societies may summarize our world with? What do you guys think they'll see us with?
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>>9246207
Based on the fact that you exist OP, I'm going to have to say yes.
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>>9246233
>What do you guys think they'll see us with?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLxSUKA--Dg
this basically sums up the aesthetic of the 21st Century
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>Shakespeare didn't think he was writing literature
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Shakespeare isn't real
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Shakes is like Homer - a figment of the global collective.
for anons have memes, that dubs do touch
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>>9246196
jewish lobby is the answer
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Almost 20 and i started to enjoy reading only now, any advice on some must-have books to open up my mind?Preferably philosophy
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>>9246177
Start with the greeks
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>>9246177
Sophie's World?
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>>9246182
has got it going on, she's all i want and i waited for so long
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modern fiction is tra...
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had to read it for school
fuckin' hated that book
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>>9246135
I liked it very much
>Inb4 pseud/pleb
No.
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I really liked the first 2/3rds. I felt that it got much weaker towards the end.
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So why haven't you embraced anarcho-syndicalism yet /lit/?
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>>9246085
I agree with a lot of anarcho-syndicalist ideals.
I would never say I am one because,
A. It has a stupid name
B. People who tend to support it are fucktards drawn by its stupid name
C. No country will ever adopt it because it has a stupid name and is comprised of fucktards
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>>9246085
I used to be into more traditionals strands of anarchism until I found out that a huge portion of the people involved in the anarchist community/environment (at least where I've participated) hold as essentialist 'enlightenment' ideals as liberals and old school marxists. I eventually found much more in common with the few neo-situationists and post-anarchists in my area and writings in those strands that to me resonated more with the current state of things.
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Make the case for it right now, I might embrace it
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>during my student years I would read and write every day
>would get pleasure tingles from it
>now I am full-time employed
>can't get into a book, can't muster the energy to write
>was always insecure about my financial stability
>now I am well paid and miserable
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I'm going through something similar at the moment, OP.
>When I'm at work, I keep working on this story in my mind.
>I keep telling myself to work on various projects when I get home.
>Tell myself to pick up drawing and writing again. (Not that I was ever any good, mind you. I was just happiest when I was focusing on my hobbies.)
>Now, I come home and just stare at the blinking cursor.
>I put a pencil to paper and can't seem to process the words that came to me so easily when I thought about them at work.
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hm, its almost as if money doesnt make you any happier than you already are
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I work from 7.30 until 4. I read a lot. My mother cooks from me however but i still have ample time for a girlfriend, a very active social life and a lot of reading. Usually a book from mon-Fri with no reading on the weekend
I will agree with writing. You need a lot of free time to write anything but short stories or poems. But I think full time work kills a bit of your poem writing skills