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At what age did you grow out of Nietzsche?
Me? I was 17.
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>>9236683
I grew out of narcissistic nihilism around 18. I grew into Nietzsche when I was 28.
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>>9236691
>I grew into Nietzsche when I was 28.
Bit of a late bloomer eh?
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I read him when i was a teen....didn't get it till I re-read him in my late 20's
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Obviously this book is worth to read it. But should i read it in english? My english skills are 7/10 so i would understand the language but is it worth the effort or should i just buy the german book?
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>>9236605
>Obviously this book is worth to read it.
Wrong.
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>>9236605
What are you some kind of translation faggot?you should obviously read in the language you can best understand, and then do at least a bit of due diligence on the best translation in a search of academic reviews
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>>9236609
Waste of time?
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So I'm enjoying this well enough so far (about 200 pages in) but I can't lie, this book is kind of kicking my ass. Half the time I don't entirely get what's happening or who the fuck these characters are supposed to be or what their relation to each other is. Do you start understanding it more as you keep reading or should I accept that I'm a hopeless brainlet? (doesn't help that I have maybe the shittiest edition in existence)
Also Mrs. Joubert sounds like a major qt
J R thread I guess.
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>>9236554
You are a brainlet. Every character is so fleshed out and different you should be able to tell who's talking just by reading their dialogue. Maybe start underlining people's names. Or find a list of the characters and memorize them.
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>>9236554
holy...
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>>9236554
Hey OP kinda like what that other guy said. Go on the gaddis website and there is a big list of characters. When I started the book I kinda memorized the list. It helps a lot. Or when you see names look up the list. It will help you remember. Funniest book I've ever read HOLY.
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Books with a relationship like pic related 2017-03-14 12:15:05 Post No.9236512
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Will Graham and Abigail Hobbs from Hannibal.
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you mean the part where she conspires with hannibal to get will locked in a mental asylum and then gets murdered?
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>>9236526
Yes, no.
More like the relationship Will wanted to have with her, teaching her how to fish, being a father figure to her and taking responsibility for her actions.
I'm basically looking for a book with a girl that has daddy issues.
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>>9236512
bump
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>Tfw I love the mountains and agree with the stoics that civilization thrives at elevation.
>Tfw I could eat fruit all day. I love fruit so much.
>Tfw I used to love Schopenhauer and aestheticism, but now find myself moving away from those lazy bastards.
>Tfw I fucking love fruit.
>Tfw recurring stomach problems.
>Tfw happiest memories are at family's cabin high in the mountains away from society.
>Tfw love physical exertion but have always been sickly.
>Tfw I'm obsessed with the idea of cleansing myself in cold water, air etc.
>Tfw used to suck on Wagner's pee-pee when he asked.
Guys, am I Nietzsche?
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>>9236464
Kill yourself.
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>>9236464
If you don't eat your feces. Dont bother faggot.
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Books that changed the way you live 2017-03-14 11:45:37 Post No.9236428
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This book hit me like a brick. At first in a bad way, then in a good way.
"Sometimes he would put the lamp out and lie on the rug on the floor and watch the edges of color that the sea salt and the sand in the wood made in the flame as they burned. On the floor his eyes were even with the line of the burning wood and he could see the line of the flame when it left the wood and it made him both sad and happy. All wood that burned affected him in this way. But burning driftwood did something to him that he could not define. He thought that is was probably wrong to burn it when he was so fond of it; but he felt no guilt about it"
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>>9236428
I love the narration but the dialogue absolutely kills me. I recently tried to read it but gave up after 100 pages because of how slowly it did progress and how unbearable the dialogue especially with the children was.
I assume since you really liked it you would recommend giving it another try?
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>>9236490
and the parts like the quote you gave are really great I must admit.
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>>9236500 I agree that some of the dialog with the kids can be a little tedious. But for me I tried to read into their words more than I normally would with dialogue and it got a bit more interesting. Either way yes I'd 100% reccomend pushing through if for nothing but the u-boat chase that takes up the last quarter of the novel. It really ties the rest of the novel into what I saw as a way of life.
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Which are your favourite words of any language?
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Pinpilinpauxa
Trencadís
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Greek; αἰτία
Latin: manifestus
German: too many to choose from
English: none come to mind
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abacus
algorithm
apotheosis
hermitage
quiescence
tautology
sage
serene
λόγος
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>tfw became extremely poor for the sake of achieving literary authenticity
>tfw started to do medical experiments for money
>tfw one of the recent trials I did fucked up my vision and balance I signed the waiver not to expect compensation
>tfw probably going to have to sell my liver soon to pay rent
Please make it stop
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This pasta AGAIN
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>tfw got put on death row so I can become a GOAT author
Now I just need to be spared at the last moment, should be great
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Meanwhile, I'm scuba diving in the caribbean!
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I'm in the final year of my degree which means I only have access to my uni's library for a few more months.
What rare books (out of print + not stocked in most public libraries + impossible to find second hand for an affordable price) should I look for at my uni library and read before I lose access to it?
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>>9236211
Big milky boobies
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>>9236211
The Necronomicon
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>>9236211
>What rare books (out of print + not stocked in most public libraries + impossible to find second hand for an affordable price)
Long, multiple volume works usually fit this description, look for some of those that you're interested in.
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Other than your diary desu, what are the some of the most relentlessly bleak and anti-existence non-fiction books?
Examples:
Zappfe: Last Messiah
Ligotti: Conspiracy Against The White Race
Elliot Rodger: My Twisted World
Schopenhaur: World as Will and Representation
etc.
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>>9236181
>Elliot Rodger: My Twisted World
I really wish the mods would ban mention of that stupid waste of virtual paper.
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>>9236181
My diary desu
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>>9236187
My mom's diary desu
It is certainly bleaker than mine, since all my failures are a consequence of her failures (of which she is obviously aware)
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At what age did you realise that Hegel was the philosopher for you?
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>>9236125
I always realized it, it merely had to be retroactively fulfilled by its conscious emergence
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>>9236125
how do you distinguish between hegel and jeckle?
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>>9236125
hey, op, you're that 18yo in love with a 25yo amirite? you're cute
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is it merely coincidence that the most famous female modernist's first name sounds like "vagina"?
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>>9236110
vagina wolf amirite
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>>9236117
virginia doesn't sound like vagina, but woolf does
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No, you can tell these things are preplanned because the best SF author's name reminds you how wank the genre is
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Hey /lit/, this is my first time on this board, so go easy please.
What are some good recommendations for some sci-fi horror type novels? Novels kinda like pic related.
Not necessarily the Alien universe, but novels similar in themes. Btw, I've heard some of the Alien books are really good.
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>sci-fi horror
Start with the greeks
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>>9235874
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. Gave me the fucking creeps. The sequels are comparatively disappointing.
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>>9235874
Watts. Blindsight and Echopraxia.
Anyway, >>/sffg/
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What is the best way to self public a book? Like online.
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>>9235809
Publish*
Fuck. I'm off to a great start.
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Use createspace, it's free and the quality of the book material itself is good. They also provide template manuscript dimensions based on the size of book you want to print.
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upload it to /rs/
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What would /lit/'s idea be for a BA honours thesis (English Lit. or Philosophy)?
The zeitgeist here often aligns with my interests and I may decide to pursue honours in a couple of years, alas I have no idea what it would be on, and would want to start early.Before anyone says anything I'm in the first world so I'm not paying to study
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>>9235738
most 1st world countries make you pay to study tho, only socialist shitholes state-sponsor your studies
t. knew students living free from seychelles, scotland, kenya and vietnam
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>>9235738
>zeitgeist
Stopped reading here
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>>9235795
You know when you hear a word check the definition then start using it more often than you should? Well I'm writing an essay on geist at the moment.