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>>9208051
cute girls will only come talk to you if you are "chad"
I do not know who "chad" is exactly but facts are facts

>>9208139
should i go back to my "underground" ?

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>Go to park
>See obese an obese reading a DVD case
>Laugh about it with my galpals later that day while were getting our hair done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR9tsWhRYJo

An interview of him, most of you probably never heard of him anyway. I don't even think it's translatable in other languages, well sur you can but you'd lose all the style.

there's actually a Journey to the End of the Night thread a little further down. He has a decent following on this board.

I've only read Journey but it has me interested in reading more from him in the future. I've heard that his style is difficult to translate, but the Ralph Manheim translation I read seemed pretty vicious and full of impact.

I don't understand why that particular book gets a reputation as being so horribly depressing. Yeah, it's not exactly a positive view of humanity, but parts like Robinson's "woe is me" routine and involvement with the old woman is hilarious, and the few moments of optimism that occasionally shine through really hit hard due to being surrounded by so much bleakness.

also he's a smug looking bastard.

>>9208113
Shit, I didn't see it, I just search for "celine" on the catalog...

what

If you can't tell if it's ready to be published or not yourself, then it's not.

They only two ways to get published are either
- know a guy in publishing
- be famous, so people want to read your rubbish
It's a business like any, nobody gives a shit about your masterpiece unless it can make some guaranteed money

The Iliad and Odyssey exalt the nobility of Honor.

The very first word of the Iliad is “RAGE.” The “RAGE” of Achilles when his honor is violated and his rightful prize and love is taken from him by his very own commander.

Right here we see Man versus State, as Achilles is the superior warrior, and as he takes all the risks, he ought get the reward. That is the Natural Law of Zeus, for after Achilles Natural Rights are violated and Achilles quits, Zeus sees to it that the Greeks begin to lose, as Zeus’s will was done.

Long before Atlas Shrugged in Rand’s cheap novel, Achilles quit the Greek army.

Homer shows that women who honor their commitments, like Penelope, lead to happy endings. Women who disregard their commitments, like Helen, lead to War.

Achilles quits for the sake of Honor, refuses to return when offered millions times more prizes, arguing that once honor is taken away, mere money/prizes cannot buy it back. He also reasons that all the wealth in the world is not worth him losing his life in an arena where his honor was taken away. When offered honors and awards, Achilles states, “I receive my honor from Zeus, not from corrupt Kings."

And too Achilles returns to fight for Honor, so as to avenge the death of his friend Patroculus, knowing full well he will die.

Simply put, Achilles is a man who lives and dies not for mere prizes, nor perks, nor tenure, nor titles, nor money, but for honor, and honor alone.

A few hundred years later, Socrates would invoke Achilles while facing death at his own trial. Socrates was offered perks and prizes and life if he would only recant his teachings that “Virtue does not come from money, but money and every lasting good of man derives form virtue.”

But then Socrates asked, “Would Achilles back down from battle if bribed by physical wealth?” Socrates reasoned he would be dishonoring the Great Achilles if he ever recanted his teachings.

Why did all of Greece under Agamemnon invade Troy for one girl? Why did the families of these men support them in doing so, even the women? Was this woman that beautiful? Yes, it is that in part. There is the saying of the woman who launched a thousand ships. But in going after this woman and the cowardly Paris who stole her, the men were going to reclaim society. It was not that the men were horny and all marveled the beauty of this woman. It was that these men upheld their values so much, that they wouldn’t even let this woman, who had beauty blessed by a “goddess” get away with doing something so heinous as breaking a wedding vow and running away with another man to another country.

And we see this again when Achilles refuses to fight. The Achaens had vows that a certain maiden, as a spoil of war would go to Achilles. But King Agamemnon broke this, and thus Achilles refused to bend to his will and retreated to his own tent. This is showing a people who held on to honor, respect, justice, even at the cost of defying the most beautiful woman in the world (and the mischievous deities that supported her) as well as kings. In both cases what was theirs was reclaimed.

>>9208345
>Why did all of Greece under Agamemnon invade Troy for one girl?
Because if they win they get to sack Troy. A city famed for its wealth. Most people were there just to raid. Read Sophocles Ajax for more on this.

>>9207819
>guy writes a history of western philosophy with his own at the end
>literally every other philosophy before is analyzed under the auspcies of his analytic philosophy
gee, who would have known?

He did it to write philosophers he didn't like out the history of western philosophy
He failed

Yes, he did, but it's not his fault. Everyone does it. Try yourself to write a history of western philosophy. Be as neutral and fair as you can. In the end you'll be unconsciously writing a manifest of your own personal thinking about the world.

>>9207770
You thought all that about it? Please, that is too much enough, do not tell us any more. I am now to extinguish my oily flame, and retire to my chambers, to contemplate the severity of the profundity of this discovery and illumination

>>9208313
There appears to be something wrong with your post.

Jews in Western Academia

>>9207762
Lifted heavy materials

Avoid using I you fucking mong

>>9207771
my retarded brain comes from a myopic pov. sry.
how should sentences be phrased?

>>9207762

Basically just copy paste all the traits they are looking for and stick them in your resume. Most of the time they don't read these things. They just search terms.

>>9207738
South Park

It's pretty comfy. I wouldn't say it's particularly enlightening but it does have decent characters and a nice plot. I read it when I was very young but I have fond memories of it.

>>9207713
You're not wrong really. Nietzsche is less of a philosopher and more of a motivational writer.

>>9207728
a damn good one at that

hobbes lived before nietztsche u r etard holy fuck

>>9207646
Done. Now what?

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No.

>>9207665
Have fun with that boulder my man

>According to Servius, schoolmates considered Virgil extremely shy and reserved, and he was nicknamed "Parthenias" or "maiden" because of his social aloofness.

OUR GUY

>>9207638
>have something in common with based Virgil

I'm ok with this.

>>9207674
I bet you're not as pretty

>>9207628
My Twisted World by Elliot Roger is the obvious answer.

Not contemporary, but definitely Notes from Underground

>>9207749

It's pretty much the only answer

>>9207420
self improvement books are a meme
just fucking get better at whatever you're studying

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Get off this board, you stupid faggot.

>>9207377
The catcher in the rye

also START WITH THE GREEKS.

>>9207385
I just re-read American Psycho and I feel like I'm missing out on some other gems.

Also, I can't help it

t. schitzo

>>9207377
Sound and the fury?

PS I already read adolf my childhood friend. Biographies very welcome if they focus on aspects like that

>be born into ruling class
>not be a total wimp

That's it.

>>9207280
Well that's not right