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he was a ppppp

>>9196063
so a frustration i have with the way this book is

wait no he isn't

okay so a frustration i have with the public perception of this book is that it's about some self-absorbed teen whining when it's very very obviously about a severely mentally ill child having a nervous breakdown. i really do not get why most people miss that. it's extremely obvious. you could do the embarrassing thing and say "REEEE THOSE STUPID NORMIES" but i really don't think that's it at all like you would have to be genuinely retarded to miss that what the fuck

>>9196063
He only reached true authenticity the moment he grabbed Phoebe's moist undergarments in the palm of his hand and proceeded to force himself on her.

living

Looks like hard water and drying shampoo.
I would recommend he switch to Head & Shoulders shampoo+conditioner.

>>9196014

correctly perceiving reality and being awake too much of the time.

>>9196000
Sick trip ciphers
But sorry I'm no help

>>9196000
Oxford, I guess.

Charlie Beard is old, and covers more than just the Revolution, but he's really good.

>>9196000

nice trips.

Try Gordon Wood, "The American Revolution". It is a short, sweet little book.

Also actually read our Declaration for context.

What cunt you from?

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i wish i had an endless supply of rosewater

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yum yum

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I don't really think he is an ethical/moral philosopher.

>>9195940
It comes up slightly in his later works but I'd recommend reading a biography of his instead.

One of the interest aspects in this area was that he often advised his most gifted students to abandon philosophy and take up more practical subjects. At one point him and a friend decided to abandon philosophy themselves to apply to Trinity College Dublin as Medical students in the aim of becoming a psychiatrist though the mission was abandoned. A periodic behaviour of his that went on throughout his life in different sudden ventures

>>9196022

Well he did suggest that his work is ethical, and that ethics is what really matters, but that he cannot speak of it explicitly so what's left is logik and stuff. Mysticism is a completely different method / mode of life. Whether this was genuine or not it does seem a bit esoteric, a bit pretentious.

But obviously he did struggle with these questions a lot. Making bravely bizarre decisions (money, war, employment), abandoning philosophy several times etc.

But yeah read a biography.

>>9195918
I liked her books but I've only read up to Queen of the Damned as well
I feel like the stuff after gets into wank fan fiction tier stuff but my gf has read all her books and loves them

she's a pleb though

I red some of them back when I was 13, I kinda stopped after The Body Thief.
I really liked Interview, it had an authentic feel to it, later books became cheesy. Lestat becoming a rock-star was a bit much.

>>9195918
Page 3

>>9195916
I lack the requisite desperation to identify with, and pander to, her target audience.

>>9195916
Integrity, beast.

>>9195916
Nice tits

>>9195894
r/eddit might know, may even give you some upvotes for giving them a great angle on fan fic #39472769843

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>>9195961
Is this irony? I wouldn't be able to tell if you are making fun of a typical /lit/ answer. Are you aware this is bait?

>>9195872
I learn what so many writers and thinkers look like just cause all of the people who post threads with nothing but a picture of the writer to go on.

Belief is for religious fags

>>9195948
The scientific method's just as bad. Stupid sci-bots and their obsession with an antiquated Roman legal form, of which, of course, they know precisely nothing. What! Is the Earth on trial?

The line between pretentious prose and beautiful prose is drawn less with respect to language and word choice itself and more to the level of compatibility the meaning of text and the prose have, i.e. if your prose is complex, whereas your message is vapid or simple, it will be pretentious.

I pulled this from a POF profile of someone nearby.

>I’m delighted to see you made it this far! Insert something Witty. As you continue to read this drawn out about me which I suppose you could call an insider’s view of Tess. Incidentally my name is just simply “Tess”, go figure! You, the reader will have a better understanding of who “Tess”, is and be able to come to a conclusion on whether you would like to embark in a virtual messaging journey. This journey could be short and bittersweet or seemingly endless. This however depends on varying factors. But before you indulge yourself any further please read the following. What is it that you are looking for? When you look at me can you see yourself being committed in a long term relationship? Short term? Or do I only visually satisfy you in your pursuit of sexual intercourse? Think about it…seriously.

If writing looks like this, its pretentious.

>>9195819
On the most simple basis its when a writer aims for his text to resemble contrived notions of what a great text should appear like while not actually grasping the attitudes and discipline those writers were in to come up with their work.

Essentially Shakespeare didn't set out to create great Shakespearean works, he wrote towards far more straight forward ends of creating characters that entertained connected and held the interest of his audience. A pretentious writer may think the very resemblence to Shakespeare means great writing while not achieving any of the more fundamental qualities that made Shakespeare's work important

>>9195712
Resume with the romans
then commence with the christians

>>9196133
Wait I've got the Greek and Roman list but what's the christian one?

>>9195712
http://interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtbloom.html

>>9195633
That books are way better than phone computers.

>>9195633
This was a good book but the Self-Realization Fellowship stuff always felt cult like

>>9195714
It is. For evidence just browse any ex-srf forums or read Stripping the Gurus.

post means after

>>9195592
Pomo's obsession with collages to the point of snootiness is what distinguishes it from all that came before.

Wtf is modernism?

Shouldn't gilgamesh be in hell for being muslim?

There's already the Devil May Cry series you fucking idiot jfc

>>9195574
>>9195586
embarassing

>>9195552
>If you want more hyperreality
Travels in Hyperreality by Eco

>If you want more PoMo, hardly accessible word fuckery
Plato's Pharamacia, Derridas

>If you want application
The Medium is the Message, MacLuhan

>If you want something not written by a white dude/ not 99% marxist
The Signifying Monkey by Gates Jr.

Have fun, OP.

>>9195565
>The Medium is the Message, MacLuhan
I liked this. Had to stop halfway through S&S to read since Baudrillard couldn't stop using his own writing as a labyrinthy case in point for the vertigo of simulation

>>9195584
You should probably skip Derridas as a whole if you don't like the "making a point" deal. I thought it was a lot of fun, though.