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Is this why he did it, /lit/?
>Once during my undergrad semester I probably mistakenly smoked for the first time in a while, opened up Ulysses, and went through Telemachus to appreciate the language. For the short amount of time that I was able to harness my focus (3 or 4 pages), Buck Mulligan was a fat, confident Dopey from Snow White, climbing a wizard's tower like something out of Fantasia, and Stephen was his eternal servant lingering on the stairs, sort of a Grumio type, only more sulky and less funny. I found myself laughing aloud at Malachi's quips, whereas any time else I can only ver stand back and appreciate them for what they try to do.
>Also but then like a few moments later I had a panic attack whereat the peak I felt halfway between a great tragedian and a crackpot, either way destined to suffer. Everything played out like a movie before me, and since, mistakenly, I had smoked with two anxious-prone friends, the anxiety enveloped me and for a moment I thought I'd be trapped seeing life as a movie.
I checked out the first few pages myself and... "He pointed his finger in friendly jest and went over to the parapet."
>in friendly jest
>mfw
guys please help me
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>>9152062
>Also but then
I love DFW
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DFW smoked weed?
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>>9152190
ever read infinite jest?
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Is Schopenhauer a good starting point for philosophy? 2017-02-24 03:39:41 Post No.9151113
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Is Schopenhauer a good starting point for philosophy?
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No, because once you're done with him you'll kill yourself
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The first two essays in Parerga and Paralipomena vol 1 are "History of the Ideal and Real" and "History of Philosophy." The headings of History of Philosophy are:
Pre-Socratic, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Neoplatonists, Francis Bacon, Descartes, Berkley, and Kant
I'd read the essays and look into the philosophy of Transcendental Idealism and Plato.
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>>9151113
not really, but this book might be. it's easy, interesting, and it has a great introduction that'll set you on the right path.
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Existentialism General 2017-02-24 02:48:19 Post No.9150959
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Was Camus really a hack?
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>>9150959
Yes, Like all french intellectuals.
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>>9150964
>Like all French intellectuals
Why do people hate the French so much?
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>Existentialism General
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7l9g89xJgs
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Hey /lit/ any good christian philosophy books to recommend?
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Jacques Maritain
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summa theologica
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gk chesterton
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This was my first Dostoevsky, and also one of the worst books i've ever read.
Are all his books like this? Pre-modernist stream of consciousness garbage
No wonder Nabokov thinks he is a sentimental mediocrity
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>Are all his books like this?
No, they really aren't.
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>pre-modernist
lel
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>>9150052
Its true though
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What is this symbol?
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>>9148312
The symbol of the brap posters
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>>9148312
Ancient ritual allusion.
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why is this novel held in such high esteem?
just finished it and other than the beautiful language, nothing in particular stands out for me. can someone tell me why i'm a pleb?
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because americans have zero good authors, and desperately try to convince themselves of the contrary by latching onto whoever appears to have the slightest hint of talent
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Why have you not read the greatest work of 20th century philosophy yet?
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>20th century philosophy
sorry im not gay
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>>9144837
I have. It's good.
t. Lacanian
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What exactly would it take for me to understand it?
When is God going to get nice kind and shit? I'm through Genesis and Exodus and so far he only bullies people for the pettiest reasons
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>>9144814
Come back once you've read the whole thing, faggot.
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My elementary school teachers hated that book because too many sentences began with "And".
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>>9145090
Yeah, whoever wrote the Bible had a case of autism
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Genesis-Chapter-5/
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/lit/ memed me into reading this. I don't usually read non-fiction/philosophy (just never got into it) so this book has kind of broken my worldview. is he right? is life really "malignantly useless"? The terrifying part of this book is that he frames any resistance to its ideas as part of The Conspiracy itself
the only argument I've been able to rationalize against it is that he views human life through too wide of a lens. through his view, nothing could make human life (or any conscious life) worth living. Maybe that's just true
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>>9144613
He makes a huge logical error that renders his argument philosophically useless: he presupposes his conclusion and sets out to prove it. It may be poetic but to talk about this book philosophically is to wander around a dead end.
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>>9144635
I can agree with that general sentiment. But he's far from the only pessimist/anti-natalist in the world. The book is really a collection of the ideas from other people, which I admittedly haven't read, but still. It doesn't render his book undiscussable, imo
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>>9144613
This guy hasnt said anything an edgy wa nabe nihilist teen hasnt said
Its a pathetic excuse for a book
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I've never heard a good reason not to use passive voice.
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>>9144482
No one has.
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Lol that head
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>>9144482
>Writes straightforward sentence
>Active voice
A good reason not to use passive voice has never been heard by me, desu
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/sffg/ - Science Fiction & Fantasy General 2017-02-22 07:40:38 Post No.9141959
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/sffg/ - Science Fiction & Fantasy General
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Complement your fantasy reading with Dwarf Fortress edition
Fantasy
Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/r688cPe.jpg
General:
>https://i.imgur.com/igBYngL.jpg
Flowchart:
>https://i.imgur.com/uykqKJn.jpg
Science Fiction
Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/A96mTQX.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/IBs9KE8.jpg
General:
>https://i.imgur.com/r55ODlL.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc.jpg
NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books:
>https://i.imgur.com/IJxTQBL.jpg
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>It's another scene where a female character gets brutally spanked
Thanks you based Wheel of Time
Also where the fuck was the editor with these books?
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>>9142027
>spanking
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Want to read a modern fantasy series that isn't overwhelmed by 'muh girlpower'. Send help.
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Why does /lit/ hate contemporary literature so much?
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>>9141893
Because women are allowed to write it
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>>9141893
Personally? Because nothing good has come out of it yet.
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>>9141893
Because so much of it is vapid, pretentious and blatantly whoring for literary prizes.
Literary fiction is a construct of the publishing industry. It's just a genre like any other.
literary tattoos.
Have any of you got them?
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>>9127380
tattoos are for faggots.
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>>9127380
Tattoos are for sexually active people
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>>9127383
This. Literary tattoos are even worse since it's all just for show and you know for a fact they haven't even read the book and are just a product of brainwashed materialism. Does anyone else find it sad how many people need to carve out an identity for themselves to feel unique?
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>tfw insecure in your taste in books and overall literary knowledge/intelligence
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>>9152198
ok. ok. wow. just... ok. you are a fucking faggot
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>>9152225
This.
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>tfw you realize talent is not something you learn
Why can't I even come up with a plot ffs
I wanted to write a novel about a war journalist who has a mentally ill son who ends up being a criminal but I realized I just can't handle something like that
I dont know anything about war or being in a war zone or being a criminal or paternal love
And I just can't write without using stream of consciousness, which I dont really want to use
Just fuck my shit up I will stick to write pop songs, bros