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What does one call someone who adheres to scientism? In a philosophical sense that is.
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The adherer of scientism
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Scientist in the ideological sense
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>>9071917
A fedora.
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Do you really enjoy books, or do you just want the social prestige of being an intellectual behemoth?
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Do you really enjoy reading Gass, or do you just want to force your way to a microscopic amount of recognition on an internet forum?
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>>9071905
are the two mutually exclusive?
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>>9071909
are the two mutually exclusive?
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What is the philosophical middle ground between pic related's autistic "dude just be nice to people and don't be mean lmao" and utilitarianism's "dude if brutally raping and murdering this child will make everyone happier than it being alive would go ahead lmao"?
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>>9071854
the old testament
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>>9071854
>Helping people is autistic
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>>9071868
This site has perverted peoples understanding of so many concepts to the point that they really mean nothing and anything now.
If it was mandatory for people who use this site to read the DSM definition of autism... Every time someone uses it out of place it reminds me of a ditsy college girl going "oh em gee I am suh-oooooh OCD".
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My co-worker remembers seeing a poem or maybe a short story, about two friends or brothers, they were two males, sleeping in the same room together, and one of the friends has a dream that the other is being attacked, and so he grabs his sword to protect his friend or brother, and the OTHER friend hears the brother calling out his name or something, and he assumes that he's in trouble, so he grabs a bag of money to go help him get out of trouble, and at the end, it asks you who you thought was the better friend. The one who went for the sword to save his friend, or the one who went for the money to save his friend. And that's all I know.
Does anyone know what the poem or short story was please help. She remembers it might be an older poem because of the language they used.
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help
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please
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>>9071777
It's gonna be the tiger. If you actually had reading comprehension, you'd know this
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Is this image accurate? 2017-02-07 04:32:53 Post No.9071752
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Should I avoid these figures? I saw this posted on /lit/ some time ago.
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>>9071752
Just watch some of them and decide for yourself, faggot.
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/mu/ here, absolutely avoid Fantano
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>>9071752
I remember when liking Maddox was how you got in with the cool internet crowd.
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Why does everyone hate Jonathan Franzen? I say this as someone who hates Jonathan Franzen and doesn't know why.
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>>9071738
He pretended to be DFW's friend while he was alive to piggyback and then immediately started shit talking him when he was dead.
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>>9071776
Usually is the other way around
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is he a kike?
if so, thats why
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>tfw have to read this shit book again
>tfw don't want to write another essay
>tfw can't find old essays
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>>9071605
>tfw don't want to write another essay
It's ok, your professor doesn't want to read it either
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>>9071605
That's a shitty fucking intro my lad
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>>9071658
it's a shitty book
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Why aren't you a Christian, anon? 2017-02-07 03:52:03 Post No.9071590
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Why aren't you a Christian, anon?
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But I am, OP. Catholicism FTW.
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I can't take the leap to faith and I don't know if I'd want to even if I could.
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>>9071594
Fpbp
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Euclid defined something as being the absence of everything.
How is this possible.
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seems like a pretty good definition to me
you are gay
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>>9071476
You have no part, fag.
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>>9071469
Could you at least include what he defined as being the absence of everything?
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Is Cursive Emasculating for guys? 2017-02-07 03:03:44 Post No.9071442
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Is Cursive Emasculating for guys?
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I have always wondered if cursive is going the way of the fedora except for when dealing with older people and rigid corporate culture
how often do you practice cursive
should we devise a new formal handwriting style?
is interpersonal formalities all just bullshit for cucks?
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Who wants Arabic master race ?
no, just english language cursive is for cucks
there is no beauty in english, no passion, no emotion
how does it feel, women loose their minds over us and our deep and beautiful writing
its so much more artistic
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Why does the title have nothing to do with the rest of the post?
Word processing killed cursive obviously.
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>>9071442
Who gives a fuck? Caring about whether or not your handwriting is perceived as feminine is one of the most beta things I've read in weeks
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Is there any worth while lit by Native Americans 2017-02-07 03:00:30 Post No.9071438
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Is there any worth while lit by Native Americans
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I think I would like to read writings, that may be rare, from someone that is educated in ways of old "native american" tribe(s). Any recommendations?
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>>9071438
Polpul Vuh
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>>9071440
I'll come back with results, op speaking and thanks for the reply
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>>9071488
no problem! sorry for the typo in Polpol Vuh
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>i go to write a science fiction book
>the characters are going to have "powers"
>the main character has a "shield" around him
>and the "rival"....well I do not know yet,
>I thought it might be pyrokinesis
>logically i need an antithesis for shield
Sorry my bad english, i hope i've been clear
some ideas???
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>>9071423
Ye old virginal wall of virtue vs evil lustful penetrating villain trope huh?
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>>9071423
A giant, pulsating, black energy phallus with a gleaming white tip that can penetrate anything.
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>>9071423
Just have his ability be to break down the Mc's walls. You don't really have to explain it more than, "I can break down barriers," But maybe allude to some sort of connection between the the two that allows the antagonist to have the upper hand over the MC. Since the MC doesn't have his powers against a villain he'd have to actually use real human abilities and skill to deal with his issue.
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Any good books about the study of isolated tribes and their concepts and morals, and how those differ from the ones of our current civilization?
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>>9071270
Yes! I have one on my shelf called The Gebusi: Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World
Also check out The Continuum Concept.
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Levi Strauss
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Levi-Strauss to be sure is pretty good
If you want a quicker read to get you started, check out "Understanding a Primitive Society" by Peter Winch, who develops Evans-Pritchard's and Levy-Bruhl's research into the whether "primitive" cultures are rational in the same sense we are, or whether there are different rationalities.
Also maybe look at Marshall Sahlins, Islands of History.
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So which bible does /lit/ recommend for its literary value? King James or regular version? And if KJV where can u find a good copy?
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>>9071214
NASB, anything else is just too archaic
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King James Version is what I'm reading right now in preparation for Dante's Inferno
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You can get a free KJV from the Mormons but it'll probably be delivered by a missionary looking to convert you
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/lit/ shares their best *original* aphorisms
I'll go after you do, swear it.
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My fellow Americans feel compassion when they look into the whites of a foreigners eyes, but nothing when they look at the whiteness of their countrymen's skin...
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>If one wants to be what one wills, then one must will not to be otherwise than what one wants; but if one wishes to be known for something other than what one wills, it is necessary that rumor not persuade one to wish for changes in what will or will not be.
- La Douchefoucauld
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>>9071090
They say don't fix it if it ain't broke, but if you never open it you'll never know.