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>>9034907
Unironically yes.

Hegel was the last great philosopher. The turn towards irrationalism after him is why we first had fascism and then pomo liberalism.

>>9034907
Yes, just look at that qt face.

>>9034907
Its a well established fact Kierkegaard was born a woman

>medium

I read from a book like a normal person

>>9034852

a ereader is probably the best. you can store entire libraries on it, long battery life and you're not staring at a screen, its e ink

>>9034852
Read a book or from an ereader. Lcd screens (amoled, whatever--anything backlit) are not good for you. I know because I've already fucked up my eyes.

>inb4 someone leaves out the interesting part of their criticism

bro, I couldn't care less

sargon is a fag and you are too

>>9034847
This isn't LiveJournal you faggot fuck >>9034856
>implying anyone will read this or give a fuck about it seeing as it isn't even lit related

>>9034770
You should be challenging that empiricism on philosophical grounds, if you can. It's not philosophy that has failed you- it's the other way round.

intelligence isn't the same thing as wisdom

>>9034770
>intelligence is the same as socratic wisdom
dumb frogposter

>>9034701
Realise that authenticity is a chimera.

>>9034701
The point of writing fiction is in imagining the perspective of another, thats already a radical act even if they're superficially the same demographic as yourself.
If you fail authenticity on this front then you'll fail on any other

Remind yourself that authenticity is considered unimportant now thanks to postmodern thinkers.

>>9034686
ad libitum commodification

>>9034686
Modernism is still the peak of art in every medium.

>the author's time period is more important than their work
Fuck off with this identity politics bullshit

Anne Carson

Bloom thinks she is a genius

>>9034663
>context is irrelevant
>literature doesn't change over time

I dont understand how people consider this book "hard". there is tons of violence and action that's very explicitly described, so I'd never call it boring. there's only a few key characters that matter, so it's not hard to keep track of who's who. and the chapter subtitles even outline the key events so it's almost impossible to not follow along.

I'm not a smart man and failed at reading a ton of classics (The Scarlet Letter, The Divine Comedy, Moby Dick), but I did not see where the hard part was in this book.

>American """"literature"""""
Just stop.

>>9034605
Chill out faggo

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>>9034566

>not taking your own advice

Dano, I..

>>9034566
Reminder that, as Nietzsche taught us, German philosophy is intellectual poison.
Rread more French philosophy.

>>9034590
>German philosopher influenced by German philosophy said this

I believe he is referring to Denethor, who at the time was using the seeing stone and was unwittingly being influenced by Sauron. Denethor didn't realize that while using the stone he was only seeing what Sauron wanted him to see, and this caused him to despair because all he saw was the destruction of Gondor and what looked like the victory of the enemy.

He was referring to the rotten plot, riddled with more holes than a piece of Swiss cheese.
Saruman was too good a character for that book.

>>9034340

Nothing, it's more bs lines Peter Jackson added for no reason that isn't in the books.

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>That moment you realize the Orcs were a metaphor for niggers

Good for you anon, I hope you've found your peace :)

I'm rescuing your gay-ass thread op

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>tfw win every debate

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>tfw every debate turns into middle-school tier shit flinging

>>9034241
I'm reading the Collinson Fair translation, I think.
I think it's pretty great.

>>9034241
http://www.learner.org/courses/worldlit/journey-to-the-west/read/translations-editions.html

>>9034241
>take 17 year pilgrimage looking for the original texts so he doesn't have to read the translations

Is Xuanzang, dare I say it, /ourguy/?

possibly.
get it published.

A sample for reference; https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B29UDA4XRCCpY0IzRFRNX0FETkU/view?usp=drivesdk

>>9034162
It's out to the editor now. Well on the way to publishing.

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>>9034146
You're not. Move to Paris you fuckin pseud

Find someone that his/her native language is francais and practice with them

>>9034149
Which board then?
>>9034150
Thanks