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Where do I start with German fascist and conservative intellectuals? Prewar and postwar

Also, can I start with Nomos of the Earth, or should I read Carl Schmitt's earlier work first?

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Does anybody know the law regarding selling custom and modified books?

I know old books like Ulysses or A Tale of Two Cities are now in the public domain, and anybody is free to print copies with their own designs. But what about books that still have copyright?

I found a few companies that take popular books with copyright; things like Harry Potter and Hunger Games and other popular YA books, and recover them with their own designs.

Presumably this is allowed as they have purchased the book and are essentially selling a defaced second hand book. Is this completely legal? I know they would not be permitted to print their own copies, but are they legally allowed to rebind books, add their own covers and then sell these for a profit, even in bulk?

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I decided to take a chance with the Goon-Pill and I am quite glad I have done so.

He takes Nietzsche's "will to power" and "Apollonian and Dionysian" concept and reconfigures them into a concept called "the duality of human nature", in which people can act either destructively or in the "way of building". The origin of this duality comes from the fact that we are not "All-Powerful" and that we are defined by our powerlessness, and through our free will, we can act in a way that strives to create a feeling of power in ourselves (will to power) and connection with existence, or we can reject the conditions that produce the powerlessness and act destructively. Where Goonan differs from Nietzsche is that he says we have to strive for a nuanced and balanced power, highlighting that people collectively cooperating and working together create more power for all instead of people acting individualistically and achieving less. He talks a lot about how "excessive power-seeking" is destructive.

He then applies the concepts of the original philosophy into the construction of all areas of society. Each area deserves it's own thread. They are that good. Except some will seem simplistic if not for the previous understanding of the core philosophy. Revolutionary ideas, and it seems like Goonan is trying to start a revolution of some sorts. Highly recommended to anyone looking for something fresh, visceral, and outside of the status quo cannon.

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With liberals beginning to censor everything, which works of fiction can we expect banned in the near future?

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Making a Scottish /lit/ chart. All I have so far are

Novels:
Rob Roy - Sir Walter Scott
Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh

Poetry:
Works of Rabbie Burns
Works of Robert Tannahill

VERY MUCH open to recommendations here, as I appear to be hopelessly lost.

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Can we PLEASE have a rational and sober discussion about the implications of this magnificent and supreme work?

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I have been made to understand Dostoevsky wrote this as something of a satire. I find this impossible to comprehend.

The character of the underground man is too resonant, too true, to be simple parody. How could anyone write such a character without intimately knowing his madness? Dostoevsky captures so much of my very soul in this work, feelings and sentiments I deemed near ineffable before, are you telling he meant it as a joke?

> I will explain; the enjoyment was just from the too intense consciousness of one's own degradation; it was from feeling oneself that one had reached the last barrier, that it was horrible, but that it could not be otherwise; that there was no escape for you; that you never could become a different man; that even if time and faith were still left you to change into something different you would most likely not wish to change; or if you did wish to, even then you would do nothing; because perhaps in reality there was nothing for you to change into.
;_;

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What do you /lit/ niggas think about BBC's new Pidgin service?

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>At a cottage
>It's autumn
>Chilly out
>Nothing to do
>Fresh brewed coffee/tea

What are you reading /lit/

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Is this image basically true? How come I never heard of this before?

Can someone give some examples of the Daemons and what they do if the shields fail? It sounds like something out of Event Horizon, maybe that is where they got the influence from.

Out of curiosity how do they manage to replace so many crew after a jump? Do they just not jump very often, likely only when they go into battle?

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This is the worst poetry comp I've ever read... Its almost satire. This is like something you'd buy as a joke for your friend who says poetry is just pretentious metaphors about flowers and shit.

I'm gonna post a couple examples, please tell me if I'm just a pleb

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The greatest philosopher of our time has endorsed the trolley problem meme. It's over, /lit/.

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Is there such a thing? I'm talking about real lolz

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Which starter book(s) can I read to give myself a grounding in philsophy in order to better understand difficult texts?

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Write something edgy