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>>9945979
which one though? Daoism is pretty easy to understand. Just apply the nature of fluidity and water into your thoughts about the source, pattern and substance of everything that exists and you will kinda understand it.

r u sure loatzu said that? i read a lot of daoist bullshit in college i dont remember that part

dont remember that quote from the tao te ching

Thank you for your well-reasoned and interesting opinion.

Go find the sci-fi/fantasy general.

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EU thread?

Who is the best Star Wars author and why is it Matthew Stover?

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>>9945686

Chekhov was aesthetic af

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>>9945686

>>9945678
yeah

ignorance is bliss and there are fewer redpills than blue ones

t. 135 iq

>>9945685
Wrong (emphasis mine)
t. 156 IQ

>>9945685
2.5/10, you missed the part where the third guy is seeing over the dark clouds into the beautiful sunrise

t. 145 iq

>>9945609
im white and proud

>>9945610
no you aren't

thed eluze pill moar like the dleuse penis xD

>77. I do not understand women and never will; I don't even want to. To desire to belong to someone, to long to be overpowered and commanded — such longings do not seem merely tough to empathize with to me but even absurd. How could anyone wish for such a thing? If I understood it at all it would mean that I am not a man, and by no means constitute a triumph of understanding on the male part of the species. Male and female: this means separate to all eternity, and all touted understanding is merely superficial. The reality, the truth, the essence of the difference are to all eternity ungraspable.

>>9945074
Male perspective:
On Women, Arthur Schopenhauer
Sex and Character, Otto Weininger

Female perspective:
The Manipulated Man, Eshter Vilar
The Sadeian Woman, Angela Carter

>>9945326
Thank you, anon!

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>>9944684
some of them probably are translated

>>9944704
Nice, I reckon some of these are on Petain?

Martin Heidegger and Carl Schmitt.

>>9944659
uncuck yourself from their friendship. happened to me and made me realise how much of a loser he was

>>9944659
Bakunin, followed by Emma Goldman and then Max Stirner (with notes about how he's responding to Hegel and Marx so people don't mistake the racism in the first part for genuine and stop reading before he calls race a spook).

Who is the guy between Marx, Dauvé and Debord ?

>>9944522

Voltaire vs. Rousseau

>>9944527
>culture of critique
in other words you're a retard who just reads the latest meme books instead of searching out knowledge yourself.

>>9944524
The best part is how they're buried opposite each other in the Panthéon.

>>9944464
only two books ?

your thread will die alone just like me

Recently found a great second hand bookshop in the North East, got Slaughterhouse 5, The Recognitions, The Sound and the Fury, Stoner and Children of Hurín for £30. The Faulkner is a really nice copy too, which is a bonus

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just

You may know W. Kamau Bell from his new, Emmy-nominated hit show on CNN, United Shades of America. Or maybe you’ve read about him in the New York Times, which called him “the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years.” Or maybe from The New Yorker, fawning over his brand of humor writing: "Bell’s gimmick is intersectional progressivism: he treats racial, gay, and women’s issues as inseparable."


"Bell... tackles everything from racism to his life growing up as a Blerd (Black nerd) to his struggles to find his comedic voice in this illuminating memoir." —Entertainment Weekly

“With insight and aplomb, stand-up comedian Bell recounts his career arc...Those unfamiliar with Bell’s work or expecting a lighthearted read from a popular comedian will be surprised by the book’s breadth and depth...This informative read will be illuminating and worthwhile for aspiring comedians and general readers.”—Publishers Weekly

“At times funny, at times somber, this debut will be enjoyed by fans of United Shades, Issa Rae’s TV series Insecure, and anyone who enjoys comedy with a personal touch.”—Library Journal

“A funny, heartfelt tête-à-tête with a down-to-earth star.”—Boston Magazine

“At turns sarcastic, poetic and enraged, Bell's language is potent. His own realization of how racism intersects with other forms of discrimination, like sexism, broadens his platform and embraces a wide audience. Awkward Thoughts is definitely entertaining, but it also invites readers to look through different eyes. And those who aren't inspired to take action will at least have considered a new view. As Bell says, ‘that's progress.’”—Shelf Awareness (starred review)

“A comprehensive look at what gave rise to Bell’s insightful, critical eye and his hilarious comedy.”—Booklist

“A unique perspective of the development of identity comedy in the 21st century.”—Kirkus Reviews

(amazon.org.net.com)

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>>9944348

>Or maybe you’ve read about him in the New York Times, which called him “the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years.” Or maybe from The New Yorker, fawning over his brand of humor writing: "Bell’s gimmick is intersectional progressivism: he treats racial, gay, and women’s issues as inseparable."

>>9944175
sboob :DDDD

It can easily be, but not necessarily.

>>9944175
Who is this semen demon?

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>>9943945
Teaches you that the world doesn't fuck around without being brutal or edgy. Action and adventure without being unrealistic or stupid. Catholicism that's subtle enough to slip through unconsciously.

>>9943950
Is lit/ a catholic board?

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>>9943950
Mine's similar in a lot of ways - gently breaks the news that the world is big and complicated, adults don't necessarily know what they're doing or have your best interests in mind, and you might not get a perfectly happy ending. But add a healthy dash of appreciation for the weird and marginal, oblique references to classic literature/theatre, and "strong female characters" done right (being strongly written and complicated, flawed people, without resorting to cheap "badass" tropes). Basically My First Pynchon.

>>9943813
Very good, assuming it's on the natural sexual desire of man. I like it

Here's a sonnet if anyone's up to dissect it:

If your buds unwrap to swan’s sweetly song,
And your gown floats so gently with the wren,
Have thee crown bow to verdant tree’s sarong.
And curtsy the clouds of the burnished green;
In forests these off’rings of you polite,
May tip the trees in majestic hindsight.
Hath the bushes been burned for skies to night
Or laughter flown high in and out of sight?
Lend me thy hand so soft to human touch,
And dip thy legs in the yule of a stream,
Beauty is a princess, laughter a dream
But duty to a forest the sun gleams

>>9943865
Rhythm is really wonky

>>9943865
Not even at a stretch does wren rhyme with green

Haven't been in a book store. I just send my mum in to get the books I want.

>>9943330
No need to get mad sweetie.

>>9943334
I wasn't there to buy books I was only killing time. I download free .epubs to my Kindle when I want to read something