what are some other books like this? that teach something and are written in separate lines. what is it called when a book is written like this?
A list.
>>9838501
how would i type that into a search engine to find other similar books
>>9838514
"books like Meditations by Marcus Aurelius"
have you read isis unveiled? it seems very daunting because it's like 3500 pages
>>9838483
>Reading Blavatsky
She was a nutcase who claimed she'd discovered hidden Buddhist esoteric texts, and preached a nonsensical syncretic esoteric system of her own.
If that sounds like it appeals to you, go ahead.
>>9838508
So have you read it?
>>9838510
Obviously not.
I haven't finished the book OP but it wouldnt hurt to read it, Blatvasky was one of the greats.
Is it any good
yes! as a matter of fact so people were achtually offended
>>9838427
Im going to go pick it up tommorow what should i expect
>>9838437
socks, underwear, vaginas
>Eternity, not as a static “now,” nor as a sequence of “nows” rolling off into the infinite, but as the “now” that bends back into itself. … Thinking the most difficult thought of philosophy means thinking being as time.
>>9838303
My Degger
>>9838303
vry nice where is this from?
What does he mean by this
Trying to go through enough of dosto to get a good sense of his philosophy and so on. Should I add demons, village stepanchivoko, gambler, dream of a ridiculous man, and/or any other of his works to my stack or would it be a tad excessive?
Stop reading garbage literature.
Hopefully fixing the rotation error in last pic
>>9838273
Quality post anon. Care to elaborate?
Thoughts on Maggie Nelson?
>>9838207
never heard of her but she looks like a nasty milf alright. would bang after a winey date/10.
>>9838222
Her schtick is "autotheory"-- autobiographical theory.
Common themes include anal sex, violence against women, and gender.
She's married to a trans man and has one kid with him (her).
Not exactly /lit/'s cup of tea, but I'm curiois if anyone here has read her. Her last book "Argonauts" received a fair amount of praise
I'd like to give her some of my thoughts if you know what I mean
Just finished this book, and as someone who usually doesn't read, I found this book really enjoyable.
The deception of modern life in the book was really spot on, with people wanting to take soma to take breaks from reality, much like the escapism the internet and social media have created in the real world.
It almost feels life-like. How we have all these "luxuries" around us and we can indulge in TV, Internet, Social Media, and drugs. Yet even though these things are cheap and "good" they are not really good for you in too high of a dose. A dystopia where everything you could ever want, can be yours.
In any other recommendations I should read? Also would like to hear other anon's thoughts about it.
it gay
Reading it made me want to read Shakespeare instead of BNW.
>tfw slow reader
not a problem as long as you're reading great lit
How can something be enjoyable if you're rushing through it? It can be useful if you're reading a book for school to absorb knowledge, but when reading fiction, you should be reading at a moderate pace.
>>9838139
Mate read one word at a time. Word after word. As long as you're doing that you're doing it right. Speed doesn't mean a thing.
>it was so good i couldn't put it down
This is just a meme right?
She's airin out the ol' stinkhole
>>9838088
A meme?
No.
that's how it is when you read books you actually like rather than for their "literary merit"
I've read a full length novel in one sitting several times so no. My reading speed is fast, mind you my comprehension is shit, but nonetheless I tend to burn through books at a good pace.
Blasting through YA fiction in one sitting in high school was always a problem in classes because for the next fucking two weeks we would be going through the book 2-3 chapters a day reading out that days chapters, then we would actually have to do an assignment on it. The school system successfully crushed any love of reading I had for many years despite being the type of person so excited to read he read entire books even though he knew he would have to read them again.
So no, people do this with books, and think of how short the book the average reader reads actually is, can totally read through many books in one sitting even with average reading speed.
With meme books often reading every page on day 1 is important to prevent 4chan from organising to spoil the book or some fuckboi '''''friend''''' spoiling it for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THKngDe-5J8
Give me some good self-help books that weren't written by shills.
meditations sucks so bad, it's the most pseudy reddit bullshit i've personally read
>>9838076
>muh reddit
Nice argument buddy
>>9838070
Scott Adam's book How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
>DUDE PURPLE PROSE LMAO
No wonder he's obscure and overshadowed by his contemporaries.
>>9837896
>PURPLE PROSE
Post example
>>9837905
Just read anything of his and you'll find it before long. It absolutely is some of the most flowery purple prose but I don't think that's such a bad thing considering his subject matter and what he was trying to evoke. Trying to combine that level of whimsy with grit and succintness would probably not work. CAS is definitely an acquired taste though.
Since you asked:
"Selim bent over and kissed Zoraida on the mouth. Her lips were not entirely cold, but there was a queer, bitter taste. Of course, it must be the poison. The thought was hardly formulated when a searing agony seemed to run through all his veins. He could no longer see Zoraida, in the blinding flames that appeared before him and filled the room like ever-widening suns; and he did not know that he had fallen forward on the couch across her body. Then the flames began to shrink with great swiftness and went out in a swirl of soft gloom. Selim felt that he was sinking into a great gulf, and that someone (whose name he could not remember) was sinking beside him. Then, all at once, he was alone, and was losing even the sense of solitude. . till there was nothing but darkness and oblivion."
>>9837936
That's not really purple prose. It's pretty straightforward and clear as to what's happening. You could have picked a better example.
Bwhahahahahahaahaaahahahaha.
Holy shit. I'm an atheist and this... is this a joke? No wonder people take the shit out of atheism. I don't believe in supernatural shit and that's as far as it goes. I devote about 0.1% of my brain to it. I don't need some New Atheist bible to tell me how to live or spout 'truth' to me.
Cringe.
And for the record, anyone who still follows Richard Dawkins is a cunt. The man used to be a scientist. Now he's a journailst that just sits on Twitter all day.
>>9837940
>journailst
>Faith is for dumb ignorant religious people.
>I'm a skeptic and absolute certainty is impossible.
>But i'm absolutely certain about my atheism and have total faith in it.
What does /lit/ think of my collection of Jack Kerouac books? B)
>>9837893
Hack Kerohack, more like it
>>9837893
I fucking hate Jack Kerouc but /lit/ probably seriously digs this stack.
>>9837893
>mfw he fell for the haunted life meme
Just finished Pynchon's first two books. What am I in for with this one?
Pedophilia and literal shit-eating
>>9837799
If you made it through V. you'll probably be okay but it is his most difficult book. Read it multiple times and consider using a reader's guide
Tonnes and tonnes of fun. Basically a WW2 satire in the spirit of Underground Comix that posits capitalist conspiracy behind the whole of modern warfare and unfolds like a self-parodying picaresque.
was he african?
>>9837596
What do you think?
>>9837608
i believe he was. what do you think?
>>9837596
Napoleon wuz black cuz he was a Moor!