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>>9819124
>beliefs
what a low IQ concept.

Stop treating the bible like it's a single book. Ask yourself, is there anything wrong with a strictly metaphorical reading of the county library? It's a nonsensical question. The bible, like the library, is a collection of books with a variety of genres written by a variety of authors separated by thousands of years with a variety of intended audiences. You have to consider each book on its own first before you can treat it in the context of the whole.

>is there anything wrong with viewing God as the highest Form?

You're looking for Aquinas.

>>9819124
No, it makes more sense that way. Read Maps of Meaning.

>>9819120
Gormenghast

The Magic Mountain.

Robinson Crusoe.

you got what you deserved

>>9819074
Then everyone stood up and clapped

>>9819074
good pasta but seen it too many times to care

A book never made me cry

>>9818979
this, i wish i wasn't as emotionally accessible

Anything Thomas Hardy

bump?

please

nemo?

>>9818834
read more and come back to it when you're older

also bookmark this page/save a screenshot and revisit it when you're older so you can have a hearty chuckle at the follies of youth

>>9818834

pt 2 is incredibly difficult and requires familiarity with ancient and scholastic mysticism. pt 1 is a classic reworking of the classic faustus legend and is a fun read even independently of its importance.

the guy took decades to finish it, so it will probably take some time to understand it, as well.

also, im sure its much better in german.

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>>9818870
well after pt 1 i dont give a fuck about pt 2

>>9818843
tell me what's the profound truth about women? gretchen is not like any women irl. the older one gets, the less one can even relate to faust being attracted to something as artificial as her.
>but thats not real gretchen, it's the idealistic image of gretchen inside faust's mind. she's not a woman, she's a symbol for pure truth. an unreachable thing in itself.
ZZZZZzz, there must be more to an alleged masterpiece

>>9818735
you posted it

how the fuck could anyone think that was the worst shit theyve read

harry potter

>>9818708

ive heard they are definitive. i decided to go with the NCE for moby dick because the annotations are on the page and im pretty sure that all of the editions come with criticism essays in the back as well as a decent introduction.

if its an important, difficult work or one of your favorites that you wish to explore more, get them. alternatively, most of the "classics" editions have bibliographies that will allow for secondary sources to explore the texts. norton just does a good job of presenting it for you.

>>9818708
they're very good, especially if you want a "deeper" understanding of the work. the critical essays can be hit or miss but they aim to give you a sense of the wide range of approaches twoards critically studying any particular work

in any case, the annotations, footnotes/endnotes, and immediate supplementary material (reproductions of the primary sources that were cited in the text, for example) are almost uniformly excellent.

now whether or not that's "worth it" is a diff matter. maybe try to find gently used copies.

>>9818708

Only if you're interested in the academic approach to the book or you're working with text from before the 19th century and you need the critical apparatus to understand cultural background and references.

>>9818651

No because an actual hedonist would say that pleasure is meaning.
You're trying to reduce absurdism to being in the world because you're correctly perceiving that pure absurdism is basically an unsustainable position.
So, absurdism as a transient perception and absurdism as a sustained philosophy aren't really the same thing.

>>9818651
Existentialism and Absurdism are hard to differentiate between because they're compatible to a point where the line blurs, but the difference is perception and practice.
Existentialism in a sentence says that existence precedes essence. This leads to the idea that there is no objective purpose.
Absurdism says that we cannot know whether or not there is purpose even any rhyme or reason in the universe, but we must revolt against this absurdity by forging our own purpose, treating our subjective purpose as though it were objective purpose.
Camus didn't consider himself an absurdist, but the two philosophies connect pretty neatly

>>9818710
>Camus didn't consider himself an absurdist
He didn't consider himself an existentialist, my bad

>>9818617
I can't speak every language perfectly and you'd be hard pressed to find someone who does, BUT the French language has this extraordinary puzzle-piece structure that gives remarkable clarity to sentences that are written well. Good French, if you can read it, really jumps out of the page in its clarity. I don't speak much Russian and i imagine that it has a similar effect on literature. Flaubert spoke about finding 'le mot juste' and this is something which in French burns with a type of satisfaction to which even sex pales in comparison

>conveying emotion: greek
>being aesthetically pleasant: french/english
of course, i haven't studied many outside of these, so my scope is limited

>conveying emotion
They're probably all the same at that, but German is famed for its vocabulary for emotions.
>aesthetics
I'm biased as hell towards my own language, so portuguese.

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I discovered early that crying makes my nose red, and the knowledge has helped me through several painful episodes.

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>>9818577
>Fall

Yes going to think you are a faggot. Find him a woman half the age of your mom to fuck.

You can try to become a non-failure of a son, I'm sure it will help him.

>>9818571
Take him out to the firing range and then grab some beers and watch some football you stupid faggot. He needs purpose and love and his son is certainly capable of filling those needs since you're mother is a whore you dumb fuck. He doesn't want to read a fucking book and get intellectual when he's feeling down, not teenager/YA down, but really down

And I say this as meditations is my favorite book btw

>>9818371
OP

>>9818371
crafty

dingus

Read it in Greek

>>9818364
Homeric Attic, Koine, or Modern?

>>9818347
The full version greatly expands characters such as Bendetto and I'd say it is definitely worth it. The Wordsworth Classic I think is cheap and unabridged, including mistakes Dumas and his translator made such as character names and dates. I laughed at loud at a few of the more acerbically witty footnites. I absolutely recommend it.

WIttgenstein is a poor man's Russell.

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>>9818214

Yes, very.

>>9818214
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFXWKEc84ew