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>>9773134
SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY

OMFG I LITERALLY CANT EVEN

snake kills dimbeldoor

Cambridge companions to Plato and Aristotle while reading Copleston's History of Philosophy. After getting familiarized with their philosophy and modern interpretations, you can start reading their main works and form your own interpretations. Then you can go to Aquinas, Kant, Nietszche etc etc

There are a ton of Cabridge Companions to a lot of philosophers, they are very helpful as an introduction.

Fraile's history of philosophy is magnificent and the best I've read, but it's only in spanish unfortunately.

You might also want to study the Trivium and the Cathecism depending on your interests.

>>9773078
Why bother? Metaphysics is dead and our main philosophic concepts are doctrinated by assholes who have no idea what philosophy is.

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>>9772992

>>9772992
The door into summer

Infinite JUST

Read 'The Razor's Edge' by Maugham. Or don't. You'll understand why I recommend it if you read it. It will definitely put some wind in your sails to continue, especially if you are a cracker ass Westerner.

Then move on to Swami Vivekananda. Read his books, which are actually transcribed lectures, on the different yogas:
Raja Yoga
Karma Yoga
Bhakti Yoga
Jnana Yoga

Do all this right, you will be granted the supernatural power of being able to smoke your own penis. Buddha bless, bitch.

Rene Guenon

Sri Aurobindo

>not wanting to be named after the ultimate symbol of masculinity
Fucking effeminate yuropoor

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>>9772923
haha

that's a pretty cool name desu, makes you sound like a detective and it's a penis so girls get wet thinking about you

Never have I seen such an obvious bait.

>>9772921
>waaaah everything that hurts my fweelings is bait waaaah

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>>9772909
I'm not defending OP's opinion, but I will say that I really enjoy Vegliante's translation of Dante purely for the ingenuity and language of the version. Also, I'm an american.

I don't see anything wrong with it. If it sells well, go for it. (most of it doesn't sell well either, btw)

>>9772884
You can read for:
>entertainment
>information
>understanding

Genre fiction is (by definition) writing that only fulfills the first of those 3. Reading for understanding is a deep and rich experience, considered more rewarding by /lit/.

It also demands considerably more of the reader: where reading genre fiction is a largely passive affair, literature is active and involved.

>>9772884
It's just about standards. 99.9999999% of sci-fi and fantasy books (I guess you were talking about these genres, since we're on 4chan) are pure shit, and fans of these genres are usually far too apologetic (they're willing to read anything as long as it's not evidently mediocre, even for illiterate's standards) for outsiders to trust them.

The result is that is is very hard to trust anything that comes out of these genres, or anyone who is willing to associate with it,

>>9772854
never actually read anything by the baud, but he is super cute.

>>9772865
damn you should, the lad was a genius

Haven't read him, but bit using a single technique won't destroy an entire medium no matter what. Linebreaks aren't obsolete, and a great poet utilizing them is at an advantage over the prose stylist.

i don't think there are any.

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>>9772834
Are you sure? Is it because defining femininity in any way is aggressively frowned upon in modern society? surely there's gotta be some.

HD and Woolf

>>9772795
>We have talked of farts, of asses.

Why would I want to talk with a pretentious atheist?

>>9772966
>Joyce
>atheist

i doubt he had no beliefs

>>9772784
Why do YOU want to write a book?

>>9772797
money, recognition, fame, gettting good in something, not being a useless neet, making my parents proud, nothing else to do.

the usual.

write it first, then worry about publishing.

other than that


>Read at least 20 novels of the same genre/topic you wanna do

If there actually are 20 novels from the same genre/topic you're shooting for, you might want to rethink the book entirely.

>>Read guides on manuals of style, grammar and storytelling

Meh. Your grammar should be passable, if you look at most published writers their grammar is usually mediocre to bad. Writing has no rules ultimately, bad grammar can be good, good grammar can be bad. Just focus on being you, rather than what other people think you should be.

>>hire a professional reader who will tell you a professional review

what the hell is a professional reader? Probably way better to just pass your book around to people's opinion you value.

>>hire a scout or an agent

what the hell is a scout? An agent is a no brainer, but it's not like it's as easy as snapping your fingers to get one.

>Is this the only way to publish today?

No, there's never one way to do anything. You're attempting to break into a creative field. Be creative in your methods.

I'm also wondering how this ties in with the social contract?

>>9772768
You're striving for a fundamentally materialistic system; you can't make people be a certain way. that's a very teenaged mistake your making.
There are, and have been, societies that have functioned synergistically and productively without someone standing over them with a gun and it's because they wanted to. People will only act in proportion to the depth of their emotional investment.
The system is never more important than the people.

>>9773153
I don't mean to force people into action. I just mean to understand how the unspoken societal obligations which all cultures have becomes effected by the implementation of enlightenment ideals.

>Meritocracy>Nepotism
In what sense?

>>9772756

Individuals who have potential in aptitude should not be placed behind another simply because of nepotism.

I don't see how this could not be clear.

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>implying the habsburg lip isn't far and away the embodiment and endgame of patrician style
>literally generations in the making
>radiates distinction & class
>w/baked-in fuck you money

nepotism is the clear choice desu

>>9772742
Cortazar once mentioned that Africa has a great oral tradition. I really like to read their stories. Any recommendation?

You gentrified black people

>he hasn't read Tutuola

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>>9772710
Your success in the class itself depends on the teacher. The AP test is pretty much like AP English Comp.'s.

Why would you even ask /lit/? There are dozens of other websites that have answered your question years ago.

>>9772710
The courses vary from teacher to teacher. Taking the test wasn't required at my school so I was the only one to take the final exam and I got 5s on both Lit and Comp. Just read the books and don't suck at writing.

>>9772710
if youre 18 and about to start your senior year then yes, because youre obviously retarded