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I want to get into Gnosticsim, where should I start? Who are the best writers on this subject?
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read the nag hammadi texts
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>>9738061
From Wikipedia:
>The Nag Hammadi library (also known as the "Chenoboskion Manuscripts", or as the "Gnostic Gospels"[1]) is a collection of Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945. Thirteen leather-bound papyrus codices buried in a sealed jar were found by a local farmer named Muhammed al-Samman.[2]
Sounds pretty cool.
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Why is /lit/ so enamored with Gnosticism? Not to be rude to the OP but I see so many threads about it. What is its significance beyond being a fairly esoteric sect that inspired other esoteric sects later on?
/lit/ is for the discussion of literature, specifically books (fiction & non-fiction), short stories, poetry, creative writing, etc.
If you want to discuss history, religion, or the humanities, go to /his/.
If you want to discuss history, religion, or the humanities, go to /his/.
If you want to discuss history, religion, or the humanities, go to /his/.
but ideally those discussions of philosophy that take place on /lit/ should be based around specific philosophical works to which posters can refer.
/lit/ is for the discussion of literature, specifically books (fiction & non-fiction), short stories, poetry, creative writing, etc.
If you want to discuss history, religion, or the humanities, go to /his/.
If you want to discuss history, religion, or the humanities, go to /his/.
If you want to discuss history, religion, or the humanities, go to /his/.
/lit/ is a slow board!
but ideally those discussions of philosophy that take place on /lit/ should be based around specific philosophical works to which posters can refer.
/lit/ is for the discussion of literature, specifically books (fiction & non-fiction), short stories, poetry, creative writing, etc.
If you want to discuss history, religion, or the humanities, go to /his/.
>old manuscript
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no need to change it. /his/ has to be the mos reddit board. more people we can get over there the better
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/his/ is for larping history majors and r/AskHistorians "Who would win George Patton vs Sun Tzu" autism.
/lit/ is for the discussion of all things literature which happens to encompass religion, philosophy, and language. "b-b-but you need to mention the book you are talking about" sure thing faggot if that makes you stop crying.
I don't get why you brainlets struggle with theology and philosophy threads,
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What does /lit/ think of Nick cave ?
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tss, why you tellin nick to "cave" is he about to be in a naufragio or somethin tss
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>>9737890
i fucking hate jim norton.
unfunny edgy little midget hack third-wheel cling-on talentless shit
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>>9737895
Go to bed Gregg
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Does anyone here take medication for anxiety or depression? I think I should, but honestly I'm scared for how it will impact my critical thinking capabilities. In your experience, has medication hindered your ability to read and write?
Also, feel free to talk about how depression or anxiety has impacted your academic life to this point.
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Negatively. Productivity wise, my OCD rituals are far worse.
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Very curious to hear people's experiences on this.
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Not being depressed helped me avoid finding excuses not to read.
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>tfw can't concentrate on reading because sad thoughts keep distracting me
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>>9737619
I know that feel OP. Most of the time depressing thoughts and attitudes overwhelm me to the point it can ruin my studies and leave me completely lost when it comes to basic functions of life.
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weird, whenever i feel sad, books usually sink me in pretty deep into its lore
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bump for OP's sake. hope someone can help him.
Current book you're reading and other boards you browse.
> A Sportman's Sketches, Ivan Turgenev
>/int/, /sci/, /out/
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>outer dark, cormac mccarthy
>/int/, /fit/, /v/ to shitpost
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>Leo Tolstoy - What is Art?
>Jose Saramago - Blindness
>Jorge Luis Borges - Collected Fictions (cracking away at these)
>/mu/, /soc/
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>>9737392
Against the Day
/twitter/
/hr/
/s/
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why are there so many religious people on this board? I'm not talking "spiritual" people, i can understand that, but i mean those literal "word of god" types. I assume it's because 4chan makes a nice refuge for dejected people of all kinds and those sorts of ideas are comforting to disenfranchised groups, but at the same time this is a board for "learned", discriminating types who you'd think would would have less tolerance for that kind of hypocrisy...
does this board just attract elitist pseuds of all sorts?
i bet reddit doesnt have this problem.
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Right? Haha stupid religious people, I agree we should go to reddit where our fellow atheists are enlightened by their own intelligence and not by some phony god's blessing
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Paragraphs start with capital letters. 'I' should always be capitalised.
I think the religion is mostly just people taking the piss, but there is something to be said for the antidepressant quality of rejecting a wholey material worldview.
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Is Alice in Wonderland degenerate for it's time in 19th century ?
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Have you read it?
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yes I am huge fan of it
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'no'
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To get to the point, can anyone recommend me some uber confusing/hard books that if i read for 2 hours a day i would be able to read Shakespeare like a kiddy novel? Also I'm willing to read for 2 days straight in the weekends without sleep or food if it's what it takes
Some background... I need to boost my reading level (e.g. how much detail/information i can retain from reading text) to god tier levels in 2 weeks (for an exam) otherwise i'm saying goodbye to my lifelong dream job. I also need to be able to read quite quickly - exam gives enough time for say 42 seconds per question... e.g. say a typical block is 600 words of stimuli for 3 questions about the text
I've only started reading books with the purpose of getting better about a week ago (charles dickens and another book wings of the dove by henry james) for about 30 minutes a day (i know its shit) and i'm somewhat getting better but i still need to reread texts.
If anyone else experienced a similar position any advice is greatly appreciated
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>>9737219
I would slave to have that woman.
I would get gang raped by 10 black guys while my dad watches to have her.
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>>9737225
you have fine tastes anon
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>>9737219
the exam is two weeks from now
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how many pages of a book do you read a day?
i only read like 9-12 pages a day desu. this is because i read paragraphs over and over again trying to memorize what i read
i only do this with non-fiction, not fiction(unless it's hard fiction)
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Anything less than 50 pages a day are pure pleb numbers
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>>9737208
reading 50 pages of non-fiction would make my brain hurt. non-fiction is also very dry and boring. i can't read that many pages of non-fiction unless it's something interest
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>>9737208
*Fewer
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What are some books that can teach me about Quantum Mechanics? Either nonfiction or fiction works, just something that's engaging (won't demand too much prerequisite knowledge into specific scientific fields) but also actually teaches me something.Also throwing a line out there for movies (narrative or documentary) but keep it on the DL cause i know the mods here have a loathing for /tv/ but that place is too much of a cesspool to ask
I had an acid trip a few months ago and I saw something I understood but can't explain. I'm honestly just hoping it was just some temporary drug-induced insanity; the only way I can come close to understanding it again is smoking marijuana, but that only hurts my ability to communicate it which gives me hope that it's all just nothing.
What scares me more than anything else is that I might be on to something.
Tonight I cried because I was afraid of that possibility so much.
Regardless, I'd like to gain a greater understanding of how the very small affects the very large.
If I'm right, than pic very much related. It explains everything. Just not that well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9VMfdG873E
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Quantum physics for dummies by steven holzner
it's actually quite entertaining, despite the plebeian title.
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>>9737031
>for dummies
That would be fucking great. I'll look like one of those grandmas who read "smartphones for dummies" while I read it on the subway
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>>9737037
why do you have to be ashamed to understand the world?
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How accurate is this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sxttk5REkM
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>>9737013
If the humanist tradition is a a thirst for knowledge it's not unreasonable to look outside of European writers. It becomes a problem when inclusivity superceeds worth and, from what I understand and what other threads have discussed, that doesn't happen to the degree some conservatives describe. Ultimately, most English and humanities students aren't going into academia so their programs prepare them for the workforce. I imagine their example for UCLA is a misrepresentation of the curriculum. They likely have requirements for Brit lit or electives which can be completed with a Shakespeare course but they also require gender, race, and other courses more specifically. I guess the test would be to look at their curriculum and compare the number of "traditional" humanities requirements to new, progressive ones.
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>>9737069
I have a BA in history and there was definitely an inordinate focus on "marginalized voices." I read A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass three (3) times but never the Federalist Papers. We probably were assigned a few excerpts, but still.
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>>9737138
>I read A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass three (3) times but never the Federalist Papers.
That's the most insane thing i'e ever heard
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Hi. This is a poem called "Unholy Matrimony."
It's about the time when I was raped by a Christian.
Now, I know what you're about to say.
"A real Christian wouldn't have--"
STOP, STOP, I don't want to hear it--
Just remember, it's not cheating if it's God.
Just like it's not rape if it's God.
I wonder what God's pickup line with Mary was?
"I've never seen an angel fly so low?"
No, let's be honest, God is really one of those "scream and I'll kill you" types, isn't he.
Your words were as empty as the tomb on Easter morning,
And my heart was as naive as fair Midian.
You are the Serpent to my Eve
And the God to my Mary.
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>>9736969
I'm very sorry that you were raped but Mary was not physically impregnated, hence the Immaculate Conception. Also, as told in the Gospel of Luke, Mary consents to carry Jesus.
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>>9736969
God asked Mary friend.
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>>9737098
Mary's creation/birth without original sin is the immaculate conception, her impregnation with Jesus is not. But your general sentiment is correct, the poem is blasphemous.
>No matter what I do, I manage to turn it into just another manifestation of my "aesthetic" view of life
How do I make the leap into the ethical stage? How the hell am I even going to make it to the religious stage?
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You have to take the idea of the Resurrection seriously, Anon.
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smoke heroin
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>>9736943
Could you elaborate?
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ITT: Transgressive Fiction
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Transgressive Fiction - suggest the most brutal stuff you've ever read
Mine is picrelated, I was kinda new shit to me even though at the time I read it I was familiar with de Sade, Burroughs, Matthew Stokoe, Dennis Cooper.
Can you provide an example of a much more hardcore book by some other author?
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In what way is it transgressive
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>>9736911
That is the genre used to label literature with particular content, IMO the book fully fits this term
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