Archived threads in /lit/ - Literature - 716. page

>>9717764
Jesus was greater.

>>9717766
That's cheating, he was God

>>9717764
>>9717766
>>9717831
Jesus was more important in the grand scheme of things, but Moses' tale was much more of an epic.

>>9717730
>>terrible understanding and description of firearms
Kys faggot. Everyone can't be an american /k/ fag like you.

>>9717745
Google shit then, Yuro. It pisses me off to no end when clips and magazines are confused, guns are improperly described, etc. It isnt really that hard to create a basic description of a firearm.

>>9717745
Nobody forces you to talk about subjects you aren't familiar with, wannabe trash author.

>>9717720
Evola.

/lit/ is a christian board
fuck off

>>9717720
Witchcraft for Dummies. I'm not even memeing. If you have to write a paper, a for dummies book is the single best bet you've got.

>have to write a paper on hinduism
>single most complicated religion on the goddamn planet
>say fuck it
>buy hinduism for dummies
>read for two hours
>get an a+

holy shit, bro..
*rips bong*

>>9717327
that's a goblin

>>9717508
Nah, just a talent-free filmmaker.

Drumpf

>>9717328

has the man ever written a book that didn't tout his own self important image?

>>9717313
>American philosophies and political treatises for true Americans

>Posts an Englishman
>Posts an Englishmen who the Founding Fathers thought was mad a decided to leave him with Napoleon.

>>9717207

A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!

The phrase has many implications:

>no horse should be worth more than a kingdom
>no sane king would toss his kingdom away for a horse

a lesson in hubris maybe

>what did you take away from it?
equal parts everything and nothing at all

>>9717231
that's Richard III

>>9716206
maybe take the redpill of hatred of women and minorities?

>>9716206
>entertainment
>not a spook
you're wrong about literature anyway homie

>>9716206
purging spooks is a spook

>>9716177
Yes.
Logical Atomism is extremely interesting. Picture theory is autism.
PI is mostly better tho.

No.

>>9716177
>Why is the Tractatus important?
It's not, but peep the first half of Philosophical Investigations.

maybe google "Vienna Modernism" idk fuck it

>>9716021
I've already ordered "A History of Zoroastrianism, The Early Period" by Mary Boyce but it will take some time to arrive. However, I was hoping for something more tailored to this topic specifically since the other two textbooks in this series are hundreds (?) of dollars.

>>9716021
I would like to do more than read disjointed arrays of Wikipedia articles on the subject however that is all that searching the "Zoroastrian fall to Islam" chances to return.

>>9716021
I know there's always an expert lurking just a stone's throw away. I'm not even asking to be spoon fed, but simply to point me in the right direction. I implore you.

>>9715928
no

>>9715928
I love my Everyman's edition, but I have nothing to compare it to.

I guess I will read wind/pinball

>>9715765
He's not as good as normies makes it out to be. His stories seem incomplete, his characters are sometimes good, but most times bad and the only ideas that he tries to pass in his books are all about loneliness and when he tries to deviate from that subject and tackle another one, it feels very simplistic.

Try reading Kafka on the Shore and Norwegian Wood, they're the most close his books can get to what I would call good. Don't even bother with Tsukuru Tazaki, 1Q84 and Sputnik Sweetheart.

>>9716246
wait, sputnik sweetheart is good. better than kafka on the shore

Poetry is the highest form language, and through that profundity can be generate, but so can elegant ornaments.

>>9715258
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty," – that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

I think literature is unique in its capacity to convey profound human realities. Take Hamlet. The play is hinged on the distinction between man the animal and man the civilized creature of the court. It's the situation of a pride of lions. When the alpha is killed and replaced the younger cub is threatened with extermination. The females of course are utterly passive and helpless. The younger male must act on his own. Must for conscience sake avenge his father's murder, and kill his own uncle. No scientific treatise (even Frued etc) could ever convey this as potently as Shakespeare did in the form of a play.

>>9714933
yog-sothoth is easily it. God of forbidden knowledge.

>>9714933

Oh look, a bunch of bullshit made up by someone who isn't HPL.

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>>9714933
I like Nyarlatothep.

>>9714547
>that will make me do things better in real life
>or think about things in a more effective
The first one is hard to do and the second is subjective
Usually these kind of things are covered in self-help books but without any evidence at all that they work

I think Antifragile had some interesting ideas and at least tries to have some basis somewhere

I think learning about psychology can sometimes be helpful, though it can work out badly as well, but I am unsure if that interests you

>>9714547
A lot of good choices over in the autodidact general thread: >>9714228. If you're into William James, then you should check out the complete works of Charles Sanders Peirce. The thing is, reading can only give you the basics to start doing something, provide tips to enhance what you already are doing, or give you the inspiration to come up with your own system. It's up to you to keep a journal, apply yourself in the real world, and record your progress to stay focused.

>>9714568
Antifragile is currently my favorite book. I consider myself somewhat of a lit pleb so I'm happy to see it recommended here.

Crime & Punishment
Grendel
Breakfast of Champions (esp. the closing chapter)

>>9714309
The Tennant by Roland Topor

I'm also looking for non-fiction.