Where should i start with quantum physics? Give me some introductory literature
Brian Greene has some good stuff
>>9705569
Start with the Greeks.
>>9705569
Philosophical Consequences of Quantum Theory: Reflections on Bell's Theorem - Cushing and McMullin
Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics: Collected Papers on Quantum Philosophy - Bell
Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity: Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics - Maudlin
The Emergent Multiverse - Wallace
Many Worlds? Everett, Quantum Theory, and Reality - Oxford
Experimental Metaphysics: Quantum Mechanical Studies for Abner Shimony 1 and 2 - Cohen, Horne, Stachel
Particle Metaphysics - Falkenburg
i can't go on
So, /lit/, I have an unironic challenge for you today:
what fictional book is the most likely to positively influence your life?
>>9705561
Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky
Homer, if u read it a certain way
>>9705564
how?
Nietzsche quotes thread?
Interested to see differences in quotes between translators too...
http://www.nietzschefamilycircus.com
>>9705532
what book is that from?
>>9705730
>before Zarathustra are the first words on the picture
>asks what book it is
>tfw ordered a book of short stories by Mark Twain from Amazon and it's missing pages
>tfw none of the stories are actually readable
>tfw have to order another copy from a different vendor
Can someone explain the Amazon meme to meme?
if u want old copyright free shit for cheap get dover classics, anything else and u taking a chance
Why do you order from amazon? Order from book depository. If you want used books because of the cheaper price, then that means that you don't pay shipping, and that means that you live in USA. If you live in USA means you have plenty of used book stores in your city. Don't order from internet.
>>9705830
Where do you think used books come from?
Hey buddies, what's your
>favorite novel
>favorite novella
>favorite time period for literature
>one author you would have a drink with
>novel
Middlemarch
>novella
Counting Dubliners here
>epic poem (poetry is more important than prose anyway)
Trilogy or Metamorphoses
>shorter poem
Pink Locust
>favorite period
Modernism
And I don't drink, but I'd like to talk to William Blake or Homer I guess.
>>9705453
ulysses
zweig's chess game
20th century
calvino
>>9705638
Will I seem really dumb if I ask which trilogy?
hey all, I'm having some difficulty with Beyond Good and Evil and would love the input anyone could provide.
1.21
>. The longing for “freedom of the will” in the superlative metaphysical
sense (which, unfortunately, still rules in the heads of the halfeducated), the longing to bear the entire and ultimate responsibility for your actions yourself and to relieve God, world, ancestors, chance, and society of the burden – all this means nothing less than being that very causa sui and, with a courage greater than Munchhausen’s, pulling yourself by ¨the hair from the swamp of nothingness up into existence. Suppose someone sees through the boorish naivete of this famous concept of “free will” and manages to get it out of his mind; I would then ask him to carry his “enlightenment” a step further and to rid his mind of the reversal of this misconceived concept of “free will”: I mean the “un-free will,” which is basically an abuse of cause and effect.We should not erroneously objectify “cause” and “effect” like the natural scientists do (and whoever else thinks naturalistically these days –) in accordance with the dominant mechanistic stupidity which would have the cause push and shove until it “effects” something; we should use “cause” and “effect” only as pure concepts, which is to say as conventional fictions for the purpose of description and communication, not explanation.
What exactly does Nietzsche mean by "unfree-will"? In the beginning of the aphorism he dismisses the possibility of a free will "in the superlative metaphysical sense" meaning we are not 'completely' in control of our actions, as Nietzsche has said thus far in the book things which are manifest in our nature like instinct and the will to power prevent any possibility of total freedom. This being the case for the introduction of this part you'd think he'd develop the idea of our lack of free-will due to nature's constraint yet instead he takes a different route and discusses 'unfree-will' which i'm confused on. Can anyone explain?
>>9705374
>fucked up formatting
god fucking dammit
It looks like he's doing a reversal and then a reversal of that. First he wants to get rid of the free-will; great, does that mean that our wills are not free, that it's just a matter of cause and effect (chemical reactions in the brain, our upbringing, or genes, whatever?) No, says, Nietzsche, that's not true, either, because it assumes that there "really" is something called a cause and then this acts in the world in such a way as to produce an effect. "Cause" and "effect" are human terms, not descriptions of what really is, but fictions we use to chop up the world into intelligible segments for us. Whatever makes people do what people do cannot be conceived either as "free will" or "determined" because both assume that the human names for things are what "really" is. Cause and effect are interpretations of whatever really moves the world, but we can't get rid of them because all knowledge is interpretation.
We should have a sticky advising all potential Nietzsche-posters to Start with the Greeks so I don't have to stare at multiple copies of this picture in the catalog every single day
How the fuck do I speed read, /lit/? I have all these fucking books I want to get through over this Summer but I'm a slow reader. Would if be possible to read a 300-page book in one day by your techniques?
>>9705212
Homie, speed reading literature for the sake of getting through a ton of books over the summer is not worth it. Just enjoy and try to learn from what you can read at your own pace.
>>9705218
This. If you aren't reading to enjoy what you're reading, why are you reading at all?
>>9705291
To obtain knowledge. I'm not reading fiction; I'm reading politics and economics
I want a self help book written by a person with first hand experience, the normal self help book seems to be written by people who think you can go out and do yoga in the park in the middle of an argument and I'm sick of all the usual slogans.
>>9705058
>another suicidal frog faggot
Love this
the book of mormon
>>9705058
I feel as though this is the first time an anon unironically should have gone to /r9k/ for advice.
What is the correct interpretation of this novel? All I got out of it is that light wants to be free but fascist physics are oppressing it.
If everyone on this board reads Pynchon why is it so hard to start a discussion about him?
>>9706550
AtD is his longest and probably his least read.
It's probably something about how Pynchon unironically thinks Tesla had free energy.
So our absentee owner wrote a book without bothering to tell us and its coming out July 8th. The translated title is "Invincible Thinking: Anyone Can Become a Successful Person. The 21 Best Cost Performance Rules" and from the sound of it its a self help book
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4479796010/
>Anyone can become a successful person by waiting for the chance to buy up other people's creations out from under them and milk them for revenue
i will buy it to support our fearless leader !
>>9705061
>Anyone can become a successful person by forcing people to pay to post threads on your imageboard website and then wind up leaking all their credit card data and get exposed for being a dataminer in the process
How did he get a book deal again?
Hey guys I wrote a bunch of super short flash fiction (25 word 'novels') and I decided to share them with you. Enjoy!
>>9704910
[1]
"Time Worth Living"
The life he led went nowhere and he didn't mind
So many hours
Days
Weeks
Dancing
Dreaming
In his selfish mind
Still, he was kind
[2]
"What A Time To Be Chosen"
It was a rainy day. The two souls shared each other even as the world ended around them. "At last! We can eat at Gregorio's."
[3]
"The Long Beginning"
The Creator began to think:
Is it REALLY worth all the trouble?
This moment lasted aeons.
I suppose only time will tell.
Raise the curtain!
[4]
"Can You Spare Me A Feeling?"
Have you ever felt _____? I have. I always have. It scares me.
Why?
Because no one knows what it is.
Oh. Well don't worry. You're _________.
[5]
"df/dx(Wnd + m)"
You were my only crush
Where afterwards I didn't feel so damn awkward;
Except for one other:
An effort weakened early by mismanaged time.
[6]
"How I learned to stop worrying and always move"
It was a long while
Before the moon crashed into my location
Longer, before I noticed
When it finally touched Earth
I was darn proud
[7]
"Remember?"
From kindergarten! The soccer team? Summer camp. Those apartments? Yeah same home room too... no it's fine. That's good.
...where did you say we were?
[8]
"TAKE 29 DAY 4"
'DIE'
'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH'
Okay not bad
More bill less hillary
Got it
And... action
'DIE'
'booooooooooooooo fuck youuuuu'
'Hey that's not-'
Look out!
'Wait whAHHHHhhhhhhhh...'
Next!
[9]
"Officer to 284 Rearville for Foot Approach"
Oh GOOOOOOOoooddduhhhh...
Honey? Honey! Shit.
911 emergeancy
Something's wrong... my wife...
Your location?
284 Rearville Circle... she keeps on...
OH FUCK YES
...sir?
Ohhhhhhhhh... nevermind
Cool stuff! I liked 3 and 7 the best.
>284 Rearville Circle
Do you think anime and video games will change the way novels are written?
In theory, most young writers growing into maturity today were first introduced to narrative by these forms.
Also, what novel is closest to pic related?
do you think my d-ck will change the way you defecate after I r-pe you w-th it
Not everybody watches anime and plays video games.
>>9704897
Nothing more depressing than /v/ pretending their medium has artistic merit in any form of narrative
Can /lit/ redpill me on the goodreads website? Is this a website for psuedo-intellectuals and ugly outcast teenage girls? I'm looking for a quality recommendation site that respects the classics.
I mean you aren't gonna be recommended those books if you don't read similar ones. It's not like the teenage girls are picking what books to show you
>>9704903
This, since you don't have an accounts its just showing you trash. If you have 700 ratings it knows that you like reading about mournful South American republicans chased by ghosts written by fascist supporters, and recommends you similar
go back there
Why write a large engrossing novel to tell people to stop being engrossed in entertainment?
>>9704535
For the record, I don't hate DFW or something I just feel perplexed.
i have #4 it's the best from those imo
try to let what is unfair teach you op
>>9704535
It's educational, not entertaining. Unless education entertains you.
ITT: Dystopias better than 1984/BNW
Zamyatin, 'We'
The Camp of Saints
The Turner Diaries
>>9703945
The Democratic Party platform.