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Generally I stedet IV, but on watches IIII is superior.

>>9703516
Good post
I was wondering the same yesterday

I loved them as a kid, I still have the editions with De Chirico paintings on the cover on my shelf.
Dutch children's author Tonke Dragt is also pretty good, but she's more about classic scifi themes like alienation, totalitarianism, man's dependence on technology, etc..

>>9703516
Why is it patrician? These books were written for grade school kids to get them to start questioning organized religion and norms in society. Reading those is better than reading other shit like red wall or Harry potter

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>>9703513
>essential prerequisites for reading Stirner?
very spooky

>>9703513
It is the creative nothing in itself. All you need is an ego, and you're good to go.

>>9703513
prepubescence and a couple of parents to take for granted

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>>9703501

>>9703507
fuck, beat me to it

>>9703501
>Not reading Principles of Economics by N. Gregory Mankiw

Iliad

>>9703479
What's so good about it?

>>9703489
Good plot.

It's underrated by general readers, but it's not Salinger's greatest work, most of his other stuff is better.

>>9703437
we dont need three catcher in the rye threads

saged

both

>>9703399
it was a different time

>A cautionary tale is a tale told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger. There are three essential parts to a cautionary tale, though they can be introduced in a large variety of ways. First, a taboo or prohibition is stated: some act, location, or thing is said to be dangerous. Then, the narrative itself is told: someone disregarded the warning and performed the forbidden act. Finally, the violator comes to an unpleasant fate, which is frequently related in expansive and grisly detail.

>>9703399
Read the thing and you will know.

You're reading a prose translation of verse, and considering you've read it once before i don't understand for what purpose.

Go with basically any other verse translation, look into all the common recommended ones like pope, fagles, fitzgerald, merrill ect and take your pick

Literature isn't for you desu

Prose translations of poetry seem a weird idea to me. I'd try a poetic one- you can easily google up comparisons of the many translators to see which (if any) you like.

>>9703342
"shitposting"

https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/405200126236311554

report, sage, move on

>>9703357
Surely a term like this exists, it doesn't have to be limited to authors. Someone could voice their hatred of a movie without seeing it purely because they don't like the director. Prejudiced doesn't really fit the phenomenon.
>>9703368
See, you are exhibiting this strange phenomenon too. You haven't read anything by Peterson but petition for Peterson threads to get banned because you don't understand a tweet of his from 4 years ago.

>>9703255
Based on your list, you should try Martin Amis- I'd recommend Money and London Fields.

Read some Vonnegut.

Breakfast of champions & Cat's Cradle are both A1

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>>9703255
Try Joyce.

>>9703243
abook-club.ru

>>9703243
Youtube always has some. They tend to come and go, as the IP police track them down.

>>9703243
qt

>60 books a year
lmao plebeians

I don't really see anything wrong with this. Who doesn't want to be more effective?

>>9703493
>authors summarizing their own books for you
this entirely debases the critical thinking skills the books are trying to teach

>D'Souza
If you aren't shitposting, commit d'suicide

>>9703226
>conservatism
Wtf. Conservatism is the easiest "idealogy" in the world. Take for example a prude country that has politicians arguing whether they should legalise sex before marriage or not. The ones who say "legalise" are progressives, and the ones who say "don't legalise" are conservatives. It's just the matter of "don't change". "Cobservative values just means that you want to hang on to something. Anything else that's tied to "conservatism" should be cut.

>>9703230
He was one of the only ones I have heard of, if you have better suggestions I'll gladly take them.

>>9703264
That is technically correct, however I am looking for books that go further than just the basic definition and I want some books which present some of the arguments for tradition and social conservatism and other positions that are associated with conservative politics.

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>>9703214

It's probably just too subtle for you. You should check out his son, he's probably more up your alley.

>>9703214
I feel the same way. I bought while I was on a comedy kick, but it's about a guy getting drunk and abusing his wife and trying to kill his kid. I can find humor in a lot of things, but Lucky Jim was a real disappointment.

>>9703283
I was going to add actually that I do like his son. Very punchable face but style to burn (and funny when he goes for humour)- London Fields is brilliant.

In comparison, aside from not finding Lucky Jim funny, I don't get much else from it- some nice turns of phrase, but the prose overall seems unremarkable.

>>9703190
Frege and Leibniz.

>math philosophy and perhaps the infinite.
Incidentally, DFW wrote a book about the "discovery" of the Infinite. It's called "Everything and More". Maybe it's good. I started reading it once – it read like a typical DFW text at least.

>>9703190

A Brief History of Infinity by Brian Clegg is a nice accessible book on infinity.

Also, don't read DFW's book on infinity unless you're already a huge DFW fan. Otherwise you'll probably be frustrated by his style. Also, there are a ton of mistakes (I've learned from his biography that math was never his strong suit in college).