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what are some great fiction books with biblical themes? I really loved the divine comedy, paradise lost, pilgrim's progress...hell, even a portrait of the artist as a young man. really in need of some more. again, not looking for theology/philosophy works like city of god or summa theologica, rather fiction books with the theme.

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does ANYONE give a shit about Fichte?

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Hi c/lit/s,

I was wondering if you could help me find philosophical studies on cemeteries and our need of burying the dead. Just read Foucault's thoughts on heterotopia and it was really eye opening.

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Is it appropriate for a white writer to include minority characters?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39988992
>Horowitz, who has written 10 novels featuring teenage spy Alex Rider, said there was a "chain of thought" in America that it was "inappropriate" for white writers to try to create black characters, something which he described as "dangerous territory".
>He said it was considered "artificial and possibly patronising" to do so because "it is actually not our experience".
>"Therefore I was warned off doing it. Which was, I thought, disturbing and upsetting."
>Horowitz, who has written a new James Bond book, went on: "Taking it to the extreme, all my characters will from now be 62-year-old white Jewish men living in London."

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Plato

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Has anyone here read a lot of moldbug?
I tried to read him but he goes off on too many tangents about comparing whatever he's talking about to catholics.

Also I was expecting some hard hitting anti democratic anti enlightenment stuff but he just seems like an edgy libertarian

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>For his part, Derrida expressed considerable unease about the “temptation” for intellectuals to “renounce the academic discipline normally required ‘inside’ the university and to try instead to exert pressure through the press and through public opinion, in order to acquire an influence or a semblance of authority that has no relation to their own work.”

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wtf does "kill your darlings" mean?

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Does this whole album work when read as a poem? Look at this
http://lyrics.rockmagic.net/lyrics/king_crimson/in_the_court_of_the_crimson_king_1969.html

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Is there any book where a character is actively sabotaging himself, even unknowingly? Asking for a friend. Nah, I just want to read about someone in my same situation so I can feel a little bit better.

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Im considering getting this to christen my new ereader with.

Basically after something cosy and good

Any other recommendations?

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Post illiterate idiots that make you cringe. Bonus points for Reddit or good reads

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Anyone else finding Dante's comedy in english translation not particularly good? Anyone know of a translation with great musicality to the language? Naturally following a metre, even rhyming perhaps? People claim he is one of the greatest poet but i see none of it in translation. The poetic imagery however is still often striking despite being quite sparsely used.The themes and the plot are perhaps interesting but are often not the things which interests me the most in books. Especially not in poetry. Would be interesting to hear from someone who has read both the original and the translation how big the d difference is.

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Are any of the Eastern.Asian philosophies worth reading into?

Generally I've usually noticed /lit/ considering most of it to be trash.

I did read through The Tao Te Ching long ago but from what I remember it was pretty cryptic, nonsensical bullshit like "be like a rock" and so on.

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Are there any good books where the main character deals with authenticity (mainly becoming aware of ones true desires), overcoming societal influence (mainly peer pressure), being surrounded by toxic people, self actualization?
I feel that most people that I have to deal with on a daily basis wear masks as means of comparing oneself to another in society ("real life" and "social media" persona). This is something I don't want to do myself. Making people aware of their masks, which I try to postpone as long as possible, usually evokes a hatefull response. The result, alienation. I'm taking positive action to improve my situation, in the meantime I'd like to read a book that deals with similar themes. Thanks in advance.