Me thinks Socrates was a pedo. Any dissenters?
>>9528749
you're too desperate.
find what matters
Everyone is Greece was a pedo. They were also the founders of modern civilization.
Really makes you think, eh?
>>9528749
Pretty much every pre 20th century was a pedophile. We can talk all we want about how Mohammed wants to fuck a six year old but Islamic law holds that you can only consummate marriage at puberty. Know what other country has laws that say that? All of them.
What's /lit/'s favourite erotic novel???
boku no pico
The lusty argonian maid
Sara Jay and yours?
What are the best books on the history and philosophy of the Middle Ages?
>>9528539
History of Philosophy volumes 2 and 3 by Frederick Copleston
>>9528539
>Middle Ages
To vague and broad. You need to be more specific about the region, subject or period. The Middle Ages lasted from about 476 until 1453. But contrary to common misconceptions, there was a lot of diversity in thought during this period.
For history I would suggest reading the biographies of the kings written at the time. They are pretty inaccurate as far a true history of the leaders , but they usually show what kind of values they held back then. The two lives of Charlemagne is pretty good.
Sir! Who is John Galt?
>>9528470
A character in Atlas Shrugged.
a character of atlas shrugged
>>9528485
>>9528491
You guys are no fun... I wonder if the replies would have been different ten years ago.
Without it being like, really gay and fake
>>9528399
i visit cemeteries and copy the names of the dead
>>9528399
use common names from real life
or if you want fantasy/sci-fi names, type random keys and work from what you got
or take words form some foreign language
Look up the lists of most common first and last names and combine then at random.
Explain what this book means without using "God", "The Devil", "Christ", "Good & Evil or Good Vs Evil", "Lord of the Rings (or any names from that series)".
Only then will I know if you're an idiot or not.
it's a book that explores the lengthy potential of bad writing
>>9528215
Is the book worth the time sink? The latest king book I've read was under the dome and I thought it was 600 pages longer than it needed to be.
>>9528215
>Attempting deep readings of Stephen King
I think we know who the idiot is here. It is as it is. Flagg is Flagg. He is the same asshole in the Gunslinger and in Eyes of the Dragon and he exists in the same phenomenon and cosmos that powers IT. It is not a complex book. It is a simplistic book using simplistic themes. I would be embarrassed to show my breadth of knowledge regarding Stephen King, but I read all of these more than 15 years ago, whereas you, someone who presumably is 18+, is reading them now.
Dum dum
It seems like (many) Europeans strive to imitate the worst aspects of American pop culture.
Does anyone know good works on the americanization/cultural homogenization of European culture?
http://www.notbored.org/immigrant-question.html
Debord briefly mentions it, but I'm trying to find something more in-depth.
Even the worst aspects of American culture are far superior to the best aspects of "European" ""culture"""
Europe is America's retard inbred cousin. They will always be outstripped by their superior overlord
>>9528168
Who discovered us again?
That's because there aren't good aspects of American culture
An abundance of artists vibing together in the city of lights. Can you think of a better lifestyle?
They were all degenerates, doing drugs and alcohol while having sex they later regret. There's a reason most went on to commit suicide later on.
>not being in a city
>not being around a bunch of artists with their heads up their own asses
There's two improvements right there.
Read "Babylon Revisited," there is nothing glamorous about that lifestyle, and it comes with its own pseuds and hangers-on
>be me
>be living life
>feel good about good stuff and bad about bad stuff
>if only there was a way to only feel good and not bad dot jay peg
>find out about Stoicism
>realise I can mentally create a super awesome force field that does what I want
>use my force field
>everything turns out fine
>>9527691
Another quality frog thread
>>9527691
wtf im stoic now
>>9527691
Why isn't Pepe banned yet? Isn't he a stale normie meme?
Which are some poetrhy exercises lads?
>>9527641
I'll give you one.
Write a sonnet about electricity. Right now. Don't be a bitch. Do it.
Post it when you're done and I'll review it and give you feedback. Remember to use the proper rhythm.
>>9527689
can you read spanish?
>>9527695
I can. Show me what you got.
Books for something so comfortable and soft as pic related?
Something like moby dick but about gentle thoughts.
>>9527624
>'comfy'
>le frog man
Seriously, kill yourself
mmmmbump
>>9527626
Only picture I could find with a similar atmosphere
And when did saying the word comfortable become a buzzword?
Consider suicide for being so angry over a book recommendation
>tfw thoughts only flow smoothly during the night, or when I don't have a paper and a pen at hand
>>9527592
>tfw thoughts only flow after i've spent 3+ days secluded in my house shitposting on /int/ and reading wikipedia articles
>>9527592
wow u must be struggling :(( hope u make it threw the hardship
as Windom Churchill said: If your going threw Hell, keep going (he means u can do it despite existential problems of thought-difficulty). Please take his advice, we're on you're side in this unfair time of heartache and poopoo-feelings :(
>Lady Macbeth was written by a man
>Nora Barnacle was written by a man
>Anna Karenina was written by a man
>Emma Bovary was written by a man
>Tess Durbeyfield was written by a man
>Cordelia was written by a man
>Ophelia was written by a man
>tfw all the greatest women characters were written by men
>tfw in literature, men show a greater understanding of women than women do
really makes you think
Repressed trannies
> its another sexually frustrated MRA episode
How far will this book take me on analysing films outside of tarkovsky's works?
>>9527396
48 inches
not very far, it's mainly vague blathering. it's nice though
just read deleuze (and zizec)
Can someone help me out here?
Im trying to understand psychoanalysis and have been recently reading about Lacan online inspired by my inability to grasp some of Zieks concepts. I wanted some actual book recommendations on the subject.
Also I wanted to know if you guys would recommend reading Freud stuff to get a grasp of the field as a whole. I realize he is the founder more or less of psychoanalysis but I have been told that most of his ideas get either absorbed or thrown out by later thinkers.
Start by reading pic related AND a book about Lacan and his contribution to psychology, but do not read anything by Lacan since it's too difficult to parse for beginners.
>>9527344
I think most of psychoanlysis isn't really a thing, but then again most of clinical psychology isn't. I think, if you are really intrested in a deep understanding intellectually and spiritually i would suggest Carl Jung, if you like a pratically tool I suggest Eric Berne. Freuds works aren't that hard, but you can easily get it from a summary. The communist "interpretations" of psychoanlysis are so far fetched, that mostly it's hard to argue that the concept is really recognizeable.