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>>9436243
>Does the acquisition of knowledge, culture, and poetic sense make you happy in and of itself?
Yes. At least "happier" than most other things in my life.

>>9436243
I like to bask in various artforms and how they have changed throughout the years.

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I just need to know that's why I read

the greeks

why is jung back in vogue?

>>9436157
I mean...do you really want to start with him at all?

If you really do, start with "Man and His Symbols" but only read the part from Jung in it if he's the only one you're interested in.

Psychoanalysis is already kind-of-meh-scienceish, but Jung really just went ape with it and brought it closer to theology in many ways. I still like him a lot, and he's definitely interesting, but, take him with a grain of salt.

>>9435930
I haven't read it, but i've seen it talked about here before and other anons seemed to enjoy it. That cover is also pretty great.

Wow try not to be so obviously autistic

>>9435930
>I'm worried it's going to be overwrought 60s M E S S A G E type sci-fi.

It is

The academy series by mcdevitt. John adams by mcullough. The Iliad. I recommend jack l chalker to any sff fan cause he's the best.

>>9435927
Aubrey-Maturin series read by Patrick Tull

>>9435943
Tried the academy before but wasnt a fan, Ill look into Jack L Chalker's work
>>9435953
Ive read the first one but didnt know they had an audio version, might try thanks.

Just tell your life story and change up the names. If that story isn't interesting then you have found the real problem.

>>9435895
There are tons of authors who dont write self referential bs

>Caring so much about the plot

virtue ethics is the only thing that makes sense. Aristotle had it down about 2500 years ago. Ethics is not something 'out there'. Cultural norms are something you just have to accept. But you can demand people are consistent. If you realise that most people are hypocrites it's a good theory.

>>9435842
I'm reading ethics right now and unironically modeling a moral code and my behavior on it.

What problems can I expect to run into?

>>9435907
>what problems can I expect to run into?
Nothing much, besides not even thinking of applying e.g. Kantian ethics in 99% of your everyday life, and in the remaining 1% - when you actually contemplate about which moral decision to take - the decisive thought will not be any maxim, but your own sensus communis, the notion of cultivated virtue which renders immediate decision making in the domain of moral possible with more certainty than any theoretical construction could possibly dream of.

also, I'm not the same anon as >>9435842

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oedipus, pls

yep

>>9435778
Ok

Who is Dan Bilzerian and why should anyone give a single flying fuck whether or not you like him
Did you mean to post this on /lit/

>>9435778
Can't help but agree

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BTFO!!!11

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Also this.

>>9435770
Mort is the best Pratchett novel outside of Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic for sure.

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Every year the same books are analized thousands of times.
Of course they cant make sense.

What's wrong with some finding profound truth where others can only see petty bickering?

>>9435609
>profound truth
>biased political reading of a nonpolitical work
>profound
>truth
Stop being a fag

>>9435508
>people will respond to this as if the OP was serious
>OP will now claim he is serious to ensure replies from people who believe he is serious

Stop shitting up this board

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>>9435508
>that filename

>>9435508
On the contrary, I cannot believe people actually read Nietzsche without first starting with the Greeks.

que a hundred undergrads angrily replying to this post because they jumped into zarathustra in high school without any philosophical context and desperately wish to believe they understood it

Not at all. People flex on here as if the object of reading is to read quickly, and as if they can all do it, but a really good book probably takes years to read.

>>9435312
>organon
dude, i feel you. particularly because my edition (great books of the western world) is so poorly formatted, i could not read the organon for the life of me.

i'm telling myself it's sour grapes and that i probably now more logic than aristotle did while i fuck off to "metaphysics" and "politics".

>>9435312

Nah, this means that you have a good grasp of what you're reading. Some books can be swallowed in one bite, others need to be chewed, and some need to be digested. Adler and Van Doren argue that only a competent reader can realize how little they understand. Read it a second and even a third time over.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Read_a_Book

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Looks interesting, might check it out.

just finished Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder and found that despite the sum of my behaviors resembling BPD, I do not think I have it.. the mindfulness practice steps seemed too brief, and disconnected from what I'm feeling... Next step is reading some self-help on codependency issues..

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>>9435249
From what I've heard it's pretty good but I've always had trouble actually learning to meditate and mindfulness etc

>despite the sum of my behaviors resembling BPD, I do not think I have it
I had to work through pic related due to some BPD stuff and honestly, I didn't find it too helpful. Maybe I am just close minded but I didn't feel like it applied to me? They diagnosed me with it because of some behaviors but I don't see it

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let me help you

i think the pale king is slightly better because most of these stories aren't very unfulfilling in the end, but it's definitely his best story collection that's for sure.

>>9434874
i really do think that all of David's work pre-hideous men (and even that you can tell was rushed with some of the meaningless pretentious stories) was sort of premature. He didn't really grow up until he was 40 it seemed, which is ironic because he often spoke of his regret at being published at 25.

Broom is a shitshow of bad plotting, Girl with curious hair is mostly just pretentious, and Infinite Jest is just trying so hard to be more serious than it was.

>>9434867
I agree. Some parts of the Pale King are better, but Oblivion is complete. I think the Suffering Channel is the best story. He is really good at making modern life seem really depressing

Why would you do such a thing? There's a tradition in rewriting folks tales and legends (like Greek myths, the Faust story etc) but original works are kept as they are.

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>I've been rewriting short stories of other authors.

>>9434826
it's been done thousands of times already.
and as if any of those original works weren't already based on other stories...
i think it's actually good practice.