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Brainless faggot here, how can i introduce myself to philosophy? I'm interested in nihilism, pessimism, existentialism, metaphysics and also ancient Greek texts, but my knowledge is very basic and i get despondent very quickly 'cause i can't understand what they speak, so i'm here asking for books or guides to introduce me to the philosophy.
The closest thing to philosophy i've been is with novels like "The Plague" and "Le extranger" from Camus, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" from Philip, Sartre's "nausea" and animes like Evangelion or Lain.
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>>9340959
honestly first read the wikipedias and IEP and plato.stanford
this will give you context
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ignore >>9341006
there are far too many dilettantes polluting the field right now. either save for a tutor or a university education or stick to vidya
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Get into college and major in philosophy
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Alright guys I need some assistance. I'm attempt Ada for the first time. How should I read this thing? Should I use ada online and try to get the 3000 references per page, while trying to use Nabokov's "notes" or do I just need to read it the first time through try and get the jokes I understand and enjoy the book? Because as of now I'm attempting to use ada online and the end notes and trying to flip between 3 things, attempting to get the references and trying to get the story is driving me insane.
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>>9340855
99% of the people who read that book did it without "notes" you sperg
just read it like a normal pe--oh wait
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>>9340898
I mean the notes I'm referring to is the joke endnotes so it seems like it adds to the book in terms of enjoyment. But ada online is a nightmare to use.
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Read it straight through first time... it will take a chapter or two to get used to the prose. It's not on the le el of Ulysses in terms of subtext, word play and annotations But it's a wonderful book -- one of my favorites.
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Could anybody recommend to me a good physical collection of Whitman's poems? It can be paperback or hardcover. I know, I can just find them online, but I'd like to own a physical copy of his best stuff.
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I own this edition, and I really like it. The introduction by Cowley is brief but insightful; he considers the value of the 1855 edition and its place in the rest of Whitman's production, while also giving an account of Whitman's change as a poet and personality as his fame grew.
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>>9340830
Alternatively, you can get this one and get more poems and prose. It even includes some of the 1855 edition's poems. I haven't read it so I can't comment on it.
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i saw you post this in the wrong thread and i dont have anything to contribute but i just want everyone in this thread to know you fucked up
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ITT: discuss your literary ambitions
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>>9340711
Teach my kids to appreciate literature, and critique works based on merit.
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my first novel will be the great american novel
i will then retire, move to the west coast, and make the citizen kane of video games
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Spend less time shitposting here and read more.
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Any authors like him?
>pic related
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>>9340653
bump
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not that i'm aware but here's a great foetus track about him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vej0mX_Ka0E
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>pic related
Thank you for clarifying.
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>>9340598
Please no, cornfather.
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just goes to show you that buying a hundred classics to look smart and never reading them and posting all day on the internet doesn't actually make you a better person
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I wish we did that to cliff.
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shelf/ foosball table I
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>>9340578
misc uncategorized
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/r/ music section
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>>9340584
lit/poetry LX
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_English_Opium-Eater
Is there other books that speaks rationally about opiates? I know Froid wrote a lot about Cocaine but I'm only in interested in the use of opiates both recreational, mentally, and medicinal in the human history. Codeine addict here.
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>>9340527
>Froid
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>>9340527
Trainspotting
for nonficition: Chasing the Scream, first and last days of the drug war
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the last opium den by nick tosches.
>want to be a writer and become as good as shakespeare
>remember literature is a dead art form and nobody reads anymore
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>over $65 billion revenue in non-educational non-professional book sales worldwide and keeps rising
>dead art form
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>>9340515
>wanting to be a professional writer
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>>9340515
>nobody reads anymore
>highest literacy rate the world has ever seen
choose one
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Is this worth reading in English translation or is too much of it lost? What is the best translation?
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>>9340435
It's a less Reddit Catch 22.
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>>9340452
that's not what i asked
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>>9340435
I didn't finish it desu. Anyway, the best translation is the Italian one because of its resemblance to French.
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>WARDINE BE CRY
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HOL' UP
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Fuck that retarded chapter
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>>9341484
Honestly I skipped that part once I realized what it was
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"You are smart enough to read me /lit. I believe in you"
- Joseph Mcelroy
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Read Ancient History. Is it one of his easiest works or is it about normal?
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>>9340275
It's both actually. You can take it for face value or you can dive into how he plays with time. A good example would be when 30 seconds passes by in the book and that paragraph is 30 words long. Or like how he stuff 4 summers into 2 words, the quarry. Did you notice the distance between each friend changed depending on the points they were plotted on the parabola?
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>>9340296
Hm, neat, I don't really pay attention to counting when reading.
I liked how the book gave you the impression that he left the office and continued writing at home but then the ending pretty much affirms he's only then leaving the room.
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What is science fiction?
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Fictional science
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halo 3: odst the entire workings. audio novel read in part by steve bannons rotting nose flesh
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>>9340229
"It could happen but it hasn't happened (yet)"
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>gets two (2) horses stolen and humiliated
>kills hundreds of men, women and children, pillages their communities and burns them to the ground
Why the fuck didn't he just chill for a moment?
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they drew first blood
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Kohlhaas did nothing wrong.
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hitler did nothing wrong
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Any books that will make me nicer?
I read Meditations but I am not nicer
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>>9340188
Tolstoy's short stories
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>>9340188
What do you mean by "nicer"? More empathetic? More socially capable?
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>>9340188
try breathing! relax your shoulders, your jaw, let your hands drop, and just breathe! hold your tongue if you must, no opinion means a thing! get another cat!