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Is this worth watching? 2017-04-03 05:34:35 Post No.9329859
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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA18FAF1AD9047B0
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oh man i remember watching that forever ago, like in 8th grade or something.... it was pretty interesting, I'd watch it again
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>no mention of Heidegger who basically built a philosophy around that very concept
>approaching death through "arguments for the immortality of the soul"
trashed ten times over, won't watch a second of it
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Jumped through the last lecture and the conclusion of the course. Nope, not worth watching.
Childhood is when you idolize Plato. Adulthood is when you realize Aristotle makes more sense.
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Plato was a cuck
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>>9329837
Childhood is when you idolize Newton. Adulthood is when you realize Aristotle makes more sense.
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>>9329837
Aristotle truly is the more sensible read. Everybody here likes Plato because they're children who can't penetrate the density of Aristotle's thought. If you think the four causes and substance metaphysics aren't relevant today but FORMS are then you're just an salvageable retard.
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Rate my day taste, /lit/
also its a
>current stacks
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>>9329789
Absolutely pedestrian.
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poetry handbook lol.
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esv ewwwww ewww
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what do you do when you want to buy a book, but the only editions available's ugly? 2017-04-03 04:54:23 Post No.9329661
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what do you do when you want to buy a book, but the only editions available's ugly? 2017-04-03 04:54:23 Post No.9329661
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what do you do when you want to buy a book, but the only editions available's ugly?
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I personally don't like reading books that are ugly, so I tend to just skip it.
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>>9329661
I wait, but i buy more ancients books
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>>9329668
so I am not alone in this?
I always feel ridiculous - it should be about the substance - the words. but just an ugly cover will make me go fuck it.
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Read a e-book. Buy a fine physical edition later.
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So im halfway through a novel and suddenly i got a new idea about a characters motivation and i want to change it because its so much better. Problem is for this to work i either have to go back and rewrite everything about that character or just go with a le epic twist solution. What choose?
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Yes Anon, writing requires revision. Get used to it. You do realize that it isn't uncommon for an author to work on a book on and off for a decade or even longer, right?
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>>9329657
>decade
going back and reading hundreds of pages of what you wrote is beyond stupid. epic twist it is. 10x
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>>9329679
Never gonna make it.
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Was there ever a book by a black man that wasn't about race?
Was there ever a book by a woman that wasn't about vagina issues?
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Yes. Was there ever an OP who was not a faggot? No.
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I miss /fitlit/...
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>>/kys/
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>>>/fitlit/
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RIP
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So what House are you in, /lit/?Most 'Slytherins' are just Ravenclaw posers who want to be cool.
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reported
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wrong website, I think you wanted to post on reddit and got lost somehow
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Is HufflePuff ancap?
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If these two characters existed in reality, what books would they read?
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Sage and ignore any crossboarder threads
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>>9329547
Why?
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Hey /lit/ what is the opposite of 'pretentious' ? Is it 'postentious' ? What does it mean to be 'tentious'?
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>>9329514
>what is the opposite of 'pretentious' ?
James Joyce
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>>9329521
He said opposite, not a synonym.
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>>9329537
pleb
we talk about /lit/ on /lit/, as it's become irrelevant to do so in these parts
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for instance, I like book bc of [insert analysis of a character] and [sentence that spoke to me] while [theme] I didn't quite understand DISCUSS!!!!!
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/lit/ has bad taste
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>>9329523
i wish we had a board where we could talk about books and find cool stuff in said books. why has /lit/ become a breeding ground for boring politics and reiterated philosophical ideals, anon?
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/new-man-4chan-nagle
> The details that emerged about Harper-Mercer’s online life made it difficult not to resort to stereotyping. On a dating site, he had listed pop-culture obsessions typical of “beta” shut-ins, including “internet, killing zombies, movies, music, reading,” and added that he lived “with parents.”
>reading
Damn... And the article was written by a woman! Even non-Staceys consider reading a "beta" activity!
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Women age quick whereas men are constantly face to face with eternity I.E. Don't worry about what women think. You have forever to get them whereas they have an expiration date
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>>9329471
>appealing to the "real man" meme
Typical manipulator
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How do I git gud at reading comprehension?
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Sadly there is no trick. Just gotta read more.
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idk. maybe keep a notepad handy so you summarise each chapter after reading it.
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>>9329420
write a paragraph explaining every chapter, imagine youre trying to lead a lecture on said book to a bunch of schoolchildren or something
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How do you deal with world's complexity? What's your way? What's your solution?
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>>9329276
Watch it burn ?
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>>9329484
/thread
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not /lit/
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>A categorical imperative commands unconditionally that I should act in some way. So while hypothetical imperatives apply to me only on the condition that I have and set the goal of satisfying the desires that they tell me how to satisfy, categorical imperatives apply to me no matter what my goals and desires may be. Kant regards moral laws as categorical imperatives, which apply to everyone unconditionally. For example, the moral requirement to help others in need does not apply to me only if I desire to help others in need, and the duty not to steal is not suspended if I have some desire that I could satisfy by stealing. Moral laws do not have such conditions but rather apply unconditionally. That is why they apply to everyone in the same way.
Pretty spooky, huh?
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>>9329273
No its rational, you have to understand the whole Critique to get it though
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Kant was literally 5 feet tall. Is manlet philosophy applicable to people of normal stature?
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>>9329283
it's rational in the system he sets up, you mean? where an experienced sense of guilt, etc. proves free will/choice of action? i'm not through the whole thing yet, but don't really see how that'd be resolved. i mean i get that it fits, am i still missing it?