alright /lit/, what's the best book in the bible?and why is it Genesis
Qoelet
>>9329280
>Qoelet
nice try jewbot
>>9329293
>Genesis > Qoelet
you must be a pleb
Why do people rant about how great Diogenes was?
None of his works survived and the anecdotes attributed to him are likely falsehoods.
I'm not claiming he wasn't great but there is no way others can possibly know if he was, yet they speak as if it's concrete fact. Some people don't even know that his works haven't survived and I've actually seen people making posts on here such as: "Read Diogenes bro, he told Alexander to move and shit bro, based bro blah blah"
People like him exist now, but they're hospitalised with mental illness and called degenerates, bums, punks, tramps, druggies, losers, etc.
Is he the ultimate pseudo-intellectual hero?
Peiple "like" Diogenes the same way that people "like" Stirner or Nietzsche.
I like the anecdotes around him. I also like degenerates, bums, punks. tramps, druggies, losers, slackers, shut ins etc. they're my people.
>>9329270
He's like Socrates, we only know what people wrote about him, though much more was written about Socrates.
Doesn't make him any less based.
someone here is crazy enough to feel a real sadness because you realize (or you think you realize) all philosophy is just a mainstream branch of the human thoughts and his possibilities?.
Daily reminder to never take 'all ___ is/are just ___' thoughts seriously.
>>9329241
but why?. simple premises can be powerful.
ill take this like a no.
How do you read poetry? Do you read each specific collection of poems from front to back in the order they are in the book? How much time do you spend reading/re-reading each poem?
>>9329150
I flip through, read what's interesting, mark my favourites on the contents page. do you mean how many times in one sitting?
>>9329167
Yeah, how much time/pages do you typically read in one sitting? I've honestly never actively read poetry before but I have some collections of Rilke and Pound I want to read.
>>9329173
oh cool. you should just read whichever way works for you. I find people tend to read and understand poetry in idiosyncratic ways.
I hate big collections and prefer smaller ones. it's hard to say because I read throughout the day. usually I'll read a bunch in a row during breakfast. then I'll re-read whichever ones I'm thinking about on my commute. etc.
so read a bunch > re-read the interesting ones > read another bunch. rinse, repeat.
always keep a pen or pencil on you. as you read deeper you'll want to mark up the poem as you go.
Was Orwell a cuckold fetishist?
>At every fuck I gave you your shameless tongue came bursting out through your lips and if I gave you a bigger stronger fuck than usual, fat dirty farts came spluttering out of your backside. You had an arse full of farts that night, darling, and I fucked them out of you, big fat fellows, long windy ones, quick little merry cracks and a lot of tiny little naughty farties ending in a long gush from your hole. It is wonderful to fuck a farting woman when every fuck drives one out of her. I think I would know Nora’s fart anywhere. I think I could pick hers out in a roomful of farting women. It is a rather girlish noise not like the wet windy fart which I imagine fat wives have. It is sudden and dry and dirty like what a bold girl would let off in fun in a school dormitory at night. I hope Nora will let off no end of her farts in my face so that I may know their smell also.
what did james joyce mean by this?
with 1984 it makes sense in context, as sexual relations are prohibited and Winston, trying to be a rebel, is magnetically attracted to such things.
Idk what the fuck Joyce was trying to say there tho
>>9329242
I have a degree in literary analysis and I think he was trying to say
>At every fuck I gave you your shameless tongue came bursting out through your lips and if I gave you a bigger stronger fuck than usual, fat dirty farts came spluttering out of your backside. You had an arse full of farts that night, darling, and I fucked them out of you, big fat fellows, long windy ones, quick little merry cracks and a lot of tiny little naughty farties ending in a long gush from your hole. It is wonderful to fuck a farting woman when every fuck drives one out of her. I think I would know Nora’s fart anywhere. I think I could pick hers out in a roomful of farting women. It is a rather girlish noise not like the wet windy fart which I imagine fat wives have. It is sudden and dry and dirty like what a bold girl would let off in fun in a school dormitory at night. I hope Nora will let off no end of her farts in my face so that I may know their smell also.
> finish The Iliad
> ends abruptly with no mention of the Trojan Horse or Achilles' heel.
Kind of disappointing desu.
>>9329135
you fucking clown
>>9329137
Rude.
>>9329135
are you legally retarded
God I hate being stuck in here with all you plebs. Why does it seem like this board can never get past entry level shit like lits top 100 chart? Anyone want to discuss authors like Fallada, Bernhard, Barthelme, Mcelroy? I hate being patrician sometimes.
>reading anything other than 4chan all day
>>9329106
As with every board. You have to wade through mountains of shit to find the real gems. It's worthwhile though because the few great illuminating discussions that do crop up from time to time far exceed that of other sites.
>>9329134
That's what I'm still here.
>mfw someone uses "I'm"
>>9328971
What is teh alternative
>not minimizing character count at every possible moment
This might be a good place to ask. What does t. mean? I see it on here. A t with a period. What does it stand for? Thanks.
HILDA DOOLITTLE? Can we please get hilda do a lot in here? Please? OH FOR FUCK SAKE.
my local thrift store has her biography. have you read it? would you recommend it?
>>9329126
I just ordered the collected poems this morning senpai.
H.D >>>> Ezra Pound
my favorite quotes from Felicia Day's book
>sometimes I think to myself, I CAN STEAL YOUR BOYFRIEND! WORRY ABOUT ME!"
>people have palsy, I could look like I have palsy too
>it must be terrible going through life being THAT retarded
>We also took Samantha who is fat and obnoxious
>"book people"
fuck you i like her
>>9328898
who taught this camel how to write?
New to /lit/ guys.. Was wondering where to start and where do i go from there. IF YOU have more of these pics, that would be great
Start with the Greeks and read the fucking sticky.
Start with the Greeks and/or read exclusively Russian authors.
Don't listen to these memers. Read what sounds interesting to you. Is there any specific genre, author, region, time period, etc. that you are particularly interested in?
how is new philosopher magazine?
looks like a circlejerk for STEMautists, economists and posthumanists
>>9328823
Buzzfeed but more postmodern circlejerk
>>9328834
STEMautists would not want to be seen anywhere near anyone who would even consider having a peek at the contents of THAT garbage. Please.
What poetry is most like the borges short stories or the book of disquiet?
>>9328773
I'm not sure how suitable a match it is, and it's prose poetry, but my first thought was Gaspard de la nuit.
>>9328789
This is a piano piece by maurice ravel. Are you sure you're not getting mixed up?
The poetry of Borges and Pessoa?
Recommend some Space Opera, anons.
Gundam wing
ITT: literary curiosities
>>9328519
Hey, I have that book
Shit, that's a great book, wish I could find a cheap copy
>>9328519
Litrially the most hipster memecore source of tattoos there is.