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>>9255111

Forgot w/r/t

>>9255111
and but so what?

Vic.

unfortunately... relativism. nietzsche was the peak and the descent to madness

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>>9255085

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the enlightenment

Yes.

The source of all genius

>>9254985

No, but Mr Collins definitely had autism.

>>9254955
He used an inappropriate term in one of his novels. And (((they))) got offended and pushed for his works to be either censored or removed from school entirely. And /lit/ are just (((they're))) puppets. Believing all the vitriol (((they))) spew out.

Every time you see a "/pol/" plz go response, (((they))) have won.

>>9254977

You make the world worse by being alive.

>>9254977
after puberty is done with you you're gonna look back on this and cringe so hard it's gonna feel like a heart attack

March 18th, 2017

I saw a boy that looked like him today, it made me sad. It also made me remember the dream I had of him last night, that made me sadder. This dream is one that has been recurring (or, has had a recurring motif) ever since he left. In the dream, he’s always hostile to me, calling me a “weirdo,” a “faggot,” etc. but it was never like this in real life. I deny that what I felt and what I still feel is love, I also deny that he has ever loved me either, but I think I’m attached to him because he was the first person to give me romantic (in reality, sexual) attention and now my conscious thinks it’s true love, which is absurd. I do want him back though, and I here he’ll be coming back for a month in April, but I won’t end up seeing him, I’ll chicken out at the last minute, or my dreams of his hostility will have reflected on me enough to completely avoid him. I wish it wasn’t like this. I wish my feelings for people could be normal.

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i often use iphone notes to journal

bump for /lit/ actually writing for once

>>9254922

Nothing
Flawless author
10/10

>PKD
VALIS
A Maze of Death
Flow My Tears the Policeman Said
A Scanner Darkly
--
>Good
The Divine Invasion
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Man in the High Castle
Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Ubik

>OK
Martian Time Slip
Dr Bloodmoney
Time Out of Joint

Currently reading Transmigration of Timothy Archer

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seriously. Writing like him more and more, whether for good or bad

>>9255022
you and the other 10,000 bourgeois white guys

>>9254913
May gods hand of judgment be upon you.

18:1aMr 9:33-37; Lu 9:46-48; 22:24
18:3bMt 19:14; 1Pe 2:2
18:3cLu 18:17
18:4d
Pr 15:33 The fear of Jehovah is a training in wisdom, And before glory there is humility.
Mt 20:26 This must not be the way among you; but whoever wants to become great among you must be your minister,
Mt 23:12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Lu 9:48 and said to them: “Whoever receives this young child on the basis of my name receives me also; and whoever receives me also receives the One who sent me. For the one who conducts himself as a lesser one among all of you is the one who is great.”
Lu 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Lu 22:26 You, though, are not to be that way. But let the one who is the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the one taking the lead as the one ministering.
Jas 4:10 Humble yourselves in the eyes of Jehovah, and he will exalt you.
1Pe 5:5 In the same way, you younger men, be in subjection to the older men. But all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the haughty ones, but he gives undeserved kindness to the humble ones.

>>9254916

God doesn't approve of the slovenly, lazy, hedonistic masses. The Lord likely numbers me among his Elect.

>>9254845
You start with the Greeks then you work your way up the canon. The way will become clear by then

>>9254845
Who are these people making fun of you? They're probably plebs and their opinions are worthless.

>>9254845
do NOT apologize for your patrician taste. working your way up to the present day w/out falling for shitty meme authors takes a lot of work, you're doing it the right way

also I keked at your NObel jab. strongly memed

in conclusion, change nothing about what you're doing

>>9254838
I realized my writing was shit long before I finished my book. So I'm not sure which of us is better off.

>Don't write a boot
>It's a masterpiece

Anyone ever do this?

>>9254838
i have done this a couple of times for nanowrimo but it was good practice.

maybe get some of the theory down before writing a whole book

>>9254825
I read it like 5 years ago, currently rereading it. I mean Brothers K is Dostoevsky's magnum opus, but you can see him formulating his ideas in Crime and Punishment. It's a beautiful work on the moral and philosophical struggle between Nihilism/utilitarianism/rationalism/atheism on the one hand, and religion and Christianity on the other. It was the first book by Dostoevsky I ever read, and it made me want to read more and more. Now he's my favorite author.

When I originally read it I was a bit of an atheist edgelord, but nowadays I'm seeking a deeper moral truth, and meaning in life. I have to attribute that to Dostoevsky.

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>>9254839
>tfw Brothers Karamazov was only part 1 of the two part series Dosto planned

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>>9254825
>>9254839
Oh and another thing I forgot to mention is that this book helped turn me away from libertarianism. One theme of the book is how poverty leads to crime and moral degradation. Before reading it I might have blamed criminals and blamed the poor for their station in life, but 5 years ago the book got me thinking about the topic more.

>>9254843
I know. Pic related.

>>9254802
>highest iq ever
>that's pretty much all he's known for

js mill and montaigne both had very rigorous upbringings if you want to look into them

>>9254802

Pretty much every prodigy with overbearing parents has had a breakdown of some kind. Go to university at age 12!!! Solve philosophy at age 20!!! Jesus Christ. Has anybody had the philosophy to give kids a rigorous, but attentive and loving childhood so they can be free to do whatever they want with competence in their life? It seems like most of these child prodigies are just made to serve their parents, no wonder they emotionally struggle the way they do.

Ayn Rand offers a peak into the window of truth: women are the most cold, calculating, self-interested beings on the planet. Unfortunately, most people would rather stay in the cave then see the world as it truly is....

if you write a lengthy reply to this discussion topic you are a poser

She's the equivalent of the average fedora fuck who read the oxford encyclopedia entry on Nietzsche and is TOTALLY understanding of his ideas and how to be the ubermens

She's a delusional hyper-hypocrite whose most accomplished work is a novella she lifted from another dude

>>9254667
>Paul Coelho's The Alchemist and Herman Hesse's Siddhartha.
Jesus anon, it's called subtlety, try it sometime.

>>9254683
>you
>knowing subtle
I bet that not even last night's storm could wake you.

>>9254801
"Dark and stormy night"? Jiub... something? No, I don't get it either.

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>>9254621
>good laser sword guys vs bad laser sword guys for a million fucking pages
I would prefer not to.

I remember reading a starwars book as a kid about Bobba Fett going to a planet (I think Dagobah)

IT was really cool and creepy, and the people there ended up being cannibals who tried to eat him.

If anybody got a name Id love to know

>>9254714
Whoa. You seem really cool and smart for some reason.

>>9254618

I'll say the same thing I always say in threads like these.

1. Pick something you genuinely want to read, not something that you're only reading for meme value. It's amazing how many people, when getting into reading, just pick up whatever books 4chan tells them to read rather than choosing for themselves. Of course if you're not going to be focus if you don't care about what you're reading.

2. Go someplace away from your computer to read. Go to a quiet peaceful place like a park or a library. Change of environment really helps. In the book The Shallows (essential reading for people struggling with this problem), there was mentioned a study that people had better attention spans when walking through a nature filled area rather than a noisy city. Even thinking about nature helped their attention spans.

>>9254618
Just put a timer on and sit down with a book until its up. I think its less about tricking your will power as just drawing a clear boundary and aim around the activity.

>>9254618
Self control. Consciously choose to not use the computer. Set time goals ie. I will read for the next 60 minutes, it doesn't matter if I make any progress with the book, I'm not allowed to do anything else. Stick to this.