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Name one thing Aristotle was ever wrong about.

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What are some good surrealist pieces of lit?
Have any of you read pic related, and if so, is it any good?

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ITT: essential mom lit

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ITT: Writers you'd like to beat the shit out of them for some reason

I say this guy.
Why?

BECAUSE LOOK AT HIS FUCKING HAIRCUT JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

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I've a thought. If I enjoy a pirated ebook, and I want to give back to the author, what would be more morally acceptable?

>i buy the physical book
>i buy ebook
>i send the money directly to the author
>something else?

With first I help the physical book market. Publisher gets his cut. Author gets his. Trees die.
With second I help ebook market. Publisher gets maybe a slightly bigger cut. Author gets his. People employed in printing lose jobs.
With third author gets a big cut, he feels directly appreciated, but it's harming his sales statistics, and his standing with publisher.

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Post trilogies that turned up to be too much for the writer.
Pic fucking related
>work around the cottage with forests and mountains around for 20 days
>bring these 3 books with me
>no internet, no tv
>1st book is comfy as i drink warm milk with honey in it before sleep
>the small stove is heating my bedroom only
>the doggo sleeps under my bed
>i like the smell of wood
>im immersed as a pothead into old school rap
>second book, interesting but i notice a pattern
>the protagonist cant shut the fuck up about him being a Volvo or some shit, because his butch mom was
>muh christians are mean to me
>muh old religion is becoming outdated
>muh butthurt
>3rd book he is already 40 and wants to influence the strongest and most powerful russian or viking to bring back the old religion
>suddenly is 60, has 2 kids and his wife dies (all the other girls in his life dead or wanted him away from themselves)
>muh christians are mean again
>scandishit army is led by a moron that thought had a dutch or french 'ally' that wanted to take UK with them
>vikings go alone, thinking down south are the frenchies, but the frienchies let brits and vikings fight it out so they can come later
>the viking warlord loses his first battle because none of them had pikes against the heavy cavalry
>muh christians are taking shit of muh leader, last of vikings
>muh christianity is mean
>booo hooo
>thank you Odin for traveling with me

Why didnt Severin write only 2 books, make them large enough, not include a 3rd one he had absolutely no idea how to finish to make all of it have sense?

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Is it possible to read his schizophrenic ramblings as a sane person and actually learn anything, or is it a waste of time?

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What's your philosophy on life?

I believe people are like tornadoes in the sense that we're the product of physical conditions.

Just as tornadoes are phenomena that occur only under specific physical conditions, life to also occurs under specific physical conditions.

I don't think there's a meaningful difference between humans and the product of the actions we take and all other phenomena that occur as product of the physical conditions of a system.

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How do you manage learning multiple languages, reading, and learning mathematics ideally?

I'm an undergrad (like most of the board) and I don't want to screw up so early in my ambitions

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>show gf Joyce's private correspondence for a laugh
>she starts farting around me openly

I didn't ask for this.

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What books will make me more intelligent?

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Have I been memed by Jewish writing and literature faculty at my university? I've been given the impression Philip Roth is some brilliant writer, and after reading Patrimony (nonfiction about his dad) and enjoying it, I figured his fiction would be awesome. Picked up The Human Stain and what the fuck is this? Unaesthetic prose that throws in literary references haphazardly-so at least the prose is smart, though unmusical. Plenty of descriptions of bullshit like university campus and birds, but few sections that redeem those garbage pages.

Am I missing something? Philip Roth has won a Pulitzer and multiple PEN/Faulkners. What the fuck am I missing?

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Why does he make nu-males and women so sullen and insecure?

You can't discuss him in modern literary circles without some feminoid working in a deeply resentful remark about his earnest pursuit of the masculine ideal.

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What are some books that help you master the art of talking, wit and charisma?

I'm cripplingly awkward around people in terms of lacking confidence, worrying about what I should say and what people will think.

I'm trying to become a better social person by reading more non-fiction and weight-lifting, I also have other problems which I'm helping with therapy. So I'm looking for recommendations.

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What would be the correct order to read Aristotle's work?