*writes a good paragraph*
*rewards self with two hours of browsing /lit/*
who else /author/ here?
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>>8960268
>write a word
>reward myself with a combined /lit/, Netflix, music ly, tidal, hulu, Apple TV, HBO go, crunchyroll, snapchat, & chill binge until I collapse
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>write shitty paragraph
>punish self with two hours of browsing /lit/
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>write good shitpost on /lit/
>reward myself with 2 more hours of browsing /lit/
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Are there any philosophers that were actually happy/content?
Hard mode: No major religious philosophers (including Buddhism/Buddha, Lao Tzu, etc.)
>inb4 muh spooks
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>>8960252
socrates
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>>8960252
Epicurus, at least he claimed he was.
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>>8960252
>Take me for example, all happy and so on and so on
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is it worth reading english translations of east asian literature?
or is the language and culture too different to get a proper reading without the original language?
is the "lost in translation" ratio much bigger than works translated from ancient greek? or arabic?
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>>8960219
I like ideas, not pretty words.
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>>8960219
it's all lost in translation
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>>8960222
but can we fully grasp the ideas when the gap between the languages is so large?
why didn't schopenhauer killed himself or preached suicide in his philosophy?
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Upanishads
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>>8960207
If you actually read him you would know, but you haven't so you expect us to baby you.
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>>8960225
I wish more anons were aware of the beauty in eastern philosophy and religion. It has honestly made me more content with life as well. I'm glad Schopenhauer found beauty and peace in hindu scripture too.
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Are you guys afraid to read McElroy or something?
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>>8960047
I'm afraid of
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>>8960047
no, just found Night Soul to be underwhelming
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>>8960060
ye cuz they short story b
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Is having a false sense of intellectual superiority a bad thing?
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>>8960009
If it's false, yes.
What a stupid fucking question.
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>>8960009
It is essential for all our self-esteem.
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>>8960046
Wrong, a false sense merely imitates that which is essential but has no way of replacing it.
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A question to the Nietzsche connoisseurs: If he was alive and sane today, what contemporary art would he enjoy? Would he enjoy early Animal Collective? Would he enjoy David Lynch films?
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>>8959998
i don't think he would write about pop culture much
cus he's not a tool
is there a wagner of today?
he might like Altman
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>>8960005
>implying Wagner wasnt the pop culture of his time
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Lynch yes, AnCo no
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Why are there NO great female philosophers?
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Hannah Harendt you stupid scum
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>>8959992
don't bother replying, just sage and report shitpost
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>>8959991
because ALL WOMEN ARE STUPID WHORES
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WHY NOBODY HATED THIS MOVIE!? 2017-01-11 03:33:40 Post No.8959979
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WHY NOBODY HATED THIS MOVIE!?
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it is so retarded yet i always hear "i liked this movie BUT i dind't like XX or YY"
i had a lot of hopes since tlotr was so well adapted, what does /lit/ think?
also do you think it could be done right? i mean before this shit came i always imagined the hobbit as an animated movie like studio ghibli style or something
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agreed, dunno how tf it got 5 star reviews all over. they coulda just made a straight copy of the book's plot and it woulda been way better. they over-complicated the story and just made it super un-entertaining
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>>8959979
Nobody hated it, because the patricians finally learned and didn't go to watch it.
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i hated every character of the movie (except maybe radagast and smaug) from their apereances to their personalities, they fuked up
the concept art here, just look at the first image, they fuking knew how kili was
What are some good authors from this beautiful island?
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Giovanni Verga and Tommasi da Lampedusa I guess
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Mario Puzo.
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>>8959965
Aleister Crowley. The ruin of his Abbey of Thelema still stands in the hills of Cefalu, which is clearly labeled at the north center of your map.
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Yo homies, is it necessary to have read the Iliad before starting the Aeneid? I've read the Odyssey at least in parts but I've yet to touch any of the Iliad and I know the whole volume division structure of the journey elements in the first half versus the warfare elements of the second half of the Aeneid, but I'm wondering if there's gonna be anything I miss out on because of that.
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Its always necessary to start with the Greeks.
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>>8959961
Not necessarily no. But imo Iliad and odyssey are better anyways. Aeneid just played with the structure and elaborated a bit.
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Noir
>Raymond Chandler
>Jim Thompson
>Dashiell Hammett
>James M. Cain
>Patricia Highsmith
Neo-noir:
>James Ellroy
>Craig Clevenger
>Donald Ray Pollock
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is it pronounced noyer or nwah
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>>8959928
More like nwarr, but you don't say n-warr. It's kind of like the the nar in narwhal but you put a w sound before the n.
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Whom here in Mensa? Do you think it's strange that there have not been much significant literary achievement by Mensa members? Is it a wank? I just qualified to join and I was wondering if any /lit/izens think it's worth it.
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Subtle
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>>8959869
I'm not a genius like some people here, but I am a manipulative bastard (without the "bastard" part) and could pass every class with an 8,5 if I really tried. Of course I have the most important Physics test tomorrow (I HATE Physics, Maths, etc.) and I'm here writing about how goddamn lazy I am!
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I'm in Mensa. Basically unless you want to go to meetups it's not worth joining. I hear the Halloween one is really good though. They send you a newsletter booklet every so often.
Just go on Meetup and join a board game group. 99% of the experience of being in Mensa without having to pay dues, and people there are probably more down to earth.
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how to be aware of your ignorance as socrates was?
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Learn to dialectics.
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>>8959794
Socrates didnt go to Harvard
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>>8959899
lmao what a retard!
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/comc/ Day 20 The Count of Monte Cristo Read-through 2017-01-11 01:49:39 Post No.8959785
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/comc/ Day 20 The Count of Monte Cristo Read-through
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Chapters 76 through 80
We hear some interesting history. Then there is some PLOT and INTRIGUE.
>Ebooks and audiobook just in case you fancy a challenge and want to catch up
https://mega.nz/#F!NIcBwCYL!ZZo5gGqjat1yL_-RkuzZFw
>previous bread
>>8955452
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>>8958653
Good job anon. Momentum really picks up the further you get into the book. I'm quite ahead now and it is hard not to get more ahead.
I might get to chapter 100 tonight and then stop, read something else until the 18th and then finish it at the same time as everyone else.
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Bump. Anyone around today?