Is this book any good? Why is it so long? Out of all his works I've only ever read The Shining and i thought it was alright.
I read the first 200 pages or so and then dropped it because I didn't like it. This was years ago though so I can't really remember anything about the book
>Beverly fucked all the gang.
What did Hawkings meant by this.
>>8955130
ITs alright if u know what i mean
Does this book actually elaborate more on its themes and statements or is it just a "short collection" of Nietzsche's thoughts, because that's how it feels like so far?
>>8955078
Beyond Good and Evil is a collection of thoughts.
On the Genealogy of Morality continues exploring that particular aspect in a more systematic way.
>>8955120
Thanks for confirming it then. I'll read this anyways and then pick up on OTGOM.
Was there any philosopher that Nietzsche liked? He seems to hammer everyone down in this book with his bantz.
How would Nietzsche feel about this /lit/?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4103158/Court-hear-Christy-Mack-rape-fantasies-trial-MMA-fighter-War-Machine.html
Dr. Nietzsche, I am MMA.
>>8955064
Jesus fucking christ
>>8955058
he would agree but of course you cant say that and have to pretend like nietzsche was PC
I'm looking for books about nature and about walking.
The Walk by Walser was pretty good, and I have some non-fiction books on my list:
The peregrine
Desert Solitaire
A Sand County Almanac : With Other Essays on Conservation from Round River
Which I got from the last thread.
What else do you recommend?
Werner Herzog has a great diary about walking from Munich to Paris, 'Of Walking In Ice'
Maybe Hamsun's Growth of the Soil. The Forest Unseen is wonderful non-fiction about a square of forest as it develops over the year.
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Walk to Freedom
True story about about a guy who escapes from a Siberian gulag and walks from there to India. (consult a map)
Also they see Yetis. Dunno if it's all true but it was a great read.
The Lord of the Rings
What tongue other than English can boast such sheer volume of masterpieces of the highest degree? What other tongue provides an enriching and profound literature that may rival fair English?
Russian
>>8954971
French.
>>8954971
Welsh
Hey guys, im interested in reading and getting to know a little bit more of South America through literature. Im not talking about classics from southamerican authors, i am more looking for ome recommendatios on books that will tell me about the histroy and struggle the have gone through.
I have already read Venas abiertas en America Latina from Galeano, but i am to lazy to search for more, just wondering if any of you guys knew some books about this topic.
Yo el supremo, by Roa Bastos.
El señor presidente, by Asturias.
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba, by García Márquez.
El laberinto de la soledad, by Paz.
Canto General, by Neruda.
2666, by Bolaño.
El llano en llamas, by Rulfo.
There you have México, Paraguay, Guatemala, Colombia, and Chile.
Books that deal with South American dictatorships, peasant farmers, and violence. Of course there are more examples, but as far as novels, essays, and poetry, those were the first I thought of.
Or just google something more specific and check the bibliography in the Wikipedia page, I don't know, man.
>>8954968
Gracias
What are good books about logic? I feel like school doesn't really teach how to think logically or critically anymore, so I'd like to familiarize myself with the process of logic.
Pic unrelated
>the process of logic
this is a spook, but you won't realise until you've been studying logic for several years.
begin with a simple youtube playlist on boolean logic/algebra. this part is more mathematics than humanities. it's simply to get you comfortable with manipulating symbols and playing formal "games". learn what a proof, axiom, inference rule, etc. is.
then look up any philosophy textbook on logic for a brief overview of the history of the thing, and meta-logical considerations. anything recent should do fine. don't go for some enormous, arcane tomb; the point of this is breadth over depth. learn what constitutes a "sound" and "valid" argument, what soundness and completeness properties of logic are, etc.
Introduction to Logic by Irving Copi
Essentials of Symbolic Logic by R. L. Simpson
Computability and Logic by Boolos, Jeffrey and Burgess
>pic unrelated
you really think we're stupid huh?
Should i give a fuck that 90% of all living languages will die in this century?
>>8954769
only if giving fucks brings you pleasure
my property
>>8954769
no
english is the only relevant language
>>8954807
No fucking retard.
The only non meme languages are like ten
What the fuck is this shit I'm reading?
No one else is reading this shit?
>>8954952
lol no
>>8954967
Well, why the fuck not?
well, /lit/?
I'm really smart and handsome.
Post modernism is cancer.
Plebeans are everywhere
Find a flaw.
>>8954653
I like Deleuze, but do we really need daily threads?
>>8954693
Meh, fair enough. I don't want to turn it into a meme. Have just been thinking about Deleuze since the last couple of threads were good, and when they appear I almost always find myself agreeing. Just curious to see if /lit/ had some kryptonite stashed away I didn't know about.
The sniffler? Nope. Analytics? Whatever. Positivists? Same. Heidegger? Deleuze is just more interesting. I mean people can run wild with Foucault too (like Butler). But I never hear Deleuze being associated with shit I hate. He's not on the side of capital, and yet not in a fuckface way. He's opposed to despotism and authoritarianism, yet there are redpill guys who like him too. Even Nick Land based his work on Deleuze. I guess it's just weird to find that.
>>8954653
closet idealist
Why do you guys hate her?
Do we? I feel like Ive never seen her mentioNed on /lit/
>>8954652
looking through the archive most mentions of her are negative but that was only like five or so posters that repeated what they thought of her over and over again for a couple of years
Is that the teacher from the Yale Courses? From the American Literature videos?
As title says, I finished IJ. It took me a couple of months but I read several books in between. To spare you guys a blog post and give this some real meaning or maybe start some actual discussion, let me say that it is very clear that this book REQUIRES a re read and if you are reading it now you should know this. No one is smart enough to catch the necessary details their first time through. Discuss the ending of this book with me before I lose my mind
>>8954528
please dont waste anymore of your life rereading ij
To start, can anyone explain how people are able to figure out the post-ending stuff? Is it explicitly mentioned in the text but not picked up because it appears to lack relavence the first time through?
just fuck off please
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>>8954511
>>8954511
My fav
Who do you read because you enjoy them, and who do you read to impress people. Be honest.
Enjoy:
Shakespeare
Joyce
Steinbeck
Impress people:
Wallace
Pynchon
>>8954478
couldn't you just lie and say you read them?
>>8954478
>reading YA
>impressive
nice joke
Enjoy:
Game of Thrones
Impress:
Lord of the Rings