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Hey /lit/, so I'm taking a Political Philosophy class and we're required to write two fairy short analytical essays on certain political theorists. We need to make an argument and then be able to orally defend our argument. But I fucked up and wrote my essay for a topic that I wasn't assigned to do and now I'm drawing a blank.
The source material is Thomas Aquinas' Treatise on Law and the topic is ""The seeds of disloyalty to civil rulers are inherent in ST. Thomas' conception of law."
The only idea I have for this is that this is because Aquinas' conception of human law is that laws must be based in reason, and it is through our reason that we can obtain a vague understanding of God's laws. Because humans law must be based in reason, then any law passed that is based in emotion or without reason does not align with God's laws and therefore must not be observed.
I need some ideas and something to stimulate my mind into thinking more deeply on this.
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>>8687012
i dont know shit about aquinas or any of the scholastics really but this is probably in the right direction.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aquinas/#NatLaw
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>>8687158
I just need to come up with an argument that is actually strong and applies to what Aquinas is saying.
I'm usually good as bs'ing my way through stuff like this when I don't care about it. But I do care about this and I actually have a lot of respect for my prof.
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Who is the greatest villain in the history of literature?
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>>8686902
Time, language, fate
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>>8686909
bit abstract
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The reader
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Guys I need advice
I started taking SSRI, my mind is finally free of depression and I got my imagination back, I've been traveling between all kind of forms and movements inside my own headspace for hours.
Also, my reading speed and comprension have improved.
Is this what sinapsis feels like?
I want to make up for all the time I wasted being foggy, suicidal and sad.
What math and physics books do you rec?
>inb4 start with the greeks
Sorry for my bad english.
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you're damaged goods. It will wear off within the next 2 weeks and you can go back to being inert, occasionally jacking it to cartoons.
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>>8686842
Please no
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Seriously /lit/, are depression meds a good idea? I'm so torn on the idea
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Best translation of popular Russian works?
Pic related
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>>8686823
How good is this book?I know it's a classic beginner point, but I've never read it
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>>8686836
It's great, very funny. A bit more episodic than you might expect. The historical chapters are very melancholy.
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>>8686836
It's good and a lit favorite for a reason. Recommend you read it with Faust at some point
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I myself employ the John Green method where I read aloud or revise something in my head and if it could pass as something john green has or could potentially say or write then I scratch the whole thing and start over.
How does /lit/ revise its prose?
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write it
shelve it
write it again without referencing the original
then edit it
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>>8686774
Why are you so familiar with John Green's writing?
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Every day with drift farther from the light of God.
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>>8686528
thanks op. stay vigilant... We keep those who are asleep safe because we're always awake. No one knew who we were until we put on the mask, and now everyone knows who they are now that we've taken off theirs.
peace brother
xo
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Newfag here.. has /lit/ always been religious, or is it a more recent thing since dedicated religion is a new counter culture now?
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>>8686548
do you have a problem with how religious /lit/ is?
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ITT: So called """""Villains""""" who did literally nothing wrong
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>>8686024
Cardinal Richelieu. He was literally just doing his job.
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He didn't show mercy
Otherwise you're right
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>>8686024
my diary desu
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What do you guys think of Jim Morrison based on his poetry strictly?
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>>8685996
*based strictly on his poetry
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I can't entertain the thought of reading someone's poetry who decides to incorporate the lyrics "the west is the best... The west is the best" into a song, and I'm otherwise a huge fan.
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>>8686004
granted. that was his biggest disappointment he wanted his music to be spiritualistic but apparently he was heavily inspired by Rimbaud on his poetry
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How do I into writing?
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you combine letters to form words
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>>8685276
Read the masters. Think of a story. Structure the story. Write the story. Edit the story.
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>>8685276
i hope thats intentional
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Post the last book you've read that exceeded your expectations.
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>>8685162
In Germany it's part of the school lit canon but for some reason we never read it. I only picked it up not too long ago and it's a great story.
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From the Great White North
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>>8685170
What's it about?
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What books should i read to obtain as much cultural capital as possible?
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>>8684453
Just pick up the one hundred best list and read it from the bottom upwards.
Or upwards towards the bottom and complement your horrible understanding of the books with cliffnotes and the like.
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>>8684453
>cliffsargent.jpg
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>>8684453
fyad set internet comedy back 15 years desu
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so /lit/, what's some essential /kidcore/.
I want to read some books to my gf's daughter but I don't know what ones.
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>>8683963
>gf's daughter
Cuck alert.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
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>>8683963
I Want My Hat Back
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Two thoughts on this.
1. This book has had such a positive effect on my life. It's akin to attaining a new habit, like keeping your room clean, or working out. So could anyone suggest another book that has this level of life-changing immediacy?
2. Has anyone here read it and still feel like procreation isn't immoral?
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>>8683827
If you don't want to exist you can stop at any time.
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>>8683838
I enjoy living.
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>>8683846
Then don't fucking whine about it.
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>age
>location
>current book you're reading, and how do you like it
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>>8682753
>22
>DC
> The Gambler by Dostoevsky
> Strunk and White writing guide
Just started the former, so don't really have an opinion yet. Have been slowly reading the latter for a while now. It's practical.
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>>8682753
>20
>brasil
>kjv bible, walden and the odissey
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>>8683063
>Brazil
>KJV Bible
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ARE YOU ME?
is new sincerity only possible for redditors and the like?
If I don't hide my sincere take on things I can't function in society desu.
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>>8682039
>pic
/r/streetwear
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>>8682050
more like r/autism
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>>8682039
Expliciate. Exactly which attitudes would ravage your place in society if made visible to the outside world?