Archived threads in /lit/ - Literature - 2806. page

>>8561426
What is human nature exactly?

>>8561436
the grundespook

>>8561426
orthodox christianity

>>8560172
No I won't

>>8560172
sagesexual

sapiosexual

>>8559282
>the free time to read and contemplate profound existential issues
Yeah, that's a poor people classic, that. Having time to read and contemplate. Not wasting time finding a place to sleep and getting something to eat, no, that's not what they do, the poor, they spend their time reading and contemplating, that's why they're all so smart.

>>8559282
I know you're only meming but kill yourself anyway.

>>8559299
I can only speak for myself, and my poverty allows me great freedom to write and read as I please. Look at the greats: H.P. Lovecraft, Henry Darger, I could go on. They all renounced a life of material wealth (lol) an instead pursued, as I am doing, a life of dignity creativity.

>>8559304
All in due time my anonymous acquaintance.

>>8557828
makes you wicked smaht

The same way that sandwich does: it's delicious.

>>8557828
to be better than normies

>>8545907
Nope. I depreciate comics as an Autistic medium.

>>8545907

I do but I enjoy manga more.

I do. Recommend me some good stuff that isn't capeshit pls. (Ex-)Yugoslavian recs would be particularly appreciated, if you know any.

>>8545955
lolxd

>>8545974
Manga are comics, though. Just because they come from a different country doesn't mean that they are a different art form.

>>8542284
[question]
how can i un-pseud myself?

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[question]
>The Ego and His Own: The Case of the Individual Against Authority (Dover Books on Western Philosophy)
>Paperback: 400 pages

Why is it that philosophy books are so big? How come the authors read and think so much yet are unable to write succinctly? Are they retarded?

>>8542298
tl;dr: don't be an insecure asshole

For starters, don't try to impress people around you. It's better to use that energy towards improving your understanding of the topic.

Stop using that new word you saw in <massive meme book> all the time. It makes you sound like a kid.

Don't ever think you're better than the plebs around you just because you just finished yet another philosophy book. People dedicate their entire lives trying to understand how the universe works, you certainly haven't figured it out just because you read <greek author here>.

Stop giving your opinion all the time. You will sound like you're insecure and looking for validation. Let the ideas sink into you before you start talking like you know it all and everybody is retarded.

>>8559383
Wehre's this quote from

>>8559405
from the chicken

>>8559383
Classical rhetoric

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i couldn't

I couldn't care less
An exaggerated, over the top attempt at being insulting
>OMG I just can't, it's like totes impossible for me to care any less about it

I could care less
Subtle, understated insult
>I don't especially care, I suppose if I put a little effort in I might reach a level of 'meh'.

>>8557689
Please fucking kill yourself.

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>>8553497
Right there with ya.

This hits the hammer right on the head. Exactly why /lit/ is the worst board on 4chan

>>8553513
>worst

Silly pissant.

Evanesco!

>go back in time
>teach JK Rowling how to write

Done. Those ghastly books would never have been written.

>>8546081
What woukd she have written instead?

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>>8540276
Vineland. That's Vineland to me.

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>>8540276

>>8540284
The Things They Carried or Going After Cacciato

>>8540292
The Good Soldier Svejk

>>8559966
Start making threads solely about books you actually enjoy

>>8559985
There's probably going to be a flood of "why the fuck does this book exist" threads soon because Spielberg's spending $200 million adapting it

>>8559966
This reads like American Psycho.

The natural inclination of most women directs them to pursue goals in life different to those of men.

isnt ayn rand the most influential philosopher ever (in mamerica)

>>8559105

No shit. Why isn't philosophy not one of them?

>Perchance to Dream, Charles Beaumont
>Anything from Thomas Ligotti


I have that book in your OP, is it good? I read the first 20 pages and gave up several years ago. Should I start again?

>>8556681
A newfag here, sorry. I just got into literature and English is my second language. But I heard it's good. You should try it I guess.

Lovecraft. King is shit.

>>8556056
To pass the time.

Wants the point of me having sex last month if im just going to kill myself next week? Nothing. Just live day to day until you die from something.

Maybe you can learn something along the way.

also for fun