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>>8417328
>now

Congratulations America, you played yourself. Bless up

In the 16th century woodcuts were more culturally prominent than books.

By publication date

>>8417313
I cannot tell which of these goes first because none of them are Greek.

>>8417317
fpbp

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>340. Betas follow rules. Alphas make the rules. Sigmas laugh at rules. It is clear which group the philosopher belongs in, and in which he'd like to belong.

>>8417239
We all know that's not Nietzsche.

That is one of the issues I see often in the US and Europe though. With big budget, blockbuster creations came reactionary movements that hated the emphasis on appearance in those grander works.

But it's all a matter of ego / spirit; someone with a healthy ego averts their gaze outwardly, beyond themselves and into the world of appearances, while someone with a weak ego, overly focused on themselves, is still looking for things that are "deep" in order to justify themselves.

>>8417239
>>8417813
What an amazing bunch of sophistry. It's like you're standing on your heads. Black is white and white is black now, eh?

I can just tell this was written by a woman

>>8417215
Nope, it's not
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25816688-the-fireman

>>8417215
>>8417244

>Almond colored eyes

Kek so shit brown

rap is shit

>>8417230
closeminded and very dumb to say

>>8417284
but it is

Yes. If I don't highlight an entire paragraph and scribble next to it "symbolism," how would I remember that the passage was being symbolic? It allows me to engage with the text.

>>8417193
Anyone who regards markig a book as stupid is
himself stupid. Read How to Read a Book you spaz.

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>>8417193
>getting a second hand book for school and the previous owner was a stupid 10th grader 'nerdy' girl who always wants to be 'smart' and its all shit notes and highlighted for no reason

I swear all my highschool books were like this

There's no way you could know that if you're new.

>>8417174
Continentals think anything with numbers or logical notation is useless and not philosophy. Analytics think that all continentals are just poorly disguised charlatans wrapping their nonsense in obfuscatory language.

Both of them are wrong.

The culture of this board hosts many people who in the real work are probably regarded as intellectuals however out of them only 1-2 out of 10 are. When all these psudo-intellectuals come on /lit/ and then an another psudo-intellectual calls them out they begin a horrid circle jerk of 'IM BETTER YOUR STUPID" kinda crap.

Of course there are still the small amount of actual people who know what they're talking about (spoiler im not one of them) so overall the board is probably the most intellectual since its not summer in here all year round

Nah
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Yeah
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Probably
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>>8417164
Mrs. Dalloway
A Serious Man or Synecdoche New York
Yes to all except Reddit and job

Favorite Movie? Jauja
>Do you believe in God? I want to, not sure
>Do you lift? ab exercises pushups and pullups
>Do you play video games? not anymore
>Do you have a college education?no
>Can you still enjoy Stephen King?no
>Do you spend more time on 4chan than you should?no, only when in the pits of depression
>Do you go on Reddit at all?no
>Do you have a job?no

not a great definition but this is what i've hashed out for myself:

science fantasy "reads" like fantasy, mostly because technology rather inconspicuously takes the place of magic since the workings are not explained in detail or even really brought into question by the societies in those books in the first place

haven't finished dune but it seems to fit the bill

>>8417158

In my mind, Science Fantasy would be a book like Dune.
Whereas Science Fiction would be a book like the Martian.

Science Fiction is where they try to realistically elaborate on the world such as how it could exist logically using a basis of real science and technology.

Even if there is technology in a Sci-Fi that doesn't exist, it is made on an understanding of real science and tries to truly make you immersed in how the world works.


Science Fantasy puts a lot of that behind to favor more traditional fantasy plot. It's fantasy set in a technological world but may also have a magical / mystical element to it. A quick comparison I see a lot is Star Wars v.s. Star Trek.

Star Wars is obviously a science fantasy, it's more traditional in its story and of course has the mystical element of the force. Star Trek, while not a perfect science fiction, tries to make a more grounded and realistic world where the technology is as much a character as any other.

nobody reads spinoza, especial not titans of german letters

read infinite jest instead. more insightful

Yeah you should read Descartes. Also look into Giordano Bruno.

>>8417114
You just do it. Descartes could be a nice prelude but it's not necessary at all.
If you find a nice book with an historical introduction, that'd help you get on the book.

>>8417123
>>8417336
retards.

"It may really be said: You are either a Spinozist or not a philosopher at all."
Hegel

>>8417107
*Crickets*

>>8417107
Al-Ghazali

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Pic related popped up a few times in a book of Middle Eastern primary source snippets I recently read. It looked interesting, and valuable for the field, but I haven't read it yet.

Are threads that start with yes or no questions simply a thinly veiled attempt on the OPs part to pass off their opinion as a topic of discussion?

Is the answer to the previous question "yes"?

>>8417024
it depends on wether you think it is or not you moron.

>>8417014
This is actually a surprisingly interesting question. A lot of pretentious people are served badly by the insistence that more people should be held to the standards of high culture.

Never read TFA in high school, but I had to teach it last year. Definitely wanted to kill myself...ayyye.

Fucking The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri - utter shit I tell you. Made me really hate Bildungsroman until I've encountered A Brief Wondrous life of Oscar Wao which was great with all of its reference and the vernacular language. If you've read it, what did you think?

Lord of the Flies
To Kill a Mockingbird
Hobbit + LotR trilogy
As I Lay Dying
Beloved
Animal Farm

>2001-269-044

what did they mean by this?

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>>8416986
Post one of his not shit sons

>>8416993
Is that "the" shotgun?

>babby using latinate words to sound like a smarty-pants

>>8416966
Yes that is the point read the post senpai

Not op btw

>>8416967
I was translating