why was he so cool /lit/
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>>9914291
cringe
>>>/fa/cebook
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Is there a book that is more redpilled than this one?
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Culture of Critique by the renowned author Kevin MacDonald.
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>>9914270
>Muh property rights REEEEEEEE
I think reading this would be pretty redpilling for how people try to deal with you every day OP
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>>9914281
Wrong pic, although I'm sure you'd enjoy some manga. Ive read somewhere anime is good for soothing tard rage
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About the print, someone asked what's wrong with Tor.
Now to the point. A few years ago I was a daily /lit/ lurker. I wrote a lot but made nothing to expose my writing. Somehow life made me more /g/ than /lit/ which explains the techinical content link, I'm sorry if you can't get it all (but search about it, security is helpful sometimes)
For those who can get it, wouldn't it be a good subject for a book? I'd read it, but can't think of a good main character other than the goodamn hacker. I'm kinda tired of him.
Also, any of you are used to keep prints of good chan posts to write about it? Would be kind to share them.
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I think its really interesting though the hacker pov would be clichè. Try getting into more cyberpunk literature, maybe that would help. Maybe you could use a rouge state worker as main character and it would allow you to explain the policies that regulate or (benefits of why they fail to) tor.
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How has serious reading changed you?
For me there was a very noticeable, profound change in my entire way of thinking after about three or so years of serious reading, I just hit this sort of critical mass of knowledge where I suddenly exploded into intellectual self-awareness in a way that humiliated me, where it just hit me that what had passed for intelligent thought and reading comprehension when I was in college was only a shadow of the real thing.
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Reading has not changed me in any meaningful way as I have been reading since infanthood. There is no version of 'me' to compare it to.
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Reading doesn't change you, you just have more vocabulary and philosophical knowledge to further enforce whatever biases you already held
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>>9914286
This. I've always hated everybody. Reading only helped me to vocalize that hate
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What did he mean by this?
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he was in hell basically
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>>9914162
How do you figure that?
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Good heckin' book, read all of his others too.
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Do I need to be very familiar with the Bible in order to understand and appreciate Moby Dick? I started reading and these references are going over my head. Jonah, Lazorus, etc. Is this like reading Greek mythology before reading Homer? What do you suggest I read before Moby Dick? Besides the entire Holy Bible
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>>9914118
Read
>Jonah
>Job
>Ecclesiastes
>Genesis
Those are the most pertinent books which apply to Moby-Dick
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If you haven't read the greeks, the bible, St Augustine, Plutarch, Shakespeare, Nietzsche and basically all the documents written by the founding fathers don't even bother picking up moby dick because it will go right over your head
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I first read Moby Dick without reading the Bible and it was still fucking great. Better on a second read after having read the Bible, sure, but still great without.
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being as unsubtle as possible: le book
yuck
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>>9914096
sage
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Best languages to learn for lit
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Which are the best languages to learn for literary reasons? I already know Spanish and English. What comes third? Russian? Is Chinese worth reading for the lit? Don't really give a fuck about poetry or philosophy.
Is Russian really that hard to learn as an English speaker? Are there Russian writers worth reading other than Chekhov/Tolstoy/Dost?
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>>9914027
Do a dead language like Latin or Ancient Greek
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>>9914027
if your only motivation is to read books, you aren't going to reach a competency level in chinese to read literature lol
i always found this question kinda stupid. you need more motivation than the vague desire of reading books to actually get that good with a language.
you could learn portuguese and italian. also latin as another anon said if you're into classic stuff
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>>9914034
I'm gonna try and take an intensive Latin course over the summer at my local uni. Don't want to spend my school year on it.
Shit. Forgot Nabokov.
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Holy fucking shit /lit/, why didn't you tell me earlier that being a man does not equate getting the girl? What's the point of some fagass "strength" of character if you're going to be loveless?
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>>9913976
>being a man
Yeah, it usually does. Why don't you go ahead and enlighten me on how you were being a man, and how it didn't get you the girl.
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Strength is its own reward, just like beauty.
If you started with the Greeks you would know this.
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>>9913976
>he fell for the self improvement meme
l thought everyone new all the pseudo-intellectual shit people on here spout was fake.
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Why all the hate for Constance Garnett? I've always read she was dry and uninspired compared to other translations, such as P&V.
Halfway through C&P and I have been more than satisfied with Garnett's translation. She even came out favorably when I compared some passages with P&V.
tl;dr how do we know when a new translation that is praised throughout the literary community isn't just a money grab for these big publishers?other than the obvious benefit of "renewing" a classic with a new translation, which might encourage newer audiences to read it
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Most people here think Garnett is better though.
Only brainlets claim otherwise
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>>9914013
would you recommend garnett for tolstoy as well?
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>>9913955
Read Garnett for c&p
Read p&v for the brothers k and Tolstoy
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What are good books [fiction or non-fiction] that deal with the THEORY of revolution? I want to learn more about early signs of a coming revolution, necessary and sufficient conditions for revolution, how to know when the masses are 'ready' for it etc..
Is Spengler's book a good place to start?
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there aren't any good books on this topic. the best you'll find is someone who thinks they figured out why one or a few events happened then they try to generalize that to all events
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>>9913957
I'm not looking for something scientific.
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>>9914003
this is the problem with people interested in revolution summed up in a nutshell
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What are the greatest works of literature from before 500 BC?
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start with the greeks
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>before 500 bc
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>>9913920
The Epic of Gilgamesch
Sumerian /lit/ is technically where the Greeks got most of their inspiration.
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How we do stop him? Any books on it?
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I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
Now I a fourfold vision see And a fourfold vision is given to me
God preserve us From Single vision & Newtons sleep
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Introspection.
thinking about reading a prose version of the Divine Comedy along side of reading the Hollander translation because of my pea brain. Is this a good idea? has anyone ever done something similar?
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>>9913846
Yes i once read kevin macdonalds translation of culture of critique and i would HIGHLY recommend
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>>9913846
>reading verse in prose translation
Why would you think this is preferable? What do you want us to tell you? Can you really not read verse? Don't even bother with Dante, then.
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>>9913846
Maybe, if you want to get through the Comedy quickly, and to appreciate it for the imagery and intellectual content. All the verse translations are really quite bad in comparison to the original (it's not a meme in this case because it's verse), and you won't really be appreciating the style of Dante that much more by reading a verse translation
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Is he some kind of super genius?
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Why would you say that?