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What was the goal of ending the novel like he did?
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>>8393080
To reiterate his point that life will find you and kill you.
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As a proxy to explain war. It never ends for the soldiers, and even if it seems to be definitely convluded and you feel seperated from it, it reclaims you and shows you that it has become a part of you.
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>>8393080
>them feels when Catherine asks him never to repeat their special loving nuances with his future loved ones
Aw come on Papa
Ive never identified so completely with a character in a book, part one felt like the author was describing me, my actions and glimpses of a potential future. Every brush with a young girl, or internal monologue of HH felt more like my own thoughts and actions than something i was reading.
Now, I admit im a lolicon/pedophile/pedosexual/hebephile or whatever label people give someone who likes young girls, and that it was part of the reason I read Lolita. But the efect it had was not what I was expecting.
Part two was, different. I could see myself in that position. I became more paranoid along with HH with every page turn. The book turned from a exciting self insertable piece of erotica to something that took every single thought, every rationalization I had about (for a lack of a better word) my passion, tore it to pieces and completely destroyed the shreds.
Since then I just cant bring myself to like, or even tolerate myself. When I see a young girl, im torn torn between excitement and shame, sadness, and hatred for what I am. Ive deleted my whole collection of pictures, stopped going to certain sites, and completely stopped fantasizing about this topic.
This book has completely and utterly destroyed something that I loved, down to my very core.
Have any of you guys ever read something that made something you liked totally unbearable? Does this feeling fade, or is it a permanent shift in thought that can only be changed by an equally moving book?
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>>8393050
The book have just shown the inner antinomy of your character, the very same that tormented Humbert Humbert. You either care about little girls' well-being or fuck them. Choose one for yourself and stick to it.
But, really, was it really that difficult to realise that raping children is harmful to them?
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>>8393050
Kill yourself.
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>"To be ruled by a woman is the greatest outrage for a man" - Democritus
ugh. guess i'm skipping these mysogynist greeks...
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When does this quote appear? I've read his fragments and i don't remember that.
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>Charmides, the fire of my loins - Plato
Ugh. Guess I'm skipping these paedophilic homosexuals.
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>>8393031
Fragment 111
http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/app/app63.htm
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my cousin keeps coming over to play Zelda on N64, but I just want to read this...
what do I do?
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Rape is always an option
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>>8392993
tell them to fuck off because you are busy
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Does anyone here even know what it is to be an ubermensch? Everyone can read the wiki article, but do you really UNDERSTAND AND FEEL what it is to be an ubermensch?
I'm scared, yet I know this is what /I must/. Slave and master morality truly will come into place, and divine nature will be felt more than ever.I've only read Nietzsche articles briefly
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>>8392958
I am no man. I am a mighty dragon
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>>8392958
>Does anyone here even know what it is to be an ubermensch?
Yes. Though it is an inconstant state. If I ever knew what it felt like, which I believe I have, it's been some years now. Though personal tribulations, some of which were my own doing, really drew me away, I am now moving back towards it (I think).
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>>8392958
If you need to read somebody else to understand and feel it, you're simple not there ... and probably never will be.
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Just ordered this, what am I in for? Does his mother become any less pretentious?
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>>8392948
His mothers not the one you have to worry about though.
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A very dry read
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>>8392948
The witches are always bitches, Paul is too good and kind a man to do what must be done.
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Is there anything I need to read before The Odyssey? I have never read anything remotely similar.
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Not really. You could read The Iliad for a bit of background, but the Odyssey stands on its own.
This is assuming you have at least a basic knowledge that Zeus is king, Athena is his loving daughter, etc.
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The Iliad for sure.
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>>8392921
Why didnt just google first before asking stupid question on an furry pedo board
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So /lit/, Apollo or Dionysus? Which do you prefer to read, and which do you tend to write with?
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Asuka>Misato>Rei
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So is this thread implying that Nietzsche would have believed that Asuka was the best girl?
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>implying they can be separated
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I'm looking for a book i briefly saw yesterday.
published by penguin books
it was slim, back and front cover were black&white. back cover was ~2/3 an portrait and the rest text
i'd swear i read "hell ring" somewhere in front cover, but i'm not sure since i'm not finding anything related with those words
it was being used as table to crush speed, any idea?
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>>8392866
Maybe pay more attention to novel things rather than just needless hedonism ya fucking degenerate
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>>8392887
what's your problem?
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>>8392866
Only after you help me remember the name of that song by that guy that plays guitar that starts "dum dumdum, dudum, dum. dumdumdum, dudum."
Fucking cretinous autist. Saged.
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>mfw anon posts books that aren't on the top 100 list
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great thread
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Ok, let's post obscure masterpieces. Picrelated got the Akutagawa prize 1987
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>>8392833
This
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Any good banking related book suggestion?
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>>8392722
the morgan was is good. the rothschild one is interesting. work in banking and can actually probably help a lot here - what're you trying to figure out?
/lit/, I want to commit suicide but I don't want to miss out on the best of literature, so I'm making a list of 25 novels to read before I go.
Please give suggestions.
Ulysses will probably be the last one I read, but I'm open to changing that if something more appropriate comes up.
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>>8392686
Make sure to hit the Sea of Fertility Tetralogy at the end, it will shore up any doubt.
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Moby Dick for sure if you haven't read it. The Old Man and the Sea. As I Lay Dying.
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Bump, please help
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How do you keep your mind from wondering while you're reading?
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adderall
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A slap to my face, hot vodka, sugar or caffeine, washing my face
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xanax
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Post the last line from the last thing you wrote.
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>"Magnus realized, with a sort of laugh, that every joke he had recently heard had been told by himself, to himself, and at his own expense."
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His cock, as an avid Douglas Adams reader would say, was a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.
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Mais le coup de théâtre complet, le chef-d’oeuvre que dis-je, ce fut certainement la confrontation épique, cette rencontre qu’étrangement nous, hommes de conflits volontiers, appréhendons naturellement d’une crainte terrible, mais aussi d’une joie engourdissante.
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Is teaching myself Latin a fools dream?
After looking at some recomendations, pic related seems to be acknowledged as a good start, but after skimming the first few pages, I think I might be too stupid to start with this.
Any suggestions? Should I just go for "Latin for Dumbies" ?
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if you make a sustained effort, no it's not impossible.
Every teacher basically just goes through a textbook chapter by chapter then forces the pupils to do exercises. You can get the exercises from the book and evaluate your progress using answer keys. I pretty much never interacted with any of my Latin teachers other than them grading my papers or them forcing me to read a paragraph aloud. Plus the pronunciation side of the coin is irrelevant with Latin.
bona fortuna faggotus
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>>8392436
I found Visual Latin useful. It's not significantly harder than learning a Romance language.
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>>8392454
>Plus the pronunciation side of the coin is irrelevant with Latin.
How so? I want to be able to pronounce it accurately. How else will people know I'm smart?
From what I understand, the pronunciation of Latin is relatively simple. It's the grammar that I imagine will give me the most grief.