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more aliens that are actually aliens in the sense of being products of evolution (hence hyper-predatorial and competitive), and it not being necessary that they are soy-loving peaceful trekkies whose politics mimics some fat purple haired weirdo from bushwick

sadness in space

I'm reading it right now. It's illuminating in most pages, and filled with good hints aside the reading.
Some anon will tell you that most of the book is filler, it's true, but it's not useless crap, it's just repetition of the core concepts of intelligent reading.
The actual application of intelligent reading is not so easy as it sounds, it's a lot of work. Any anon wants to share some experiences?

>>9887028
I was actually thinking about this book yesterday. I'm going through Schopenhauer, and I realized that I am not paying close enough attention to what is being said - I will not remember these words for as long as I should. I'm interested in other anon's experiences if it indeed helped them. Is it a meme?

>>9887028
I didn't realize that there was actually a good reason for skimming a book other than cramming for a test or pretending to read a book

>>9886885
Going to take a shit and then go to the gym, I think. Life is beautiful. I love it, so therefore I end up treating it cruelly. I can't stop taking shit. I'm going to the gym now.

>>9886885
My shit record player doesn't function anymore I need to get a new one. I want to head out and walk the abandoned tunnel today but I'm busy as shit and I won't find anyone on short notice cause all my friends think they're busy as shit too. I'm gonna go code for a while.

>>9886885
Finally, some rain. I hate the sun and I hate summer. Can't wait for fall to drown this plague of flies and tourists.

I had a dream last night where I sucked my own dick. It was good.

>>9886865
Did you swallow like a good little reader?

I dreamed myself riding a bycicle at night and I kept seeing different constellations untill I didn't see any constellations and the sky just changed color and pattern every second. I had to get off my bike to hug a tree for some reason.

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>>9886819
longcat is the definition of aesthetic.

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>>9886824
tell me the best book or fuck off
aesthetics is not a joke or a superficial thing you punk
also wtf with the caption

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>>9886860
Fine. Here you go.

>>9886817
depends what languages you can read. Obviously Les Diaboliques, but the novel Une vieille maîtresse is also quite good.

To be honest, just read Villiers instead.

>>9886895
In french, my man. What's Villiers best then?

>implying I'm going to listen to this faggot talking for 12 minutes

>>9886809
I'm sorry but I feel strangely determined to not watch that video.

>>>/his/

>>9886666
There you go again, asking /lit/ about something that actually requires reading and thinking instead of mindless repetition of memes and witticisms. You're a fool.

>>9886788
I wonder what will happen to this board when Petersonism dies in this board

>>9886825
Either flourishes or goes to shit

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Samuel Beckett
Eugene Ionesco
Albert Camus
Lewis Carroll
Slawomir Mrozek
Flann O'Brien
Ton Tellegen
Roland Ax
Max Frisch
Joseph Heller
Daniel Handler

Yes.

All analytic philosophers would do well to go back and review Aristotle. Just because a permavirgin claims something is logically consistent does not make it true or (worse) a meaningful analogy.

Now it just more generally means in a methodological sense ordinary language vocabulary and autistically narrow articles of inquiry in an article or book.

Though, I unironically think they have put out the most interesting works on metaphysics and aesthetics in the 21st century so far.

>>9886595

I should screenshot this post and put it on /r/badphilosophy.

I'm not even an analytic, but any first year logic courses (either a critical reasoning or formal logic) in a philosophy department will teach you the difference between logical consistency, truth, and analogy (among many other topics). Pretty sure this is something any philosophy major, who isn't a dumbass, isn't going to mess up by inferring from or conflating these, and says more about your own misconceptions and status signalling about philosophy than anything.

>>9886471
my diary desu

>>9886471
Don't think I don't know what you're doing. Finish that book now before I have to take it back

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>>9886471
>where do I start?

The Greeks

>>9886462
There are apps for your phone that will help with this. Camscanner is the one that I use but I'm sure they're all the same really. Find a way to keep the phone elevated and stationary and you'll get through it in no time.

>>9886462
Ive done this before. I had to rip the data of a printed directory for work. I sawed off the binding, and put it into an industrial grade scanner like they have at kinkos or most universities.

Then I mailed myself the pdf, and used ABBYY FineReader (which i pirated)

http://write.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/scanning-book-pages/

Stumbled on this. Might go building the cardbox one.

the inverted world, by christopher priest
the forever war, by joe haldeman

these 2 have a decent chance of being enjoyed by someone who just asks for good sci-fi books (but you could still shed some light on your tastes)

Thank you. I will check them. My experience with sci-fi is doesn't exist. I read only (fantasy) Eragon books and some other.

*I was reading

dude war is cool lol!!

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Pretty great cosplay desu

>>9886314

Neither.
Write a lot, but do a lot of research.