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Discuss the idea of the Ubermensch?
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Nietzsche was a good guy.
All those with tragic insight are not so far from becoming Ubermensch. The only difficulty being maintaining buoyancy in a world such as this one.
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To literally WORSHIP Nietzsche. He didnt want us young, budding philosophers to do this, but He also wants us to THINK FOR OURSELVES!
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It is to meld the unconscious and the conscious via experimentation and inquiries of lucid dreams. But to be used for right, not wrong.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/focus-forgiveness/201307/conscious-the-unconscious
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>used to read all the time as a kid/young teenager
>started playing video games and forgot reading existed for nearly a decade
>trying to get back into it
>have so much trouble focusing, keep taking out books from the library and then returning them after only reading a few chapters
>suddenly it hits me
>the faster you're getting through the book, as in turning the pages, the more enjoyable it is
>so why not just get large print books? because then it will feel like you are going through the book really fast, because there is much less text on the page
>it's working so far
>feel kind of embarrassed though because large text books are meant for people who have poor eyesight, and I'm taking advantage of them basically because I'm autistic
Has anyone else done this?
tl;dr: I am trying to get myself into reading by using large text books meant for people with disabilities to give myself the illusion that I am reading faster.
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>thinks he is depriving people with disabilities access to books
Look in the mirror OP...
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>>8211110
kek
OP: get an e-reader and use large font size you _you_
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>>8211086
from what I'm seeing, you're using those books as intended :^)
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What books would you say pervert your mind to the furthest possible extent of perversion, breaking beyond the idea that perversion can only be a sexual act, there's obviously different ways of perversion.
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Batailles' Story of the eye
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>>8211071
calm down, they're just books
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>>8211188
I've heard that one before. I actually felt great comfort when I read this book, it was relaxing and it felt like I was floating through a dream. I know it sounds weird but I actually put it down half way through because I was afraid that it would stop feeling like a dream and I wanted to come back to it another time to really savor it. i don't think that there's really anything that corrupting about it, it didn't have especially disturbing content, it just had a bunch of piss sex, and believe me man I've been involved in and seen way worse stuff than piss sex. So, the book to me seemed like some sort of pornography, but really I liked the writing style more than anything. I like being engulfed in these sorts of things.
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CAN WE MAKE ANOTHER TOP 100 CHART FOR 2016 I'M RUNNING OUT OF BOOKS TO READ
FUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>reading books
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>>8211025
yo seriously bump. this time the only votes that count towards new list can be for books not on last year's list. it's time to rebel against reading the same old shit.
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>>8211025
The Vegetarian by Han King. G
Guys what the fuck does this mean exactly -
"Where there are ends distinct from the actions the results are by nature superior to the activities"
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your actions should have a purpose
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>>8210968
Can you explain how you got that?
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>>8210971
"the ends" in the original is telos, so it can mean purpose here. making the end distinct from the actions means the actions themselves shouldn't be the end (i.e eating for the sake of eating). so when you do something with a purpose the results will be better than if you just did something willy-nilly.
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hey /lit/ I need your help
I accidentally 1079 pages of Infinite Jest
what should I do...is this dangerous ?
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>>8210888
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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>>8210888
YOU ARE FUNNY OP HAVE PEOPLE TOLD YOU THAT YOURE FUNNY BEFORE
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>>8210888
I AM NOT EVEN KIDDING THIS LITERALLY LEGITIMATELY MADE ME KEK GOOD JOB KIND SIR
Yo guys, I've been on a major Star Wars kick recently and have gotten pretty interested in the EU. Can anybody make any suggestions about where to start? There's so much EU content and I've there's a lot of shit you need to dig through to find the pearls
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Thrawn Trilogy is generally acknowledged as the best I think
99.999999% of the EU is complete ass though
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>>8210878
How much have you read?
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>>8210878
Thrawn trilogy as actually kind of ass writing-wise.
I recommend Wraith Squadron (Rogue Squadron should technically be read first, but Stackpole is a hard sell and Allston is generally more engaging), Stover's Shatterpoint and RotS novelisation (single-handedly redeems the flick), Luceno's Plagueis, and Jeter's Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy.
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What do you learn from studying English in university that you don't from reading on your own?
I like reading (mostly modern and contemporary novels), but the requirements, essays, critical theory, etc. that you deal with seem like a pain in the ass.
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>>8210870
Critical theory will make you a better reader and writer by dispelling normie illusions about authenticity, talent, (self-) expression, etc. It will also change the way you read, for example, Eliot's objective correlative may change your attitude toward literary unity.
Essays make you a better writer. Practice makes you a better writer. Requirements make you read good things you would otherwise have skipped, but requirements won't make you enjoy those things.
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this image makes me want to /r9k/ myself
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>>8210870
how to write about what you read
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This has to be the single most enjoyable piece of ancient work that I've read. Pure style.
When I was younger I didn't appreciate it as much and thought it was rather boring, but after re-reading it in Latin I must say nearly every paragraph is precious in it own way.
>that badass yet careful diplomacy
>that actually surprisingly civilized Roman mindset, as opposed to 'decadence' of some imperial courts we're learned to imagine for some reason and apply to ALL of Rome
>those nearly ruthless tactics and their common acceptence because of realization of their necessity
>that absolute devotion to higher ideals
>almost divine status of Caesar even during his lifetime
His writing style is well fit for such work. He writes like a real man, if that makes sense. No bullshit, yet no lacking simplicity. It reads almost like a report, but one that is extremely interesting so it doesn't feel like it. Too bad he went off the rails later in his life, he had none of those cincinnatean Republican ideals. Or perhaps times changed over the century with all the powerful individuals, but nonetheless.
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the man was a brute, stop fetishizing him
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>>8210787
Yes, yes, Caesar, you've won the war, people favor you
>HOWEVER
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Is his other stuff equally good?
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>83 years old
>retired from writing
hell be fine
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Old people die anon.
They're already quite aware of this, mind you.
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why does he have an extra testicle on his neck?
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>>8210819
He's a ballchinian.
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Let's talk about this bastard. What's your favorite novel? How well did Bela Tarr transpose Satantango and Melancholy of Resistance to film?
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War and War is my favorite of his, because Korin is such a wonderful character, and because the story transfers into our own world.
http://www.warandwar.com/
I thought that the ending of Satantango was somewhat contrived, but I guess that was the point. The centerpiece of that novel is compelling and haunting. Also, Bela Tarr did a wonderful job of capturing the momentum and place of the narrative.
I enjoy his writing immensely, but I've always felt like I was waiting for him to write something with a greater purpose. Maybe Seiobo is that book, I've'nt read it.
What do you think about him? What's your favorite novel? Also, who are some of your other favorite writers?
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>>8210704
>Seiobo There Below
The only novel of his I've read actually
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satantango book was better than movie. werckmeister harmonies was better than book
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Why is reading with no purpose even a thing? I forget almost literally everything I read, probably because I read for the sake of reading, so I'm not called a pleb for not reading.
>inb4 muh human condition
LMAO, what a joke. Art should be entertainibg. Anyone who says otherwise is trying to guilt people in to reading their shitty boring self indulgent art or trying to seem like an intellectual by worshiping someone else's boring art.
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>>8210667
What you find boring may be entertaining to others.
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I read to both better myself and be entertained.
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>>8210667
if you actually think ALL art should be entertaining, kill yourself pleb.
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High literary merit is a circle jerk 2016-06-26 20:44:45 Post No.8210665
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High literary merit is a circle jerk
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Lit majors like to circle jerk about about the superiority of being well read in works of "high literary merit"
But at the end of the day "high" literature is a horrible way of conveying ideas compared to the alternative methods of conveying that information
Film is more accessible and more effective at reaching a large audience
Logic/science creates less fallible themes since it does not leverage emotional attachment to characters to convey a particular idea or set of ideas
The conclusion? Literature is a shitty circle jerk.
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I'm thinking about spirals, you?
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do you know any actual lit majors? academia is filled with postmoderns who reject the idea that the classics are so called due to an intrinsic literary merit
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>The conclusion? This is a shitty bait post.
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I just discovered I'm not naturally gifted towards the art (ENTJ).
Acording to such horoscope, my best shot is to become an engineer, also programmer is my best shot.
But I still want to become a writer but I suck at art.
I guess I could make in college an AI to write a novel based on parameters I put and have it write in a certain style.
It's even possible to do that and get it published?
Can I still make my dream come true even if I'm not talented for the arts?
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From this post alone I can tell you're not gonna make it.
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>>8210659
This. If you really want it, you'll find a way and not ask 4chan to validate your "dream."
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Was Tyrion a pussy for not impregnating sansa? 2016-06-26 20:25:06 Post No.8210619
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Was Tyrion a pussy for not impregnating sansa?
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>> be a midget hated by your father
>> no lands given to you because you're midget and a disgrace to the family
>> given the opportunity to claim the crumbling north if you can impregnate random bitch
>> pass on the opportunity of a lifetime to be rule half of the kingdom because "muh morals"
Is tyrion the biggest pussy in the history of ASOIAF?
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>DAE rape is cool
>le naive moral anti-realism XDDD
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>>8210619
>wanting your son to suffer the midget fate
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>>8210632
He's got recessive dwarfism, since dwarfism is a dominant trait. Both his parents were normal, so its highly likely his parents wouldn't be midgets
And his grand children for the most part wouldn't be either so long as they didn't inbreed