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>>9895440
Start with the Greeks

start with alberto eco's the da vinci aesthetic

>>9895440
Could you be more specific? Would you like to read e.g. Aristotle, Plato, Baumgarten, Hume, Kant, Hegel... or perhaps someone interpreting their works? Or are you after an introductory book?

>>9895307
No, I love Cats but they totally go to hell

>>9895307
No. They don't have immortal souls.

you get the same satisfaction of having a pet once you made it into heaven

>>9895072
Yes, but more importantly I've read it absolutely rekt by Orwell:
http://orwell.ru/library/essays/lear/english/e_ltf

seems similar to the concept of "deathworks," art and cultural works that have the freudian death drive and are made to destroy

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>>9895254
Thanks for this. I'll probably read this first, since it is shorter, and keep it in mind while I read Tolstoy's piece. But right now I gotta go to work

>>9895058
Do you recommend having a background in Roman history already before tackling this?

What level of knowledge would produce the most enjoyable and informative results?

>>9895063
I don't think it's really necessary just the main thing is sticking with it if the sentences seem complicated and hard to read at first.

As for my recommendation, here goes something a bit different that I haven't seen here:

Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
Giorgio Vasari

Basically short biographies of many Italian Renaissance artists from someone who was there (published in the 1500s). It's the basis of what we know about many well-known people at the time such as Da Vinci, Donatello, and so on.

It is long, but an enjoyable read if you take it slowly (you can read it in parts until you get bored then come back). It gives you a great look into the Renaissance, and its influences and influence. You might find some artists whose work you like if you're into this period of art.

>>9894935
I've never heard of this but I like psychedelics. I'm going camping on Thursday and have a quarter of shrooms waiting for me. I'll look into this.

There was a recent interview in 3AM Magazine (mag that interviews academic philosophers and their current thought) on psychedelics and philosophy. You should check it out.

http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/tripping-knowledge-psychedelic-epistemologist/

>Herzog
>Guzman

looks like Kino. haven't read that book though. it's like a Mexican Ada or Ardor right?

>>9894537
I actualy don't think herzog would be good for that movie. He has more of a verite style and tends to make quite simple plots that are very cinematic. I think this movie would have to have more painstakingly meticulous visuals, and would obviously be very dense plotwise.

I feel like someone like Inarritu, cuaron, or tornatore could handle it better for those reasons and also cause of their hispanic heritage they could possibly have a beter time making it in its original language as it should be in.

>>9894654
>Inarritu
The guy has only made two genuinely good films and his influnece on LATAM film has been horrible.

His only forte in relation to 100 Years would be the fact that he's pretty decent at handling more than one storyline on a single film.
>Cuaron
Hack.
>Tornatore
Better than the other two, I guess. His strong sentimentality could potentially translate GGM's purple prose pretty well.

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welder

Nihilism
Scepticism
You grow out of it though

>can someone please enslave me with ideology?
>not social or political though
You might have better luck on reddit

>>9894468
>>9894480
i really think you both misunderstood.
which leads me to think i probably misphrased the question.

Because his and any other philosopher's basic axioms can still be disputed, dropped, or improved.

>>9894425
Stirner is nothing new. It's what me and the other Christians told you about for years. Alas, it was 'rude', 'horrible', 'moralizing' and 'fear mongering'.
Without God, your ego will compete with society in a lawless manner.

>>9894425
You don't need to fear spooks, but they are real and karmic balance will come for ignoring them.
There is no nescience for them. For good reason: you should read Kant, Lewis and Jung.

>mfw left and right are just synonyms of dogshit and I literally don't give a fuck about political bullshit

>>9894350
>I'm a centrist.

>>9894351
>I'm a human being

And then the rest of the story happens.

>>9894135
Yes,

I believe it's called character development

>He still subscribes to the good guy/bad guy dichotomy

nihilists

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>>9894025
why does anyone pretend that they are nihilistic?

> aw, man, i don't believe in nothin' no more

>>9894025

There you go again, acting like this isn't absolutely destroying you just as it is me. Don't worry. Take my hand, we'll walk side by side into this hell you've created.

>>9893518
oh sweetie let me help you

http://www.cosmoetica.com/b326-des266.htm

>>9893526
this review is bad man.
much worse than IJ.

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>>9893526
that review is a bit rude

also
>finnegans wake
>poseur crap

>>9893498
That's infuriating. What novel was it?

>>9893503
Blood Meridian. I'm now going to close this thread because you only asked so you could drop even more spoilers.