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>>9891838
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior by von Neumann and Morgenstern

Has anyone here ever read A Beautiful Mind? I've been interested in getting into some biographies of intellectuals that I find inspiring.

>>9892582
Seconded, it's like the movie in any way? Loved it but its more on fighting your inner demons than on game theory

Btw ty for the anon who bumped.

I pre-ordered his other new book coming out next week

>>9891702
BMSHBBS is interesting and well written enough I'll probably order that one too alongside the Scholastic Metaphysics.

>>9891712
His beginners guide to Aquinas is good too. I'd recommend reading that or the last superstition before scholastic metaphysics if you are new to the subject.
He is a good writer and his books are enjoyable to read.

>>9891511
Dreamtigers

>>9891511
Start with Ficciones. It contains some of his finest short stories, like Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, The Lottery in Babylon and my personal favorite The Library of Babel. These stories will most probably blow your mind and give you a huge erection. Then go on with The Aleph

>>9891511
Start with the Greeks

>>9891415
Is that a wax statue or did they actually move Bentham's stuffed corpse over from the museum just for their conference? I kek'd either way.

>>9891618
Now I also want to know who the philosophers in attendance are at what conference this actually was.

>>9891618
>>9891629
I am under the impression that UCL has a constitutional caveat that has Bentham permanently on the board of directors. So, during major meetings which requires votes they wheel his body in. He is marked down as 'present', but his votes as 'abstain'.

>>9891342
me, actually

>litany to Satan
Baudelaire was edgy before being edgy was lame

>>9891354
Exactly. He was edgy when it was cool being edgy. He and Poe too.

Why don't you kill yourself instead?

>>9891153
>stealing books
Neck yourself.

>>9891161
So you don't read or know anything about the history of books. ok.

Bump.

>>9890912
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY1E-NqPcP0&list=PL2pH-DD1pFYaerbwInIQoLzoGAZfMi10L

Yes, read along with the text though
this one, which is continued in parts, was done by RTE in the 80s, it's pretty good

>>9890912
OP, are you even prepped enough for Ulysses yet? Not to put you off or anything, but Joyce's earlier works make for a good foundation to understand his later developments with prose.

Also reading some of the literary canon that influenced his later work will make things easier. The Odyssey, The KJV Bible, The Epic of Gilgamesh, etc. Joyce read almost everything he could get his hands on and implemented much of it into Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Without the preparation, Ulysses is likely to feel off-putting and daunting.

It's great if you're feeling ready, or if you want to give the book a blind read-through to see what you're up against (and then maybe re-read it a few years later), but just be aware that the book is likely to fuck you up.

You should genuinely be fine with reading the book rather than listening to it. If you don't read the text, but rather listen to it, you can't re-read some of your favourite passages or re-read paragraphs that are giving you more difficulty.

>>9890912
>>9890947
Here's the offical list of everything you need to read before Ulysses:
A brief history of Ireland
Dubliners
A portrait of the artist as a young man
James joyce by richard ellmann
Hamlet
The odyssey
The bible
Hero with a thousand faces
Paradise lost
faust
Don quixote
Grimma fairy tales
sound and the fury
The sun also rises
Infinite jest
The 48 laws of power
Hittchhikers guide to the galaxy
House of leaves
Game of thrones
The electric koolaid acid test
Fear and loathing in las vegas
Tao te ching
Bossypants by tina fay
Pulp fiction: the screenplay
1000 movies to see before you die
Winslow homer: paintings
The letters of wolfgang amadeus mozart
The bradygames final fantasy 7 strategy guide

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>>9890900
you must be 18 or older to post here summerfriend
pls return to your nihilistic moping and do not come back until that phase is done

>inb4 it's not a phase mom!

>>9890906
From my own experience, I'd say that nihilistic moping can become a prison. It's when just knowing that you are wrong isn't enough.

>>9890802
Fuck off and die, stop the «redpill» meme

his actions

he defended gay guys, but didn't have time travel access to current CDC statistics that indicate gay men are major viral vectors, so he got pozzed in a gay bath house at the same time cuba and other places were cracking down on bath house GRIDS/AIDs spreading

he's reaaaaal smaht tho

foucalt was rightwing af. he would take a gatling gun on contemporary gays. hes like a french mishima or something.

I just sort of let it wash over me and make connections later if they're made clearer.

If you can't keep 140+ characters in your head simultaneously, you are a pleb. You did it at six years old with pokemon, why can't you now? Six year old would laugh at your decrepit memory now.

>>9890794
Pokemon had pictures

The first two books are for kids so remember that when reading them. Book three is alright but it's the only one where the movie was better. Four and five are mediocre. Six is pretty good and seven is really good. Overall the series is good whenever they're not in Hogwarts.

i have same question

>>9890443
Nice post, may I ask you the reason of this statement:
>Overall the series is good whenever they're not in Hogwarts
?

>>9890407
start with the greeks

>>9890407
the dosage instructions on the meds you need to see a doctor for. go get meds anon.

>>9890407
Confucius from the heart
>pulled me out of a bad mindset two years ago

Or you could, like, read them enough to ask a more specific question rather than the formulaic "can I have X label and Y label together because I like both?"

I agree with >>9889989
your questions is far too broad to get you answer, I don't know what to tell you

>>9889985
No, Stoics are fatalists and don't believe in free will. With that, the two are very distinct.

>>9889968
Leo Strauss

Gilad Atzmon

is Joseph McElroy jewish?

>>9889938
I'll be alright. The most athletic one is a woman, a mature tennis player. The rest are just photographers and chefs, maybe a bum.

My character is 1000000000000000000 years old but he looks 15 and he has white hair and he's half demon so he can't die and he can kill anything just by thinking about it and nothing can hurt him and when he's mad he'll cast Sukiyuki Ching Chang Spirit Beam at you and then the galaxy blows up but he's still alive because he wields the Sword of Fushu Mushu that can cut through 20 tanks with one slice and also he is my dad and I'm a demon too. I think I should be okay desu.

>>9889960
Turns out she was DFW's long lost sister!