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Can you be a "mature" nihilist? Or is it exclusively for angsty teenagers that don't understand the difference between intrinsic purpose and self defined meaning?
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>>8049283
There is no such thing as nihilism as an authentic position one can "be", it exists only as a philosophic behaviour, the claimed total dismissal of a prescribed ideological frame while failing to recognize what you are replacing it with
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>>8049283
Camus thought he had it.
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Say "Nyet!" to Rooshian Literature 2016-05-17 11:40:38 Post No.8049250
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Say "Nyet!" to Rooshian Literature
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>muh edgy nihilism
>DUDE GOD LMAO
>muh utilitarian west is ruining mother rooshia
>muh purple prose
>muh """""psychology"""""
>muh ubermensch
>muh russian spirit
>muh French dick-sucking
>muh serfs muh freedoms
What parochial shit! The only people who fall for the Russian meme are neckbeard edgelords who are just as likely to believe they are the ubermensch after reading Nietzsche for the first time.
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>>8049250
muh m8
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>>8049250
>Nabokov
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>>8049250
kys
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Have you ever learned a language purely for literary purposes? If so, was it worth it?
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Yes and yes.
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no and no
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>>8049204
What did you learn? How did you find it?
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the recognitions is 50% off on bookdepository at the moment, should i get it famalam?
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Yes!
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>>8049148
What? Link? I don't see it.
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>>8049173
https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Recognitions/9781564786913
its 50% off for me but not sure if its regional
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Are there any decent books that argue for monarchy that won't make me cringe? Apart from Leviathan?
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Evola
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>>8049115
in order for Evola to be worthwhile, you don't just have to confront a philosophy, you have to confront an entirely new literal religion that he synthesized and if you don't accept it then his philosophy is invalid. I'd rather have a more conventional philosopher
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>>8049118
A conventional philosopher arguing for monarchy?
Get the fuck out of here
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what do you guys think about the audacity that exists in the analytic person's mind to blatantly lie about pic related day in day out?
>analytics stay out
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please stop pretending you're continental, we say enough weird shit without adding your dumbass
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>>8049058
you want to debate me kid?
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>>8049059
lol no. you want to debate someone who knows nothing about analytics though, so it's a kindness.
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Who is the bestand why is it TolstoyI mean and why is your choice the besy
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>>8049000
nabby
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>Owen Wilfred
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>>8048946
You're pathetic.
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>>8048971
Do I look pathetic? Dumb ass
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>>8048971
You sound spooked. Notice how I said "sound" despite no sound? Notice how I wrote "said?" Notice how I typed "wrote?" Spooked.
I am finding this book difficult. Am I retarded?
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>>8048939
No. Faulkner is not light reading. His stream of consciousness style places him somewhere around Joyce or Woolf in terms of a specific type of difficulty. It can take a bit of getting used to if you haven't read those authors.
Stick with it, though. As I Lay Dying is great.
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>>8048939
This novel's pretty short so don't be afraid to reread the entire thing, it might make more sense afterwards.
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>tfw you'll never be a classy well respected author or artist
>tfw despite how good or shit your work is, it will never be appreciated the way it would have been 70 years ago
>tfw you will never live a classic bohemian lifestyle
>tfw you cant appreciate sadness/loneliness in an artistic way, you just feel bad
>tfw you have many good ideas an eanna write again but youre to tired and depressed to do it
Is there any hope for us?
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These are the golden ages of bohemian lifestyles. Nab those Neet bux, hang out with homeless people and street kids, they will love all of your shit and help you figure out how to properly express what you feel you can express to those who haven't had the same experiences or studied the same things as you. Quit complaining and start rebelling against the system that has enslaved you, set you in chains against your own ego, and taught you to disparage your self and wallow in your self-pity. Rise up and appreciate the world as an act of spite against an uncaring, irrational universe. Grab onto that pain you feel and learn to love it.
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>>8048861
it's never been easier to neet it out
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>>8048881
Step 1: Consider the neet
Step 2: reject the neet
Step 3: disparage the neet
Step 4: appreciate the neet
Step 5: dream of neet
Step 6: become the neet
Step 7: ???
Step 8: Profit
>tfw u realize u could've skipped steps 2-5
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How do you fix a gf who thinks Hegel and Kierkegaard are "boss" but thinks Camus and Sartre are "hacks"? I pointed out to her that Kierkegaard hated Hegel but she just said "yeah, taking them as a whole they're completely incompatible, but taken as teachers I still learn new things from both each time I read them."
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>>8048852
>bait
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Murder-suicide.
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>>8048852
>someone with a gf appropriates pepe
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Christianity - The Bible
Islam - Quran
Hindu - Gita
Buddhism - _____
Daoism - _____
(I really don't know)
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Buddhism: The Gospel of Buddha, Compiled From Ancient Records.
Idk about Taoism though.
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Tao Te Ching, you could have easily looked this up
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Jehovah's Witnesses - DELIVERANCE, GOVERNMENT, JEHOVAH, RICHESall bullshit
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No, this won't be another tired Stoner thread about how it was the first book that made me cry or whatever the fuck people always say on this shitty Kurdish meat curdling website. Instead, I want to talk about quality that exists in Stoner and the rest of Williams' work, and also exists in the work of others writers like, say, Kazuo Ishiguro: humility. I get the feeling that one of the reasons I am able to appreciate the work of Williams to the extent that I do is that there seems to be no ego whatsoever in them. Williams seems to be writing not to impress anyone. And don't get me wrong: Williams has a very careful and balanced style and is a very good writer, but he doesn't seem to ever be trying to prove his intelligence in the likes of Joyce or Wallace. And there's something almost pure about it: I get the sense that he writes not at all to impose himself and his ego on the reader, to make a name for himself, but for the love of literature itself, for the love the expression, the words, the emotions, etc. This humility is even mirrored in the character of Stoner himself. And with regards to Ishiguro, when I was reading the Remains of the Day, I felt a very similar feeling. Ishiguro never made any unnecessary references to prove how well-read he was, nor did he really do anything that was ever unnecessary, each sentence seeming to be crafted for the purpose of telling the story and evoking a feeling, not ever to prove his intelligence. So, my question is: how important do you think humility is in the crafting of a work of art? When does the ego of the writer get in the way of the efficacy of his art? While literature is obviously an academic pursuit, and the desire to prove one's intelligence will always be embedded deep within it, at what point do you think this desire should be suppressed, if at all?
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>>8048611
Authors who wisely know their powersknow them to be small
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>>8048611
Yes.
That's really all I have to say about it.
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I don't feel the same ego or flare you're commenting about Wallace. From what I've read, it seems as though it reflects humbleness of knowledge and all those footnotes not only highlight the obscurity in his text but also demonstrate the many influences that help in concluding an idea. From that, I think it shows a great deal of humility although I can see how it may seem as if he's throwing all this unnecessary stuff as an ego boost. There shouldn't exist an urge to let loose your knowledge over your text unless the value would improve the piece. I don't think most writers would care in earning the approval of readers and critics who care only for the superfluous form and neat little connotations. However advanced or balanced the text, writers should have more credibility in the word rather than an ulterior motive in scattering minute pieces of their ego in what they're trying to convey.
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hey /lit/ is this the best way to into philosophy? 2016-05-17 04:23:44 Post No.8048442
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hey /lit/ is this the best way to into philosophy?
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>start with le greeks
>when you're done with that go forward in time, reading random philosophers as you go along
>skip kant as well as anyone you disagree with
>probably best to skip the entirety of eastern philosophy as well tbqhfam
>once you get to stirner philosophy is over and there is nothing left to learn
>kill self
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>>8048442
Nope start with stirner end with stirner then kill self
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>>8048474
thanks, i'll try it out
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>>8048442
>skip kant
????????
Loved this book. How did others like it?
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Definitive Ishiguro Power Ranking:
>Canonical masterpiece tier
The Unconsoled - S
>Beloved classic tier
The Remains of the Day - A+
The Buried Giant - A+
>Delightful intro tier
Cellists - A
Crooner - B
>Flawed but touching tier
Never Let Me Go - B+
>Novel experimentation tier
A Pale View of Hills - B
>Traditionally proficient tier
Artist of the Floating World - B-
>Flawed experimentation tier
When We Were Orphans - C
Nocturne - C
Come Rain or Come Shine - C-
Malvern Hills - C-
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>>8048439
Correct, except replace The Unconsoled with RotD
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>>8048439
Buried giant was my first ishiguro book i picked up from the bookstore at random after i entered military camp. I fell in love with this novel and thats coming from someone far from the avid reader. Im going to use this list to the fullest