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We started a collab study of Logic some days ago.
We recognize the discipline of Logic as a useful tool for mathematical logic/philosophy, analytic philosophy, compsci just to name a few of disciplines you can apply it.
We're looking for lads who are also beginners in the discipline of Logic and want to join our journey in learning, understanding, discussing etc.
Our main source material is this:
http://www.fecundity.com/codex/forallx.pdf
It's easy and intuitive for beginners.
Join us in Slack (a website for collab group chats)
You can create a throwaway email account if you're worried about privacy, post here to get invited.
>hey fag no one cares
I know, it's hard to find autodidacts who are interested in this noble pursuit but we've grown in numbers (~80) and we're going slow but steady and strong, join the patrician journey.
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>Slack
>not flax
Get the fnord out of here you Bob dick-sucking motherfucker.
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>Doesn't provide any link to join
Simply epic
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How am I supposed to write if I have neither "lived" nor have had any experiences worth writing about?
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You are not supposed to write anything.
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>>7858929
This is sorta true. If you want to write but have nothing to write about then you don't really want to write at all; you want to be a writer.
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Datura or DPH.
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Do I need a companion for this?
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Nigga is a book not an adventure
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>>7878266
http://williamgaddis.org/recognitions/annota.shtml
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I'd recommend a book about popular artists or art history. I had "the story of art" by my side and whenever a reference to a painter came up id look them up for a bit. Doesn't really add much to the immersion of the story but it's a cool way to learn about art along the way. Of course the downside is that it could worsen your immersion if you're not a fan of switching back and forth, like with footnotes
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Really pretentious to admit this, but does anyone else from a lower class uneducated background find that reading lit has alienated you from your family?
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i bet you've read a book about people less interesting than your own family
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Of course, go talk to people from lower class black families who have/had serious aspirations in school.
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>>7878160
/thread
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After reading philosophy, have you become more, or less afraid of death?
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as I've read more philosophy I've also gotten older. so who is to say.
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>>7877295
Philosophy doesn't help with your fear of death, if you even have one. It merely just tries to find an answer baseless for it, just like religion.
You either use religion and spiritualism to distract you from the fear of the abyss, or you live with the weight of the abyss on your shoulders until you jump in to it.
The latter is more difficult, but if you hold the weight you become a more powerful person. It's just a matter of how long can you hold it until you fall on to something .
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I've become afraid there is no death. Which option is that?
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The name you roll is the name of your protagonist in your next piece of work
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Johnny Longbone
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my protagonist is nameless
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Felix Mccarthy
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Are there any good philosophy books that advocate religion, spirituality, or mysticism from a practical point of view? As in, something that is self-aware of it being an ideological system but still agreeing with it. Bonus points of it relates to postmodernism or critical theory in any way.
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Dostoevsky
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Karl Jaspers, Simone Weil
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Hi, /lit/. I'm making posters for this short novel I'm writing, and I need your help, please. The novel is set in a city ruled by corporations (corporatocracy) and is protected by a brutal police force.
I need you guys to suggest lines like "A productive employee is a happy employee" or "You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide" for the Police posters.
I'll keep posting the examples I have. Thanks.
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>>7876639
Bump for interest.
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>>7876639
What about "A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing" and the logo for a censorship group?
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Sounds like trash imitation of 1984 which is already top 5 highschoolcore
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Hey lit , I need a great book ( that's worth reading) that is either set in Canada or written by a Canadian author. I need it for English 101 , it needs to be a story.
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>>7876434
hey bernadette,
I would suggest you look into the works of Alice Munro.
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>>7876434
that looks like a really old picture of Toronto.
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In the shadow od the wind (Les fous de bassan) by Anne Hébert.
Tanya Strickland
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Looking for some books. Love philosophical literature. Would love something with introspective basis and life lessons you may or may my agree with.
Pic related
>inb4 read a book
>inb4 zen is over rated
(Fun fact. You're a fucking idiot if you think so)
>inb4 Lila
>inb4 Ishmael
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>>7876316
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here u go
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Definitely this
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I CAN'T START WRITING
WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO
FUCKING BLANK PAGE
KILL ME
I'VE FAILED BEFORE I'VE BEGUN
I CANT EVEN BEGIN
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe
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>>7876255
unironically the best writing i have yet to se eon /lit/
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Just write something. Anything. Random words, if you have no idea whatsoever. It'll turn into a story eventually.
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>>7876255
Try thinking of a specific person in your life to write to. A friend, a family member, a lover, anyone really.
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Write sad, /lit/
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>>7876020
For sail: baby shoes
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>>7876022
torn
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>>7876020
sad
Susan Mata
Should I give it a try? 2016-04-01 16:48:48 Post No.7875888
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Thoughts /lit/
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>>7875888
only if you will join sea org with me. we should get a bunch of people from 4chan to join sea org then fuck shit up when we get there.
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>>7875906
holy fuck did you actually join?
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>>7875919
no but my buddies girlfriend went there last year. her parents are scietologists. she never even talked about it. but they fucking went and took her with them. no one's heard from her since. we want to rescue her. shit is retarded.
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What's your favorite chapter?
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Chapter 5, when Oedipa wanders through the night. One of my favorite passages in any book.
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I enjoyed the one where she went to see the Courier's Tragedy play
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>>7875879
I liked when that one character smoked weed and was paranoid.
Wm Kaiser
Is Brave New World really a dystopia? 2016-04-01 16:31:48 Post No.7875825
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Wm Kaiser
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Is Brave New World actually a dystopia?
The people are happy, there's no war or hunger. The world state is stable, the police aren't brutal (they are actually kind) and enemies of the state aren't put down. They are given the option of an island to live in, and are not persecuted at all. People outside the world state are allowed to live their lives unmolsted.
Sure the culture may be strange to is, but if you look at it from the view of ethical relativism, the people all legitimately love the culture, and for reasons unlike 1984.
How is this a dystopia?
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>>7875825
It's a fairly divisive issue. I think it ultimately comes down to perspective, from our perspective it's dystopic, but to the average BNW citizen it's utopic.
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>>7875840
This is where I stand on it, thought it has been a long time since I read the book. The thing that made it a dystopia for me was the lack of choice the people had as to where they would end up
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>>7875840
I feel like that is what makes BNW utopia. Besides, even those that don't like the WS live good lives