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Can anyone explain the whole Foppl arc in Mondaugen's Story in V? I'm confused especially by that extremely long sentence at the end of the third section: "If a season like the Great Rebellion ever came to him again..."
The flashback chapters in V. are so much harder to understand than the ones set in 1955-6
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foppl luved the days of the rebellion when they got to kill nigas and drink wine and get money
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condemning colonialism?
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>>7837156
yea my brotha
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/co/
I dunno, and I doubt many of us would anyhow. Read it yourself to find out, but if you want a judgement based on that cover, then it looksfucking atrocious, to befrank.
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They say don't judge a book by its cover, but goddamn.
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it's pretty bad. BKV is very hit-or-miss. Paper Girls and Y are great. Saga is not
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I'm planning to study the bible, do I go for the King James Version? it seems like the most literary version however i feel like it would be tedious having to look up all of the archaic language? Which edition do you use?
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>>7836750
>Study
What do you mean?
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>>7836755
i should have just said read really, but i want to read it in depth and make notes and shit
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>>7836755
probably read and truly understand as opposed to reading and remembering little
"STILL READ IT THOUGH, I CAN TELL PEOPLE I HAVE READ IT ALL NOW. I AM SO PRESTIGIOUS"
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>people who read while walking
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>>7835885
It's like people who text while walking.
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>People who read while skydiving
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What book can I read as an antidote to this?
I've reached a level of nihilism I didn't think possible. It's actually interfering with my day to day life.
Basically I need to re-delude myself into believing anything I do matters and that I'm lucky to be alive.
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>>7835686
I have always used Pratchett to this purpose, let me think, there may be other things...
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>>7835686
Take the redpill and you'll believe in God, capitalism, the family unit with a man at the head of the household, patriarchal societal structure, non-degeneracy, hierarchy, tradition, and whiteness
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>>7835706and homosexuality
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Start with the greeks!
Start with the GREEKS!
START WITH THE GREEKS!
And where do I start within the greeks?
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>falling for the meme
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dude anywhere
just read all of it
>>7835569
>trying to understand literary or philosophical history w/o working through the beginning of it all
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>>7835569
i want redditors to go
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What's the most /lit/ way to kill yourself?
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weight of your own novel
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>>7838497
At your desk, with a fur coat on your back.
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r/ing philip mainlander screencap
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Which are good online anarchist libraries?
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toys r us
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>>7836384
interestinfg
http://abahlali.org/files/Graeber.pdf
http://monoskop.org/images/6/6e/Vaneigem_Raoul_The_Revolution_of_Everyday_Life.pdf
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>>7836388
I want books, not toys.
And they don't sell anarchist stuff there.
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>yfw you realize that virtue is just the continuation of aesthetics in the moral plane
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How did you conclude that? Great thought btw
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>>7836288
virtue is moral aesthetics? I can get behind this
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so anon.
why aren't you published like Rupi Kaur?
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so beautiful
so strong
so true
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>>7833812
I'M FUCKING A WHITE MALE
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I'm kind of impressed at how she managed to turn such a dumb controversy and make her a household name with university educated women, getting to do talks at the TPL.
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Anybody got a good 2 sentence horror story to share
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They always did such things on summer nights. And, unfortunately, they always will.
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>>7818022
I hear my mother's voice scream for help downstairs, as I rush to her aid I am pulled into a closet in the hallway. "Don't go into the kitchen, I heard it too" my mother says as she holds me.
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>>7818022
He decided to sleep with the lights on, so he'd be prepared if it came back.
When he awoke, they were off.
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>be me
>read a lot
>English is not my first language, but I am pretty good at it
>living in the UK for several years now
>in the last 5 years I am only reading in English
>lvl 2 english reading test comes up
>fail
>identity crisis
>I am not sure if I am retarded or not
>Planned to read faust in english next, but I don't know what to believe anymore
Has anyone experienced surreal stuff like this?
hold me please, /lit/
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>>7840157
Did you subvocalize?
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>>7840157
faust in english<
why
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Does anybody else nood and feel a divine sensation of harmony while reading Witty?
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Yes
There is among all his works not a single line of Wittgenstein that I have read without nooding
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what to say?... i only regret i cant read his nachlass. id learn german only to do it.
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Philosophical Investigations uprooted my belief systems and ruined my life.
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dear /lit/ -
how does one combat nihilism
in a society w/o any proper values?
Love,
annie f.
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Don't worry, you'll find out when you're 17.
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>>7838725
Made me kek a bit
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>>7838714
start with the greeks
From the time I've spent here I've come to understand that many anons don't seem to truly understand a single thing about the topic resulting in many uninformed posts. It is for this reason I have taken it upon myself to start a video series for the purpose of educating wayward anons.
I'm open to any criticism and simply want more quality discussion on this board.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpF5bZMB43E
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>>7837875
Your room looks edgy.
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>>7837875
Read Hegel, and we are not your personal army, cuckboi.
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is philosophy the most meaningless science?