>he has only read one book
http://en.cyplive.com/ru/news/smi-assada-i-erdogana-rassorili-zheny.html
Is this book good?
I'm looking for a fun introduction on different topics of philosophy.
I don't want it to be too shallow, but also not too technical. I'm just searching for a fun read to give me a little distraction from being a STEM-fag.
Can you recommend other books?
>>9857853
Who needs philosophy when you can get into Economics?
(I unironically recommend this book)
Are you a literal child? Go read some Plato ffs.
>>9857865
>published by Stanford University Press
what the actual fuck
Ok, which one of you /lit/ weebs know some essential books to read for/from the Shinto pantheon
also an encyclopedia for things like yokai and kami is extremely appreciated
play shin megami tensei
Something something second season of Darker Than Black
>Communism promised to be both morally and economically superior to capitalism, but every attempt became morally corrupt and an economic failure. As it became clear that the working class of the liberal democracies wasn’t going to overthrow their “capitalist oppressors,” the Marxist intellectuals transitioned from class warfare to gender and race politics. The core oppressor-oppressed dynamics remained, but now the oppressor is the “white, straight, cis-gendered patriarchy.”
http://gizmodo.com/exclusive-heres-the-full-10-page-anti-diversity-screed-1797564320
Fuark, everybody knows it! Picrelated but he didn't write that.
> I consider myself a classical liberal and strongly value individualism and reason.
>Communism consists on saying you're opressed
>>9857843
>I think capitalism and traditional values and hierarchy are compatible
I picked this up thinking that it would be an actual discussion about PTSD, its effects on the person and how it ruins both him and his family.
Intro gave the impression that it would first tackle how an innocent civilian can be "conditioned" to be a cold-blooded murderer through military training.
First chapter discusses how the media is responsible for rise of black crime. Videogame and violent movies causes violence
What the fuck.
Should I continue reading this or would I end up being mentally violated?
>>9857825
Read it you fucking pussy. Then make a thread about it if you have something to say.
Are there any books that can top this feel?
Looks interesting.
Thx OP!
The second book, Within a Budding Grove, arguably can top it
Swann's Way is unironically hilarious at Swann in Love. At that point, I fully imagined Swann as George Costanza. The give-and-take between his anxieties and the reality of Odette being a hoe was enlightening yet also funny from our objective standpoint (probably because the narrator/Proust himself doesn't like Swann, which isn't utterly evident in Swann's Way but is very obvious in Within a Budding Grove and on).
>this is a best selling author
>>9857800
Yes it is. And he is one of the best authors of the 21st century as well.
>>9857800
>go somewhere isolated
Isn't that what virtually all authors do?
Was he talking about 4chan?
I really like books with socialist themes. Some of them (like The Jungle or 1984) were really heavy handed and poorly written but I like the idea of the struggle between man and the capitalist mode of production. Can you guys suggest me any more?
So far I've read:
The Jungle
The Gambler
The Conspiracy
Antoine Bloye
The Grapes of Wrath
1984
Brave New World
>>9857789
Here you go OP. I can't wait for you to enjoy this gigantic pile of shit. You'll love it.
>>9857804
I don't really like dystopias because I can form better connections to the dehumanizing aspects of our society.
Why is ancient greek lit so important to read? What are its practical applications? Have you noticed any changes in yourself from reading it?
I've noticed an increase in theSE SICK NATTY GAINS!!!!!!
It's because it's universally referenced in almost everything you can think of. Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates are quoted all the time in most philosphical texts and most high brow lit will reference Greek mythology or the Odyssey etc. and familiarity with the source material enriches understanding of the work.
>>9857781
You just need to know it to understand basic thoughts in contemporary culture and philosophy.
It's like ignoring Christianity when delving into Western literature. Classical Christian themes are simply an integral part of most of Western art, whether you believe in it or not.
>did nothing all day yesterday
>tried to read at the end of the day but felt like a worthless consumercuck reading himself stupid
>do nothing all day today
>decide to go through a few exercises on Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
>feel fulfilled and more confident in my IQ and better than the normies probably watching TV or having sex on a Sunday night at 10 pm
>will forget what I've read just as much as any prose book except with valuable intuitions burned in to my brain
How can I avoid this feeling that reading is a consumercuck hobby? Does reading need to be paired with lots of writing (i.e., being a producerbull).
You're almost there. In addition to writing, it needs to be paired with meditation, housework, outdoorsmanship, thaumaturgy, and swordplay.
>>9857730
Try finding books you enjoy reading.
>>9857750
I view books as a source of entertainment, not pseudo intellectual fuel. But pseudointellectuals will kill me in my sleep if I don't read ten trillion big boring old books.
Ulysses
Yo Anon, what's up dude... Quick question -
WHY AREN'T YOU FUCKING READING THE SHIT YOU SAID YOU'D READ!? GO FUCKING DO IT AND QUIT BEING A LAZY FAGGOT.
JESUS CHRIST ANON, QUIT SAYING YOU'LL DO IT AND DO IT ALREADY. FUCKING GOD YOU'RE WASTING EVERYONES TIME. FUCKING RETARD GO DO IT. DONT EVEN REPLY TO THIS THREAD - CLOSES THE FUCKING TAB, OPEN THE BOOK, AND FUCKING READ IT. GOD. FUCKING. DAMN.
These types of threads is how I know this place is a normalfag central
Give me a break, I just read 200 pages worth of the KJV Bible. I only come on here AFTER reading
i'm browsing OKCupid and making angry groans and comments about the women i am forced to message because there is nothing else
Please discuss this poem by H.P. Lovecraft. Can modern art compare?
When, long ago, the gods created Earth
In Jove's fair image Man was shaped at birth.
The beasts for lesser parts were next designed;
Yet were they too remote from humankind.
To fill the gap, and join the rest to Man,
Th'Olympian host conceiv'd a clever plan.
A beast they wrought, in semi-human figure,
Filled it with vice, and called the thing a Nigger.
Look mom, I posted it again! Hahahaha!
>marries a Jewish woman
>she leaves him because he won't stop being anti-semitic
>>9857619
he got her good
Suppose you're a writer. Who's gonna read your stuff? Pic related is what goes for educated people today.
Can you imagine these muppets consuming anything other than corporate memos and capeshit?
No, seriously, which millenial group is gonna read anything?
Literature has never been for the masses. Nothing has changed. The same small group will read serious literature like they always have.
>>9857589
Doubt that, before Internet many more people at least tried to read.
I want pizza now
Where to start with this faggot?
He's still worth reading, right?
>>9857549
Interpretation of Dreams is comfy
>>9857549
Dreams
>>9857549
>He's still worth reading, right?
Only if you are forced to talk to analysts regularly. (Like I am.) And then mainly to shit on them for literally making shit up as they go.
Even within PA, however, he is old news and barely anything from his assumptions are left.
You'd do better to read some random book on the history of psychoanalysis.
Or just ignore the entire field, like most good psychologists do.
Michel Onfray also has a fun book, where he shits all over Freud.