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>reading book
>has an in-text citation
>cites an entire different book
>now you have to read that entire different book in order to continue.
Anybody else fucking hates that feel?
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I know that feel.
>reading academic article
>by the time I'm finished I have 5-10 more articles queued up to read
>each new article adds 5-10 more to the list
Pic related, my current (digital) backlog (I have about ~50 books lying around my room I still need to finish).
I'll never read everything I want to read.
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Why does /lit/ hate this guy?
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they're jealous
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he shot all those people at Virginia Tech
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>>7720707
Why would you hold a macbook that way ?
Also he writes like a child
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What's a good book on literary history?
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>>7719933
I have no idea, I just want to commend you for posting that amazing photograph.
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>>7721310
It's a genuine one from the first world war, and yeah, absolutely gorgeous. Could've been a Junger book cover
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Are there any /fit/ intellectuals?
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besides me I can only think of one.
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>>7718631
Not typically. You kind of have to be obsessed with what you're doing to be an intellectual, having it occupy all of your time and energy.
Beckett was said to walk 5 to 10 miles nearly every day though but I don't think that'd fit /fit/s stamdards/
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itt:plebs that dont know the true /fit/ intellectual of the 20th century
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Questions about Hegel
Ask away
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what's his deal
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>>7717200
How dialectic is he?
Very.
Not very.
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>>7717203
He is a philosopher who says that consciousness is reality and that it progresses through history
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Is this good?
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>>7716287
Yes, but not as good as some people say.
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One of the best books I've ever read. Epic, bad-ass, violent as all Hell. The Judge is the ultimate villain, with some of the most wicked lines of dialogue of all time.
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Who is the most /lit/ president?
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The favorite books of every president of the United States: http://www.buzzfeed.com/daveodegard/the-favorite-books-of-all-44-presidents-of-the-united-states#.qxy2rVLr3
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Roosevelt for Kipling.
Nixon for Tolstoy.
Bill Clinton for meditations.
And Dubya for the Bible.
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>>7721218
>Roosevelt for Kipling.
>Bill Clinton for meditations.
>And Dubya for the Bible.
pleb
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>James K. Polk
>His Diary
desu
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Recommend some good secondary lit on Shakespeare, please.
I've got The Meaning of Shakespeare which is great, but I'm looking for some different perspectives.
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Mark Van Doren, Shakespeare
Bloom's Shakespeare: The invention of the human
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>>7720940
'Meaning...' Sounds very interesting.
Sell it to me.
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>>7721190
>The supreme imaginative literature of the world is a survival of the fittest ink blots of the ages, and nothing reveals a man with more precision than his reaction to it.
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how can you distinguish pseudo intellectualism from actual intellectualism?
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>>7720920
they're the same thing
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>>7720920
grammar
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>>7720920
>pseudo-intellectual
agnostic
>intellectual
atheist
Whats /lit/'s opinion of tim rogers ?
Particularly
http://largeprimenumbers.com/clocks/
I think it's pretty cool.
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Work on your subtlety, Tim. Self-promotion shouldn't be this obvious.
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Icycalm pwns him
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>>7720678
Not him
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Hey /lit/, look at this cover - it is an old Hungarian edition of Singer's novel 'The Slave'.
Don't you think that the jew's face is simply marvelous? I mean, it looks like as if the drawer wanted to make a toptier meme content.
Also, opinions on Singer? I'm reading now Satan In Goray, and its bretty gud, plus super dank, because in the Hungarian translation the rabbi's name is spelled Benis, kek.
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Benis xddd
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>>7720579
my father recommended me that book. i was surprised to see on the internet that he's not widely read or known.
Is this book /lit/?
More importantly, is it good?
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why don't you read it and find out
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It's amazing. Brings together math, music and science. Heavy going at times, but well worth it.
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Ok so this might be a retarded question but I can't find the answer anywhere.. Should I read the books of In Search Of Lost time in one go(without reading anything else inbetween) or is it okay if for example i'd read another novel inbetween to parts.. also how hard would it be to read it for a 20 year old?
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How well have you learnt your French?
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>>7720515
i have an english translation
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>>>/QTDDTOT/
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Why does /lit/ hate this guy?
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gay
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He writes popular books
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>>7720445
It's more his fans I hate
Just that they think there's some literary and philosophical depth to him
He's just some guy who found a cushy niche
I envy his lifestyle but not his writing
What are some great books written AND set in 2005 or later?
I'm so tired of reading about the early to mid 20th century.
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SuperSadTrueLoveStory
Other than that there are only Instagram posts, nenes and emojis. Your generation kind of sucks
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My diary desu
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>>7719461
That book blows