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I recently got in to philosophy and started reading The Republic. We find Socrates and others discussing the question "What is justice?"
What is /lit/'s definition of justice?
as for me, my definition would be something like this: Justice protects those who act with good intentions and punish those who act with bad intentions
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Your definition sucks because everyone acts thinking they have good intentions. Everyone is the hero of their own story. Even the guy murdering his wife for cheating on him thinks he's justified and doing good.
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Justice is socialized power, it goes beyond the needs of the individual in favor of the needs of society.
It doesn't have any metaphysical justification, but exists because a society with Justice has a competitive advantage over a society with Anarchy. There is no "good and evil," there is only reality, and structures that sustain and out compete other structures.
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It is the advantage of the stronger.
Hello! I'm new to /lit/ and since I recently started treatment for a disability that has discouraged me from reading for several years, I'd like to start my journey into the world of literature. I looked through the sticky, naturally, but what I'm looking for is very specific and I'm not sure where to start.
Could anyone recommend me some Spanish language literature that's relatively simple? I've been studying Spanish for six years and feel I'm competent enough to complete a novel, but I worry that if there's a too much wordplay I might be at a disadvantage. I'm not really too concerned with genre since I don't have much of a reference point. Thanks in advance folks
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>>7668785
Los detectives salvajes
Platero y yo
Pedro Paramo
La vida es sueño
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Ficciones is a nice book of hort stories. By Borges. He might have some unknown words for you but if you read with a dictionary eveythings gonna be aite.
Cien años de Soledad is a very popular novel. You can also check some of his short stories.
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Anybody here read The Monkey Wrench Gang?
Funniest book I've read in a long time
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And other Edward Abbey books I guees
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/lit/, have you ever fallen in love with a fictional character? I'm excluding any sort of 'graphic novel' because I would think it would be easier to feel affection for a character who's physical attributes you know already.
Have you ever MASTURBATED to a fictional character before?
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PKD's dark-haired crazy women always appealed to me. Juliana from MitHC is probably my favorite.
also, I masturbated toLolitawhen I was a teen.
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>>7668693
If you have time to watch a terrible film about a writer who invents a fictional character and falls in love with her, watch Ruby Sparks.
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>>7668735
I've watched that movie about three times already anon, I love it. That scene where he shows her he can control her, damn. Was intense broski.
Hello! I dont know if this is the correct board to ask about these things
(if thats the case let me know and i will delete this post if i am able )
I read this book when i was a teenager about a socially awkward kid that has too go with his grandmother to the amazon, she is a reporter for national geographic or something along those lines(they are doing a report about amazons version of the abominable snowman, they travel by boat with a group of people, along the way he befriends a girl around her age and further into the book they get lost from the group. A indigenous tribe finds them and takes them back to their home, different things happen and they go with a old shaman to find their spirit animal. I've been looking in the old attic for quite some time and it looks like my mother has thrown it out, if you help me it would mean alot.
Also i finished this book and would like some thoughts about it
Sorry for the bad writing.
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>>7668633
Trash
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>>7668633
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj9Gsq8zTZ0
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>>7668920
I liked it when he said The Fountainhead was one of his favorite movie's because of how funny he found it
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What is your reading speed? 2016-02-07 00:16:41 Post No.7668616
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What is your reading speed?
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According to a few online tests I'm around 340-360, however, [s]I don't read many novels[/s]
Do you suffer with comprehension? I can read words fast but I have to re-read paragraphs because I lose focus and stop paying attention.
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20 pages every half hour maybe. More if its a difficult book. If I am not understanding it I will keep rereading until I do
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>>7668616
I think I'm generally at 30 pages an hour for fiction and faster for non fiction unless it's something complex like maths. Currently reading Moby Dick in English (not my first language) and I think I'm going at about half my usual speed.
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>>7668697
Well, have fun reading!
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Hello, /lit/, I was curious upon a term that I have heard before that refers to science-fiction. It refers to dense living, or people living in huge mega structures/mega buildings away from nature. I thought it the word was 'arciform' or something that starts with 'arc-'; however, I am not so sure.. I tried google and everything and I can't seem to find the term..
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>>7668613
Arcology. The term was originally invented by Paolo Soleri. Since complex systems and ecologies turned out to be a lot harder than people in the 1980s expected, they never quite turned out.
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Just finished this -- what does /lit/ think?
personally i really enjoyed it, really got into the musical scenes, and dean is an absolute madman
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I liked parts of it but was sick of them by the end. Particularly Dean.
Liked the bit about the Mexican girl. The hitched ride with the Okies who never stopped and the visit down to old Bull Lee or whatever he called Burroughs. Also liked that wife murdering junkie pedo Burroughs tried to warn Kerouac that Dean/Cassady was of low moral character.
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>>7668648
Definitely did drag on a bit, but I thought the final trip down to mexico was one of the highlights, especially the whorehouse
What other beat-era novels are worth reading?
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>>7668589
Didn't particularly enjoy it in high school until an older (Prankster) friend of mine remarked how miserable Neal was during the whole thing and thereafter. Since then I somewhat appreciate the work.
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Most Drug Addled Novels 2016-02-06 23:27:02 Post No.7668497
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ITT: Novels where the Authors were tripping balls throughout
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Almost Transparent Blue
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Why the fuck is the warosu archive gone?
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This is fucking ridiculous.
All the posts are gone.
Months of posts and some niggard just gets rid of them all on a whim.
Just then something long, round, limp and black fell upon her shoulders and slithered to the floor beside her. A great terror took hold of her. It softened her knees and dried her mouth so that it was a full minute before she could cry out or move. Then she saw that it was the big bull whip her husband liked to carry when he drove.
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>>7668387
ITT*
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>>7668387
>limp
>black
>big bull
>her husband
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>>7668387
Shieeeeet
What book should I start with to get into deleuze/guattari ?
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>>7668315
Just start with capitalism and Schizophrenia and I think it can be enjoyed even without reading the huge list of titles referenced. It would be interesting at least. Tough at the beginning but once you get ahold of their style you'll love it I'm sure.
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i think dosse has a good book on them or one o fthem
they are nonsense horseshit anyway, typical parisianism
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I read "The Giver" and really enjoyed it.
(Keep in mind i have not read a full book in 3 years)
Any books that are similar?
thanks!
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Pretty much any YA trash that there's a movie of
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Brace yourself to be called a pleb. In any case, check out Brave New World, A Clockwork Orange. Also, read the sticky. There's a lot of great books in the starter kit that you might enjoy
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I'm feeling good today so I won't tell you to sod off, but do tell us what is this movie about.
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I can't read books unless I'm either in bed or sitting in a bus. As long as there's absolutely nothing else to do, I will read books. But as long as there's something else to do, sitting down and reading becomes impossible - my mind wanders and I keep thinking of doing something else, and consequently have to re-read every sentence 5 times.
Does anybody have the same problem? How to fix it?
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you are suppose to pay 100% attention to the text
this is a good thing, no need to fix
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I cant read unless its absolute silence around me. Exceptions are low-brow/ya novels i read during cleaning teeths, or something