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>he hasn't read Menexenus
Ahahaha you utter pleb, its probably Plato's best dialogue.
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That's not how you spell Cratylus.
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>>7581164
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ps-haF8iN8
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>>7581210
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz4bWMxpzUo
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Is his name Bill or William? 2016-01-13 17:51:22 Post No.7581136
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Is his name Bill or William?
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So I just finished Stoner, and one thing bugged me while I was reading. What is his name? He is calle both Bill and William. Is Bill a nickname? Did I miss something?
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Are you foreign?
Bill is a common nickname/petname/short name for William.
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>>7581137
At least it's not Richard -> Dick.
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>>7581137
I am Scandinavian.
I had no idea. Thanks.
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What are some short story collections I should look at to get into reading?
Is reading one short story a day a reasonable goal?
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Chekhov, Flannery O'Connor, Carver, Gogol, Kafka... those are kinda entry level (which doesn't mean they're bad) short story writers.
Yeah, you should read one story a day imo. That's the best way you cant start enjoying reading; if you don't finish a story or chapter in a reading session, it may be difficult to engage with it later.
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>>7581150
This.
I'd add Cortázar and Rulfo to that list, and state that I strongly support Chekov as a first-read regarding short stories.
After those, you can scale up to more mid-tier to high-tier authors such as Borges or Calvino.
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>>7581035
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
Gutshot by Amelia Gray
well that was depressing
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Quelle surprise.
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>>7581022
>TFW the existential crisis of Javer being unable to uphold the law while also being moral
>TFW his suicide
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javier did nothing wrong
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I just graduated from college and realized that during my time in the ivory tower I lost my attention span for leisurely reading (STEM major). How do I get it back again? It would be a useful tool now that I'm unemployed with no job prospects.
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Sit down and read, dumbass.
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>>7580999
Pretty much this.
Start with short stuff and keep going.
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Where's the frog pasta when you need it
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"What the hell is water?" 2016-01-13 16:55:29 Post No.7580974
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What did he mean this?
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>>7580974
mods, please add 'what did he mean by this'-threads to bannable offenses, thanks.
sage and report
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>find this in the "used" pile of a local walmart
>25 fucking pesos
>buy it without thinking
>start reading it
>first couple of pages are completely different from what i remember
>the whole fucking chapter is switched
>the prose is shit
>it's 2 chapters short
>fuck it's only half the length of the english version
it sucks to live in a third world country
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You got censored edition hombre.
Lmao
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>>7580736
I've never seen one of these irl. Didn't know that portrait was on the spine too.
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This is such a ridiculous fucking. Every time I see it I can't believe someone let that got printed.
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Is that Jimmy Carr?
How can I face the inevitable and quit writing /lit/? I know everything I do is pure garbage, a waste of space on my hdd. But I always feel the need to write, I can't stop it.
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If you have to motivate yourself to stop writing rather than motivate yourself to start, you should keep going.
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you can't stop. writers are defective people. get used to it.
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>>7580731
keep going man. it's probably not half bad.
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Donald Rumsfeld: What Kind of Iraq Do You Want, Senpai?
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>>7580639
JUST
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>>7580639
Wolfowitz was worse
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>>7581052
Bremer was the true fuckup, though
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Best book on negotiation? 2016-01-13 14:07:04 Post No.7580541
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Now I know that a book will not teach you a personal skill. But a book can help you along with some tips that would have taken you longer to figure out?
Which book on negotiation would you recommend? Specifically in the context of business negotiation.
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>>7580541
Art of the Deal by Donald 'Heil Hitler' Trump
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>>7580567
That's just a bunch of case studies (if you wanted a serious reply).
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>>7580541
Not really specific to business negotiation but Cialdini's Persuasion is excellent.
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What stories / books are similar in theme to Dostoevsky's "White Nights"?
Lonely male protagonists, schizoid mentality, (tfw no gf", and so on.
I've already read:
-The Book of Disquiet
-Notes from the Underground
-Stoner (doesn't really fit but it's always recommended)
-Hunger
-No Longer Human
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>>7580546
but perks is a joke, dont read that one.
oblomov is extremely good
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>>7580546
this pic has to be a troll
at least 10/25 are making fun of subhuman robots
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what is the best starting point when it comes to Jung?
of the many topics he covered, which do you guys think hold the most interest?
thank you
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I would recommend his autobiography as a starting point.
After that, it depends on whether you are interested in his more technical work, or his more esoteric/philosophical work. I recommend Psychological Types for his more technical writing. For his esoteric writing, you have more options, but The Red Book, Psychology and Alchemy, and Aion are all good reads.
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>>7580945
thanks
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Greeks
Descartes
Hume
Kant
Schelling
Goethe
Schopenhauer
Nietzsche
then Jung
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I recently read this based on many great reviews and the fact that I was in the mood for a good mystery whodunit story, but sadly the book was pretty disappointing. I must say that this was my first Christie book and I don't like her writing style at all. It's dry and lifeless and her descriptions of events and surroundings and thoughts are dull and bare. The twist seemed very gimmicky and overly clever. Everything was orchestrated in a way that forced you to think that this could never happen like that and could only come from the mind of an author. It wasn't immersive at all.
What kept me reading was the only good thing I liked. The whodunit aspect. I kept guessing and guessing and was really curious who it would turn out to be. The resolution itself was fairly weak but up to this point the mystery still kept me going. In the end you get told in detail how everything was planned and done and that's it.
I feel a bit weird honestly. The book is considered to be one of the best mystery novels of all time and beloved by so many people and I just couldn't get into it.
So, what did you think about 'and then there were none'?
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The twist was a bit poor.
Also the characters are pretty illogical and towards the end start acting against their own interests just so they can be killed off.
Like the bit where there are 3 (I think) of them left and one of them hears someone going down the stairs. He lets the person in the other bedroom know and instead of going together, he goes off on his own and gets killed.
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>>7580331
You're mixing something up. Blore, Lombard, Armstrong and Claythorne are left. Blore hears steps outside his bedroom and checks to see who it is. He follows the steps and sees a dark figure but doesn't know who it is. He goes back and starts knocking on all the doors to check who's not in their room. Only Armstrong doesn't answer so they conclude that he's the killer and Blore and Lombard go looking for him while Claythorne remains in her room.
Blore dies the next day when the killer drops a clock that looks like a bear on his. After that Lombard and Claythorne find Armstrong's body and Claythorne kills Lombard thinking he's the killer.
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>>7580345
Eh, it's been a while since I've read it.
>while Claythorne remains in her room.
Still though, why would she accept being isolated like that? I'm aware that she didn't die until the end but she could easily have been picked off and she just rolls with it.
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Ok boys, lets dump our charts.
Also where the fuck are the opiates in Confessions of a Mask?
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>>7580272
>Also where the fuck are the opiates in Confessions of a Mask?
I don't think there was unless it was a subtle thing near the end or something
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>>7580275
Just finished the book and i couldn't find a clue about opiates.
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Does anyone have the Stephen King leading up to The Stand chart?