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>>7455744
nothing

you find Stoicism then quit before you get bogged down in what is essentially intellectual masturbation

>>7455837
But muh Epicureanism

>>7455837
or, if you're a cynic, literal intellectual masturbation

>>7455735
looking to see what you missed out on or what?

>>7455801
kek fucking rekt

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>>7455801

say that to my face, im not even mad, premarital sex is a sin.

>>7455692
In the trash.

>>7455692
Chronologically, as always.

>>7455695

I'm afraid it's full of Nietzsche

pls respond

I'm Catholic by the way, so I'm leaning towards Latin only, so I can at least be competent enough to read well and thereby continue to learn.

Plus, shouldn't Greek be easier then?

>>7455564
If you don't want to be a wagekek why do you want to learn a dead language? Shouldn't you be focused on something practical so that you'll earn a better living and then have more free time.

>>7456323
I'm already an upper-middle class wagekek working as an engineer. I'm 28 in January.

I've had little time to write as of late, and have become unsatisfied with my ability. I'm essentially planning 4 years of philosophy, with supportive intermissions and another visit to India.

>>7455537
yes, it is.

read it and find out

>>7455537
It most certainly is. Not a very good starting point for Dostoevsky though.

me desu

Me on the left.

>>7455479
Not sure if glasses is man or lesbian. Presuming man, in which case: nice harem.

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>>7455429

>>7455828
My first thought as well.

>>7455429
My twisted world

>>7455421
Book of the new sun is killer. It's the only sci fi i've ever read that really ages well. Not embarrassed to put it on the book shelf.

People talk about how BOTNS, and all of Wolfe's work, "transcends the genre," as if that's some amazing thing.

It's not really THAT hard, though. If you want to rise above the normal tedium of science fiction and fantasy, you just need to write science fiction and fantasy that's influenced by stuff that isn't OTHER science fiction and fantasy. You need to treat it as actual literature, and draw on other literature when crafting it.

Wolfe is a prime example. He has influences in science fiction and fantasy, of course--BOTNS owes a huge debt to Jack Vance--but Wolfe also draws a lot of influence from more literary writers, like Borges, Proust, Chesterton, and Joyce. Tolkien's another example. He was influenced by some other fantasy writers--notably Robert E. Howard--but also by Beowulf, by the Eddas, and, of course, by the Bible.

The trick to writing science fiction and fantasy that stands as literature is to get out of the noxious, insular atmosphere of the genres. Read other shit too.

Probably my favorite book. Gene Wolfe is an excellent writer.

Nope. Sorry.

>>7455434
Are you sure?

>>7455371
That's Tracy McConnell.
She has good feet.

why do people imagine that the human race is destined for "glory"? or even "cosmic glory"?

what is "glory"?

it's where the other apes in the tribe celebrate something cool you did. like killing that hyena with a stick.

i can only guess that "cosmic glory" is where you kill a hyena with gamma radiation channeled from a pulsar.

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>>7455340
No, I think it's a completely unrealistic project doomed to failure.

I do not think man can possibly achieve such a glory in a universal manner, in any way. With the exception of following an eschatological event such as the return of Christ.

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>>7455340
Yes, but that race will not be a human one.

>not liking if on a winter's night

pleb detected

this book is actually a great filter - if you actually enjoyed reading and literature there's no reason for you to dislike it. if you're a fraudulent pseudointellectual faggot (aka most of lit tbqhwyf) you'll hate it

so grats op, you've successfully outed yourself as a pleb retard.

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I can appreciate his command of language. I like some weird lit, but I just don't like this.

>>7455229
The Bible

Only genreshit get sequels and Satan shit on genre threads before he disappeared from /lit/

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Finnegans Wake

Basic writing of nietzsche modern library

>>7455111
i don't mean to hijack this thread good sir, but if i want to start reading Nietzsche do i need to read someone else before? or i can get straight to him?

Avoid Kaufmann at all costs, I only read the Ludovici translations and I recommend you do the same.

How has it changed your life?

good for you

The World As Will and Representation
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Notes From the Underground
All of Kafka's novels
Hamsun's Hunger

recommended

Nietzsche desu senpai

>>7454639
The Soviet Union

>>7455381
/thread

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Read Georgi Plekhanov instead