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Okay, I don't want to sound like a /pol/tard. But I was thinking about The Chronicles of Narnia, and are the Calormenes meant to be an allegory for Islam?
Think about it. And considering they were largely responsible for the fall of Narnia... what was Lewis getting at here?
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Whoa.. screencapped...
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>>9828914
While I appreciate that you found my post good enough to screencap, generally a screencap is meant to answer questions, not ask them.
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Is no one #woke enough to understand this?
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ITT: Share your most contrarian literary opinions
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>>9828882
No amount of reading, arguing and understanding is even gonna get me to respect someone who genuinely believes in an organized religion. I went to catholic school for ten years, used to read the Bible everyday to the point where I can open up any page and give you a quick summary of the story and ideas, prayed six times a day, went to church once a week with my family and twice a month with my school, and all it took for me to realize the bullshit in 5th grade was to read some greek mythology
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>>9828898
Cont: Just having a basic understanding of history makes it impossible to truly believe, seeing how these religions were formed is the pleb filter
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>>9828882
Some books are actually meaningless gibberish. But we assign meaning to them.
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Any books with a mom/son romantic relationship?
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i've seen a couple videos with that
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What are some /lit/ approved magazines?
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>>9828649
N+ isn't bad
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Certainly not the New Yorker. Paris Review, NYRB, New Criterion, among others.
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>>9828649
There aren't any
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Top Tier Gentleman Witticism:
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Two NSA agents walk in to a bar. The bartender greets them, "Hello Gentleman have you been here before?". "No", they reply. "Great!" the bartender says, "Would you like to hear our specials?". The pair reply, "No thanks, we heard them earlier."
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>>9828156
kill yourself
You're on the literature board
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>>9828172
Why would I engage in cowardly activities you don't even have the strength to do yourself? How do you not understand that quips require much cerebral stretching and knowledge which can only be acquired from LITERATURE. You sir, without a doubt in my nimble mind, are the FAG-GOAT.
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Was this supposed to be funny?
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Lets try something new 2017-07-30 08:30:03 Post No.9828142
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/lit/ify this statement
I fucked her in her pussy
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>/lit/ify this statement
I did not fuck her in her pussy.
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>>9828142
sunset found me squatting in her girl hole. Each ejaculation was larger than the last, and more watery.
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>>9828152
kek
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Is there anything gayer than fantasy? Do people who are serious about fantasy ever have non-boring lives? Is it some kind of developmental problem? Why are they so childish?
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>>9828053
>Is there anything gayer than fantasy?
yes, shrieking on the internet about people who like something you don't like
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Is anyone else a fan of true crime? What are your favorites? Any cases you've read up on that you might consider doing your own study of? Or just ones you think deserve one but have thus far been looked over?
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In Cold Blood is fantastic. I actually want to write a conspiracy theory of the Tate-LaBianca murders but posting on /lit/ reading Burroughs and depression in stead. (Also work/parenting)
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I hate most true crime, but Jon Bennet Ramsay stuff is my weakness.
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>>9827962
>sageing a book related thread
Fuck. You.
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Depressed African Author 2017-07-30 07:42:48 Post No.9827929
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>be me
>early 20s black african dude
>in love with fantasy
>want to write fantasy in Africa
>find tons of empires like Ashanti, Yoruba, to set my world in
>share with my online writing community
>get "we wuz kangs" comments
>feel dejected
>go back to writing about social commentary I guess
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>>9827929
Fugg :DDD
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are you actually from africa?
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WE
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What philosophers can write as well as Lao Tzu, Plato, and Nietzsche?
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Rei Koz.
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Seneca.
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>>9827899
Freud (if you read him as a philosopher) writes better than all of them
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Book Discussion:
> Ham on Rye - Charles Bukowski
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>>9827854
So what do you want to discuss?
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I like it....apart from the obvious lies about his physical prowess and how badass he generally was.
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It's poo poo
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What's the consensus on reading multiple books over the same period of time?
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>>9827832
It's what real patricians do anyways
>ibn4 brainlets who can barely comprehend one text at a time: "nuh uh"
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Reading multiple books over the same period, when you have the freedom to focus on only one book, is the sign of an unfocused mind. More importantly, multi-book reading is a consumerist and hoarding trait. Even in a shared library system, it still strikes of being oriented around consuming/finishing books, rather than really understanding them.
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>>9827832
It depends on personal strengths and tendencies. You people on this board are absolutely obsessed with the approval of your "peers," aren't you? It's evident in almost every thread.
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So, was nazism really a central aspect of this guy's life/philosophy?
I always see papers being made about nazism and Heidegger and I really feel like his political view was the least important thing about him, I mean he as a fucking metaphysical philosopher, i feel like this shit from his personal life is like a dumb theme that seems more about gossip than anything else
why do others think otherwise?
i mean surely it could be an interesting theme, but i don't feel like it was a central aspect of him.
that'd be like saying lovecraft's racist views invalidate his fantasy lit. work
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>>9827783
>was nazism really a central aspect of this guy's philosophy?
No
>was nazism really a central aspect of this guy's life?
Who cares
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yes, resistance against forms of materialist and objectivist metaphysics (socialism, capitalism.. and so on) is part of Heidegger
unfortunately Hitler turned out to be a hack and so did his national socialism, Heidegger thought he could put it on a better trajectory though
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>>9827820
>unfortunately Hitler turned out to be a hack and so did his national socialism
Spotted the cuck
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What does /lit/ think of Chekhov?
>grew up in poor home with abusive father
>put himself through medical school by writing
>full-time doctor, who treated poor patients for free, while still writing god-tier work
>disciplined, humorous, unpretentious, humble, and extremely talented
Aside from being a brilliant write, I think he's a great role model for aspiring writers.
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>>9827764
brilliant writer*
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>>9827764
He's a handsome guy
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>>9827779
for you
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I'm not even slightly religious however I want to read the bible just to fully understand it. The issue I face is that there are multiple different versions of the bible. Is there any difference between the versions that actually matters? What is the best version to get? Would there be any supplementary texts that I could read the help with fully understanding it?
I'm also considering reading the Quran afterwards just for the hell of it. Any particular version that would be best to read or are the translations pretty much all the same?
Also, any other interesting religious texts that are interesting reads?
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What do you mean by "fully understand"? To a religious person, a non-religious person could never fully understand the bible
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KJV, then Apocrypha
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>>9827499
I went to a Roman Catholic school but gave up on religion of any sort a long time ago. I suppose I just want to understand what the teachings are and understand what people find in the stories. I know them to a normie level but I'd like to know them better. It could also help with understanding biblical references in other books and media. Regardless, if I don't understand it on a religious level I am hoping I could at least enjoy it as a form of story telling.