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>>9747089
> we should mainly sell drugs to niggers
> because they are nothing but animals anyway
Everyone thinks he's a buffoon, because it goes without saying.
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>>9747089
That was such a retarded sub-plot. The film knew exactly what stuff to leave out
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>>9748514
the film is a master peace plain and simple
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define happiness
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a warm gun
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>>9747063
I came here to post exactly this.
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overrated garbage
A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich
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A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich
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Just read this so here are the things I enjoyed about the novel
> The ending was a masterpiece
> I liked the part about the soviets including the sun as part of the law of the gullag
> I also enjoyed Solzhenitsyn's criticism of Eisenstein, he breaks the 4th wall in that one scene.
The negative part of the book, was that it included
> too much building shit, got bored at certain points with this.
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comfy and better than all of his other shit
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is there any translation of the khrushchev censored version I don't want to read antiproletarian disinformation
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reading this now, marking thread to come back to it when I'm done
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So, who did it?
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Ivan killed him.
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Aljosha, the devil
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>>9746958
Is this the new Holden rapes Phoebe bait meme?
What would you do that?
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Switch track then immediately switch it back is the only objectively correct answer otherwise you don't get accredited for the kills
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>>9746860
>What would you do that?
*What would you do?
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What's the catch here?
Switching the track is the only right answer?
Is it supposed to convey the idea that you would feel worse for switching the tracks since you caused the person to die by pressing it, instead of letting the train run its course and you not feel guilty? You still would since you're still holding the switch.
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Any good books on traditional femininity and gender roles?
Catholic/Orthodox or esoteric traditionalist perspectives preferred.
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Sonya from Crime and Punishment
Cosette from Les Miserables
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>memeguereau
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>>9746873
Yeah it's sad that traditionalists have such bad taste of pre-modern art
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I follow a discussion on the internet
is it possible to write a good book (not a best seller but something that has a decent plot, decent characters and decent dialogues) through alot of practise even if you dont have a alot of talent in creative writing?
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>>9746818
You overdid it.
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>>9746818
Even if you had talent, you wouldn't know it. No one just gets up and writes a masterpiece instantly. Although its easier for some, they still work hard to get where they are
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>>9746832
i personally struggled with creative writing in school. I was better in writing an analysis or arguments
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*persuades you*
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>AND I PERSUADE YOU
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Looking forward to his book desu /lit/
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Why haven't I received my copy yet? Any of you get yours?
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A B O R T
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>>9746641
What did he meme by this?
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>>9746707
That it was a scam and you missed the thread about it yesterday you fool
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https://www.chrisshepherd.org/jordan-peterson-joe-rogan-podcast-postmodernism/
>Here's an exercise that might illustrate the impact of Postmodernism on society. Imagine you were trapped on a desert island. And to accompany you, you could pick the characters of either a postmodernist TV show (Seinfeld, Arrested Development) or a non-postmodernist TV show (Community, Parks and Rec.).
POMOS ON SUICIDE WATCH
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>David Foster Wallace argues that postmodernism in art produces cynical, narcissistic art.
>Jordan B. Peterson argues that postmodernism in society produces cynical, narcissistic people and structures.
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>>9746593
they're right, it does
postmodernism is the academic incarnation of nihilism; god is dead and this is the fallout
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Post-modernism is such a fucking cancer. Thank fuck Peterson is ushering a new renaissance before the beast truly consumes our culture.
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Hello /lit/.
Im often dragged into conversations about the existance of absolute truth. Now i enjoy philosophy but Im still stuck with the greeks and early christians, so apart from st Augustine and the presocratics i havent had much interaction with relativist.
The argument being thrown around in the conversations is that we can infer that an objective reality exists by the existance of bodies and their position and interaction in space-time (the interaction between two particles like attraction or repulsion can be interpreted by us but it doesnt change the outcome). The next argument is about truth, us not being able to grasph the truth doesn't mean it doesn't exists, for example we know the heliocentric system is more "true" than a geocentric system or that our rocket science has some elements of truth or it wouldnt work.
Both would imply that there exists an objective reality, in which lies the absolute truth, no matter the amounts of subjective veils there are between us and it.
I can't say I agree with the claims, since the word absolute in absolute truth kinda implies that its always true, and I personally don't think absolutes can exist wothout God, which is what their argument is. I'd enjoy hearing your opinions and arguments pro and contra.
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Shameless self bump.
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Absolute truth is beyond our reach. Our knowledge is always filtered throw ourselves, so we will always only know what our sense and intellect can grasp. That said, we give explanation of reality that are probably naive and partial, but are good in a pragmatic sense. We know how to use stuff, not really what they are.
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>>9746554
You're making a categorical mistake.
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What are the very best police/detective/murder mystery/crime novels? Other types of books that are written like a journal/logbook as the plot thickens are also welcome even if they aren't technically within those genres (like say 'We' by Zamyatin, which is a sci-fi novel consisting out of the notes of the main character).
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The name of the rose.
The word you're looking for is 'epistolary'.
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>>9746559
not quite
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>>9746569
>books that are written like a journal/logbook
>An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters, although diary entries, newspaper clippings and other documents are sometimes used.
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bases its utopia first on behaviour rather than expecting a political ideology to fix everything by itself? Would be really interested to read about it
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>those discussions of philosophy that take place on /lit/ should be based around specific philosophical works to which posters can refer.
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>>9746446
>but ideally and philosophical discussion can go on either /lit/ or /his
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>>9746446
He's asking for philosophical works. This is /lit/ appropriate.
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>tfw I don't really enjoy reading and only do it to appear cultured
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>>9746427
> reading
> cultured
please go back to /r/books
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>>9746427
why would you do that to yourself?
Nobody gives a shit if you are cultured irl
culture has turned into pop culture so if you want to impress people go read some Harry Potter trivia
you are just wasting time and hurting yourself
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>>9746427
This is now a confessions thread, confess your /lit/erary sins.
>I haven't read a challenging book in about 6 years. I've played so many video games that eyes are darting around the page making paying attention almost impossible. Now trying to read Nietzsche is a fucking chore. I can't understand a single thing without help. I'd rather read fiction that I can picture.
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>mom asks me to explain infinite jest
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mom's gonna freak!
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Tell her it's the book that never ends. Yes it goes on, and on, my friend. Some people, started reading it, not knowing what it was, and they will keep on reading it for ever just because.. It's the book that never ends .
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Just say it's tennis