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>>9723147
Pragmatic.
And kind of.

Utilitarianism

that the problem with continental philosophers in general

they generally lack the intellectual ability of most analytical philosophers so they "puff" up their language and mix it with obscurity to make themselves look smart

basic dunning-kruger effect

>philisophy
why didn't you spell it out correctly so my filters would catch this thread?

Anyway, i've took some some economy classes and this is a recurrent theme.

They try their best to make sure the average joe doesn't understand economics or politics.

these are complicated subjects, but, they could be easier to understand if they were taught in a less abrasive way

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>>9723018
it's not that hard to get actually both "recycling" and "Bill Gates" are instances of modern capitalism outsorcing responsabilty to the individual
- recycling = is useless in the grand sceme of things - won't stop the pollution caused by big buiseness but gives the consumer the feeling of doing something good, which might stop them from facing the real problem/doing something about it. So the 'feel good' and `good consciuos' is already inherent in the act of consuming
- In a similar manner Bill Gates is one of the 8(?) people who own more wealth than half the world population, but through donation people will think this is actually something desirable and won't stand up to the 1% even though they keep getting exploited

TL:DR; I D E O L O G I E (at it's finest)]

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>>9722866
Schwob

>>9722866
>ywn NEVER be smiled at by a beautiful woman
Was my birth just a punishment?

>>9722948
pathetic.

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>>9722668
do you guys ever talk about published/respected poets or is it only your own poems?

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>>9722668
You're a hack and a copycat.

Holding a grain of Millet in her beak
The mother rushes to her children
Ten in number, dependent on her
With larger mouths than bodies

Holding the nourishing grain
The mother is in despair
For while there is food
There are ten young ones to feed

Splitting the grain, she feeds them
What could she do? Ten birds to feed

Splitting the atom, you have learnt to kill
Learn to split the grain, like the bird

For there are ten young ones to feed.

The New Testament

I've recently finished 'Le royaume' by Emmanuel Carrère, a pretty good investigation into early Christianity and Luke / Paul. It's interspersed with autobiographical bits, which I didn't care for, but as an investigation into the topic, it's great. I'm sure it's been translated (e.g. 'The Kingdom' or something similar).

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Just gonna dump some infographics on good general Christian books. Some should include early Christian history.

>>9722552

t. pleb who can't handle the perspective shifts

>>9722552
are you supposed to be one of those readers that intentionally has bad opinions or do you actually need everything in a book spoon-fed to you?

>>9722573
>>9722579
>smug psueds actually think Virginia Woolf is a difficult writer
Hilarious.

>>9722491
redpilled guy here, intellectual and not german speaking

in essence it's a decent book, not too great, though. Devil comes and they agree to sell his soul but devil (beezlebob) tells him he'll regret it and so he does. conclusion = christianity is good and you should keep the white race pure

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>>9722504
>red pilled
>intellectual
>it's about christianity and race

non-bait answer: it's a really rich play that that asks a ton of interesting philosophical questions (also critique of the church) and you should read it. I heard the english translation isn't to bad. And don't worry that you won't get all the ideas it's a fun play even on the surface level

>>9722531
>asks a ton of interesting philosophical questions
Name 5 of them, libcuck

>>9722487
>young man wanders aimlessly in a cold city, chats up with whores, wonders about his role in a social model he doesn't fit and goes on loud autistic rants in front of normies
Yep. Sounds about right

i'm 25 and i still relate to Holden Caulfield. always hear about how the point of the book is that Holden is wrong but i don't see how

>>9722789
I think it's about how his reffusal to fit into a society he sees as full of phonies is the main cause of his own suffering, but I don't really see how you'd really classify that as "wrong"

Autists make the best authors.

'Suns and the changing of the seasonal moons; the leaves from trees that cannot keep their leaves, and the fish from olive waters have their voices!’

‘Stones have their voices and the quills of birds; the anger of the thorns, the wounded spirits, the antlers, ribs that curve, bread, tears and needles. Blunt boulders and the silence of cold marshes – these have their voices – the insurgent clouds, the cockerel and the worm.’

‘Voices that grind at night from lungs of granite. Lungs of blue air and the white lungs of rivers. All voices haunt all moments of all days; all voices fill the crannies of all regions. Voices that he shall hear when he has listened, and when his ear is tuned to Gormenghast; whose voice is endlessness of endlessness. This is the ancient sound that he must follow. The voice of stones heaped up into grey towers, until he dies across the Groan’s death-turret. And banners are ripped down from wall and buttress and he is carried to the Tower of Towers and laid among the moulderings of his fathers.’

>>9722444
Hahaha Peake an autist, that's hilarious.

Checked, nevertheless.

>>9722408
im redpilled, i.e. against races living among each other and women choosing their own sex partners

>>9722408
What do you mean by active reading?

>>9722408
If you aren't actively reading, you aren't reading at all. You're jus the looking at words and turning pages.

Pay attention. Give an effort. Nothing great comes free.

>>9722337
How do I into the methodology?

How I started was by reading Lacan's seminar on The Purloined Letter and then Derrida's commentary on that seminar.

Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Saussure, Heidegger, Lacan

>>9722342
Deconstruction is not a method and cannot be turned into one.

Can you define non-intellectual? What is a non intellectual job?

>>9722322
dick sucking

>>9722326
Say washing dishes

>>9722318
There's tons of crypto-fascist philosophy among the British and French New Left.

>>9722318
bumpity bump

>>9722329
True. It's why I'm a crypto-fascist.

They mean they have only recently added 'reading' to the list of activities they may mention practicing to others. What did you mean by making this thread other than to point out the obvious?

That they haven't read that many books but now are reading more and more.

>>9722246
They did not know how to read until now.

A reboot of OP's thread starring Idris Elba

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>>9722126
Good question OP, might I add to it?

Is "I believe I can fly" a statement?

A statement is a declarative and meaningful sentence which can either be true or false

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>>9722126
Yes, when asked if I would go by train of airplane I replied:
"I can fly",
>>9722298
It means you haven't got the time yet to check if you can pay for a flight.

>Godspeed from the fly-less yogapants