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Brian Greene has some good stuff

>>9705569
Start with the Greeks.

>>9705569
Philosophical Consequences of Quantum Theory: Reflections on Bell's Theorem - Cushing and McMullin
Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics: Collected Papers on Quantum Philosophy - Bell
Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity: Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics - Maudlin
The Emergent Multiverse - Wallace
Many Worlds? Everett, Quantum Theory, and Reality - Oxford
Experimental Metaphysics: Quantum Mechanical Studies for Abner Shimony 1 and 2 - Cohen, Horne, Stachel
Particle Metaphysics - Falkenburg

i can't go on

>>9705561
Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky

Homer, if u read it a certain way

>>9705564

how?

http://www.nietzschefamilycircus.com

>>9705532
what book is that from?

>>9705730
>before Zarathustra are the first words on the picture
>asks what book it is

if u want old copyright free shit for cheap get dover classics, anything else and u taking a chance

Why do you order from amazon? Order from book depository. If you want used books because of the cheaper price, then that means that you don't pay shipping, and that means that you live in USA. If you live in USA means you have plenty of used book stores in your city. Don't order from internet.

>>9705830
Where do you think used books come from?

>novel
Middlemarch
>novella
Counting Dubliners here
>epic poem (poetry is more important than prose anyway)
Trilogy or Metamorphoses
>shorter poem
Pink Locust

>favorite period
Modernism

And I don't drink, but I'd like to talk to William Blake or Homer I guess.

>>9705453
ulysses
zweig's chess game
20th century
calvino

>>9705638
Will I seem really dumb if I ask which trilogy?

>>9705374
>fucked up formatting
god fucking dammit

It looks like he's doing a reversal and then a reversal of that. First he wants to get rid of the free-will; great, does that mean that our wills are not free, that it's just a matter of cause and effect (chemical reactions in the brain, our upbringing, or genes, whatever?) No, says, Nietzsche, that's not true, either, because it assumes that there "really" is something called a cause and then this acts in the world in such a way as to produce an effect. "Cause" and "effect" are human terms, not descriptions of what really is, but fictions we use to chop up the world into intelligible segments for us. Whatever makes people do what people do cannot be conceived either as "free will" or "determined" because both assume that the human names for things are what "really" is. Cause and effect are interpretations of whatever really moves the world, but we can't get rid of them because all knowledge is interpretation.

We should have a sticky advising all potential Nietzsche-posters to Start with the Greeks so I don't have to stare at multiple copies of this picture in the catalog every single day

>>9705212
Homie, speed reading literature for the sake of getting through a ton of books over the summer is not worth it. Just enjoy and try to learn from what you can read at your own pace.

>>9705218

This. If you aren't reading to enjoy what you're reading, why are you reading at all?

>>9705291
To obtain knowledge. I'm not reading fiction; I'm reading politics and economics

>>9705058
>another suicidal frog faggot
Love this

the book of mormon

>>9705058
I feel as though this is the first time an anon unironically should have gone to /r9k/ for advice.

>>9705057
There has been lots of talk on >>>/sci/ about the law of physics (including the speed of light) being part of a simulated reality, this could be part of what the novel goes into.

If everyone on this board reads Pynchon why is it so hard to start a discussion about him?

>>9706550
AtD is his longest and probably his least read.

It's probably something about how Pynchon unironically thinks Tesla had free energy.

>Anyone can become a successful person by waiting for the chance to buy up other people's creations out from under them and milk them for revenue

i will buy it to support our fearless leader !

>>9705061
>Anyone can become a successful person by forcing people to pay to post threads on your imageboard website and then wind up leaking all their credit card data and get exposed for being a dataminer in the process
How did he get a book deal again?

>>9704910
[1]
"Time Worth Living"

The life he led went nowhere and he didn't mind
So many hours
Days
Weeks
Dancing
Dreaming
In his selfish mind
Still, he was kind

[2]
"What A Time To Be Chosen"

It was a rainy day. The two souls shared each other even as the world ended around them. "At last! We can eat at Gregorio's."

[3]
"The Long Beginning"

The Creator began to think:
Is it REALLY worth all the trouble?
This moment lasted aeons.
I suppose only time will tell.
Raise the curtain!

[4]
"Can You Spare Me A Feeling?"

Have you ever felt _____? I have. I always have. It scares me.

Why?

Because no one knows what it is.

Oh. Well don't worry. You're _________.

[5]
"df/dx(Wnd + m)"

You were my only crush
Where afterwards I didn't feel so damn awkward;
Except for one other:
An effort weakened early by mismanaged time.

[6]
"How I learned to stop worrying and always move"

It was a long while
Before the moon crashed into my location
Longer, before I noticed
When it finally touched Earth
I was darn proud

[7]
"Remember?"

From kindergarten! The soccer team? Summer camp. Those apartments? Yeah same home room too... no it's fine. That's good.

...where did you say we were?

[8]
"TAKE 29 DAY 4"

'DIE'
'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH'
Okay not bad
More bill less hillary
Got it
And... action
'DIE'
'booooooooooooooo fuck youuuuu'
'Hey that's not-'
Look out!
'Wait whAHHHHhhhhhhhh...'
Next!

[9]
"Officer to 284 Rearville for Foot Approach"

Oh GOOOOOOOoooddduhhhh...

Honey? Honey! Shit.

911 emergeancy

Something's wrong... my wife...

Your location?

284 Rearville Circle... she keeps on...

OH FUCK YES

...sir?

Ohhhhhhhhh... nevermind

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Cool stuff! I liked 3 and 7 the best.

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>284 Rearville Circle

do you think my d-ck will change the way you defecate after I r-pe you w-th it

Not everybody watches anime and plays video games.

>>9704897
Nothing more depressing than /v/ pretending their medium has artistic merit in any form of narrative

I mean you aren't gonna be recommended those books if you don't read similar ones. It's not like the teenage girls are picking what books to show you

>>9704903
This, since you don't have an accounts its just showing you trash. If you have 700 ratings it knows that you like reading about mournful South American republicans chased by ghosts written by fascist supporters, and recommends you similar

go back there

>>9704535
For the record, I don't hate DFW or something I just feel perplexed.

i have #4 it's the best from those imo

try to let what is unfair teach you op

>>9704535
It's educational, not entertaining. Unless education entertains you.

Zamyatin, 'We'

The Camp of Saints
The Turner Diaries

>>9703945
The Democratic Party platform.