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I read Antifragile and became an even more lazy piece of shit and skeptical about everythig

>>9659888
you're asking to the most wrong people

>>9659888
Dubliners. Not because of the content, but due to the fact that Joyce wrote it at such a young age and that inspires me to work as hard as possible. I guess not wanting to stagnate like a lot of the characters in Dubliners is also an inspiration.

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I bet there are literally a gazillion books about Robespierre and the french revolutions but it's really hard to find something that is not I D E O L O G Y

If you're already familiar with the french revolution I'd recommend checking out some of his own writings, that way you can learn about his ideas without having them demonized
if you dig philosophy and are into german idealism (espacially Hegel/Kant) check out Mourning Sickness - Hegel and the French Revolution

If you actually find yourself questioning this, it's more than likely the former. A good read should be able to keep your attention, regardless of attention span. Read something with faster pacing.

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>>9659663
WTF?

May read some Carlos Castaneda

I dunno if the OP is a troll or not, but Darkest Dungeon is completely based on Lovecraftian horror. The narrator of the game is even Wayne June, a beloved Lovecraft audiobook narrator.

Not only Lovecraft but much of his gigantic following (the group surrounding August Derleth) writes in that style. Often exactly in that style, i.e., the kind of stuffy Boston erudit who peruses eldritch lore and stumbles on sp00ky things.

Starting reading is a broad opening to be honest with you friend, any start is a good start in that respect. Jumping in at a supposed deep end could be difficult, depends what you want - I've always enjoyed Borges, Melville, Hawthorne - too many to mention. Take care

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>>9659423
Start with the greeks

>>9659717
This is great, thanks. Mythology by Ms. Hamilton is the absolute tits.

David has the essence of a dog

AUDIENCE PUSSY

Dune

>>9659348
dune is over rated sci fi trash.

https://youtu.be/H7mx0nAxkco

because women are objects

>>9659332
Well, that is their purpose after all.

>>9659328
nature is female. logic is male

No, but I did in high school.

>>9659185
Warong, my bokassa. the os quakes in the hitherhereto. Eat the grapes of wrath and entitilate the skies. Then the firstgods will be kwa kwa kwa libobu.

>>9659185
>There will be no twenty-first century Joyce.
thank god

>>9659185
yes

>>9659132
Read each book at least twice since you will never fully grasp it first time

I underline words or short phrases that I find particularly relevant and, for longer passages, mark off the lines with a bracket basically in the margins. Long passages which are less explicitly relevant but I may want to look back to if I return to a text later on, I do something like the bracket, but just little right angles at the top and bottom. Then brief comments in the margins or top/bottom of the page if I want to explain something for future reference. This is mostly for personal reference, so "relevant" being stuff stuff related to my personal interests. Sparingly, I will use asterisks to mark off particularly relevant passages. But I also include a little notation here and there for what seems like key details. This way, if I look back at a book I've read in the past, I can basically just quickly follow through the words / lines I've noted, and that should give me a solid gist of the work.