“Never blame the man: his hard-pressed
Ancestors formed him: the other anthropoid apes were safe
In the great southern rain-forest and hardly changed
In a million years: but the race of man was made
By shock and agony…
… a wound was made in the brain
When life became too hard, and has never healed.
It is there that they learned trembling religion and blood-
sacrifice,
It is there that they learned to butcher beasts and to slaughter
men,
And hate the world.”
Have you guys heard about Robinson Jeffers(guyt at the pic and the author of the poem above)?
no but that poem is the shit
>>9653236
I like the sentiment, but is this the original format, with those line breaks? I don't get poetry.
In praise of feeling bad about yourself.
The buzzard never says it is to blame.
The panther wouldn't know what scruples mean.
When the piranha strikes it feels no shame.
If snakes had hands, they's claim their hands were clean.
A jackal doesn't understand remorse.
Lions and lice don't waver in their course.
Why should they, when they know they're right?
Though hearts of killer whales weigh a ton,
In every other way they're light.
On this third planet of the sun, among the signs of bestiality
A clear conscience is Number One.
I'm gonna write a book and it'll be a good book and get published. I'm posting this because I want to create pressure for myself to write constantly. I'm not writing as much as I can and I haven't told anyone I'm writing. I'm telling you this because one of you is going to respond and say some dumb shit, but even the dumb shit is motivational. So please, talk to me so I can tell you about how my book will be better than any idea you've ever had.
>>9653198
> I'm posting this because I want to create pressure for myself to write constantly.
no you're prematurely celebrating and allowing yourself a fraction of the creation-high with no work.
>>9653202
nope, fuck you
>>9653202
>creation-high
What's a creation high?
Mi libro La broma infinita ya está disponible en todas las librerías de Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Perú, Bolivia, México y Colombia. Léelo. Sé que te va a encantar.
>>9652957
Rofl! Excellent post!
>>9652957
Back to /lat/
Fuck laughed so hard
Brainlet here. Is it possible for anyone to become erudite? Can I overcome my poor genetics (IQ) or is the best I can hope for is to become a pseud?
sorry anon if u don't have jewish dna you will always be a brainlet destined to serve your betters
>>9652777
>erudite
speak english, Einstein!
Bloom is a brainlet though
Stupid question: is it viable to buy a book in its original language, and try to read it by comparing it to an english pdf and google translate?
I am looking to buy Dante's Divine Comedy with Gustave Dore's illustrations (mainly for illustrations), and i was wondering if i could learn italian as well.
Uhhh not really.
Here's what you'll be doing
>wow I don't understand any of this shit
>goes to English version
>oh so that's what it means
no. just buy the everyman's edition with mandelbaum's translation
>>9652744
TSE did exactly this sans the aid of telecom. Same book, same idea.
The more you read, you better get a notebook to jot things down because you won't remember that much but everytime I get to the desk, open the notebook and then I am screaming internally.
Basically, journaling freaks me out, I always perfer reading on my bed with music and tea.
So how to get into journaling?Is there any strategy about journaling?
> So how to get into journaling?Is there any strategy about journaling?
1. Open journal.
2. Write.
3. Repeat.
Organize your thoughts.
>>9652570
give yourself a reason to write:
a nice notebook
a nice fountain pen (or a comfy pen in general)
nice ink
oh, and this too: https://www.selfauthoring.com/
Anything that isn't just a Tolkien copy? Discworld is also good
>>9652387
I loved the edge chronicles when I was a kid. I sometimes think of going back and reading them but i'm afraid it will change my view of them.
>>9652425
this desu
Some good literature to finding motivation/self help?
overcoming series......
Don't got anxiety, bruh.
Just lazy with life.
>>9652333
You'd probably do best to just start with reading on mindfulness and practicing mindfulness meditation
Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris
Can /lit/ Recommend any works that thoroughly dismantle Solipsism?
>>9651963
life
>>9651963
you can't dismantle solipsism. it can't hear you.
The world is a one-dimensional point associated to my reality, this is the extent of the truth of solipsism.
Odd request but do you guys know of any books that are similar to the TV show Twin Peaks?
>>9651848
What aspect of Twin Peaks really spoke to you?
>>9651886
Not OP
For me it was mix of humor, sense of dread, uncertainty.
The Secret History of Twin Peaks
>tfw want to finally read books i bought but i must read shit i borrow from library i aint even interested in
I am so hyped for Rabelais but i am here reading stupid Henry Miller, because cant allow debt
One thing : you should be hyped for Rabelais. He is that good.
>>9651747
>stupid Henry Miller
>stupid
>Henry Miller
Kys
Rabelais isn't going anywhere.
How many of these books on this chart are real and if they are, I would be thankful if you could say where from can I download them.
Harold Blooms library
Some of them and the Internet.
Why do you want to read dubs' personal list anyway?
>>9651731
Cause it seems interesting.
Is it possible to learn hungarian in a week? There is job offer in my city, they look for guy with hungarian to translate some internet stores. I think its pretty easy job with google translate, but obviously i need to know something. Memrise, Duolingo, bit of methylphenidate, Krasznahorkai book, is this possible??
>>9651527
i am polish btw, fluent in english and polish, basic in french
Not if you're gonna fuck around asking losers on the internet if you can. Just fucking do it
>>9651527
If you practice 12 hours a day learning the most practical vocabulary and enough grammar to conversate. Take my advice and try to speak whatever you do. Learn a lot of words and literally speak all fucking day in Hungarian.
Ok be honest how many of your are actually just American Chinks pretending to be /lit/ and white?
there was this one abc kid on the /lit/ tinychat like two years ago who seemed to have read ulysses and leviathan or at least was able to recite the wiki pages in a convincing manner
>>9651399
>only Chinese people read and accept Marx
What?
>tfw you find out 4chan is actually 90% brown and yellow
Are there any self-publishing websites, such as Medium.com, for more Conservative and less autistic writers?
>>9651356
>>9651359
I'm talking long-form writing without starting my own blog. There's a lot of half-thought Leftist pseudo-journalism out there and I would like to begin to balance it with well-thought Centrist/Rightwing/Statism articles.
>>9651384
make posts on /pol/
screenshot them and upload them to twitter