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>>10011399
Copleston's A History of Philosophy is the gold standard. The last volume is kind of shit, though.

Was anyone here ever able to finish one of those history of philosophy books?

I tend to drop them after a hundred pages so, and by that time I already forgot a lot of what I read and my notes tend to make no sense to me whatsoever.

A Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton is pretty good

>>10011376
STEFAN MOLYNEUX'S "STEVEN'S GUIDE TO BEING HITLER" by STEVEN MOLYNEUX

We need a rhetoric fall chart..

>>10011408

please

>>10011264
The English one.

>>10011264
If you're not willing to learn sanskrit to read the original then you don't have what it takes to learn anything from it

>>10011403
If the truth can only be spoken in one language it's not the truth then, is it?

>>10011257
How fucking salty do you have to be to write a novel because of losing an election

>>10011267
*book, not novel

>>10011269
*Manga, not book

>>10011191
>translating Dante
Stick to Twilight you stupid dyke
but also please marry me

>>10011203
It's the edition that has the original verse on one side and the translation on the other

>>10011191
Celebrities are parasitic scum therefore cannot be patrician or have patrician taste.

no lie i woke with half my fuckin neck sore as shit yesterday and it's still around today wtf

>>10011125
Lay down on your bed and read.

>>10011171
I could do that but I'd rather sit and not hold the book up cause then my arms will get tired. The only thing I want to move is my eyes and occasionally my finger to turn pages

Because most people didn't have access to audiovisual recording equipment and an audience until recently.

>>10011099
What painting is that?

>>10011099
hey op did you make that pic if so what is the painting you know the one wink wink

/lit/ is full of cunts

>>10011086

'Aaaar! Learn to hyphenate!' it bellowed.

>>10011086

Instantly he grabbed his 9mm from his bedside and took aim, flashlight in hand.

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>>10011025
pic related is better imo

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The rabbit hole goes deeper, anons...

>>10011405
J-Jesus.

Letters just like any other letters...

>>10010999
I mean book quality. If I'm spending the extra money for physical media I don't want it to fall apart in 6 months.
I'm talking about the binding, paper quality, printing errors, omission of certain works, etc.

Great quality, but thin paper. Worth the price for sure because one volume usually goes from 800 to 1400 pages.

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Now that's what I call edgy. In an attempt to open dialogue, I'll legitimately try to help you with your stated goals. I'll then touch on some advice, that I ask you to take exactly as seriously as my response to your requests.


Anime is not realistic. I'm sure that's somewhere in the back of your head, but the stories and traditions of the subject are so ingrained in your mind as to pop up as a reference in even your most casual speech. Out thinking your opponent is of course a good move, but there are other ways to "win."

Most often, our true "enemy" is not clear. The bully across the hall is cruel in an instant, but the enemy is his lack of empathy and knowledge of social consequence. Learning better social skills is one of the best ways to defeat an opponent, by defusing them or making them irrelevant. If you make their actions socially unsustainable or take away their will to act in the first place, you not only win, you make them believe that the result was their idea or was the natural order.

You will not think faster than anyone. If you haven't been doing this your entire life, you aren't going to start tomorrow or after any book. Your best bet is social manipulation, slow, insidious, and if done well very effective. As to actual media you'll want, I recommend:

The Prince- Niccolo Machiavelli
Getting to Yes
Emotional Intelligence (longer read, save this until you actually start caring about people)
The Heart of Darkness- Joseph Conrad (97 pages)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?- Phillip K. Dick
Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The first two are short, light reads on how better to manipulate. Emotional Intelligence is for after you've mastered the first two. Heart of Darkness and Androids both deal with a gritty reality containing many of the darker ideas you entertain. They also question the meaning of victory.

The last is the most important book on the list, and likely the most boring. After you finish the others, you -need- to read Crime and Punishment.

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>>10010922
>>10010968

Now for the advice. The mannerism and invective you display are hallmarks of the downtrodden and the outcast. You are among fellows. We have been there. Human life is plagued by despair, in three basic forms.

-The despair of not being oneself. This is you, most likely. Wounded by the stark fact of who you are. Not stronger, not faster, not smarter, not beautiful, cool, nor funny.
-The despair of being oneself and wishing one were not. This is the bodybuilder who just wants a slice of cake. The philosopher who wants to forget everything he has learned.
-The despair of not knowing one is in despair. One is either lacking or wishes one had less. Believing yourself perfect in ignorance leads to a classically California style of ennui.

To counter your despair, you must become yourself. This is not the person you see in the mirror. This is the person you're supposed to be. Stronger, faster, better read, understood. You must work out. Run, everyday. At least 5 miles. You need to lift. Lift until you look like someone. Until you look like a human being. Too much music and couch time make one soft and effeminate. The greatest philosophers and men were as strong in body as in mind.

Stop escaping. Anime is an escape. Stop gaming. Life should not need to be escaped. You should change the nature of your life such that you have no inclination to escape it. This will make you strong. This will make you wise. All good things will follow from a state of being, yourself, good.

Then again, this could all have been a troll. It certainly feels like one.

>>10010968
>>10011005
faggot.

Anyone else?

>>10010918
START

>>10010918
Avec le grec

>>10010918
Be sure to appreciate gimmicks above content and form

>Waking up to a loud crash rarely means something good is happening. It’s never “CRASH! Mom made pancakes!” or “CRASH! We decided to adopt a Golden Retriever!”

>>10010904
This is an example of good writing.

I dined with Bugs on the terrace of his house, in the daylight. "There is a charming quality to being a maroon, is there not," he said to me, "in this forest; for holes are penetrated by hunters with speech impediments, a Fudd whom you will run from in time asserts that there is no peace in allowing rabbits to be happy and gay. And to this, Doc, there comes in all our lives a time when the weary eyes of prey can endure but one kind of light, the light inside the hole I can no longer fit into."

I listened to Bugs' words which always seemed to be so pleasing; but I was preoccupied with his girth. "Bugs," I stated, "perhaps you should rediscover the importance of fasting."

>>10010925
Did you actually copy and past your submission to the rewrite thread?
What a prick

>>10010903
As proven countless times by the anglotards on this board, no.

Why bother learning a language when everything gets translated to the Anglo Master Tongue?

I can only imagine how awful it must be to be born speaking some backwater language and have to put in all the effort to gain access to the world's literature. I'll never know that feel. The world's literature comes to me.

>>10010919
DEFENSE MECHANISMS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, I SEE

https://www.amazon.com/Castle-Whispers-Carole-Martinez/dp/1609451821

Carole Martinez,
The Castle of Whispers

>>10010881
Thanks anon I'll check it out

>>10010890
It's hard to find. If you know french, it's easier, ebooks are everywhere.