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an early 20th century dictionary

>>9649530
The Complte Works of Shakespeare. The runner up is a tie between Gibbons, and a sexy copy of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

>>9649535
>The Complte Works of Shakespeare.
Same for me. Otherwise probably 2666 or Against the Day

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That's a funny story but you'd better not go back again in case they have you on camera.

>>9649351
They have me on camera, and I think my first name is on the cup lol

>>9649360
enjoy your time in guantanamo kiddo

Good books don't make you think.

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>>9649176

>>9649193
Does it have a dick?

>>9648801
Poe

Bruno Schulz

>>9648801
Primo Levi

>>9648721
I hate to be the one to tell you this but your speech does reflect the things that you really think. Surrounding yourself with articulate people and reading often can have a positive effect on your vocabulary. Since becoming part of a new group isn't always easy you could in the meantime listen to lectures and podcasts by well-spoken people.

>>9648743
Well I agree with you and I will admit that I don't read as often as I should. I'm a former /v/irgin and I'm sure you know how uneducated that paints me as. I just have recently noticed that I'm 23 and talk like a 13 year old.

>>9648769
>I just have recently noticed that I'm 23 and talk like a 13 year old.

Most people do, using complex vocabulary on random conversations is extremely autistic.

>>9648436
I think Laboratory life is the most pleasant, it gives a good grasp on the project. I like Politics of Nature very much but it's more a political philosophy work.

>>9648436
Science in Action. No question. We Were Never Modern is good too

>>9648436
We were never modern

Edgar Rice Burroughs

>>9648350
This.

Read through the John Carter series.

>>9648345
Solomon Kane is horribly underrated.

So he was just driven mad by jealousy?

>>9648018
That song is unironically brilliant and fitting

>>9648035
>wants badly to be a rich celebrity
>spend life convincing yourself and others that wealth and celebrity are bad somehow
>never fully convince yourself so an hero

>>9647901
You're joking, right? Half the experience is shooting the shit with the crotchety owner, enjoying the sensory experience of the bookshop, feeling like you're supporting a local business, truly being a part of the city.
You're a groundless piece of shit.
>muh online dealz
>muh Amazon

>>9647905
>Falling for the bookshop meme

Mmmmmm, i love walking around unorganised piles never being able to find what i need just so i can spend double the price for the same information!

Yes, Amazon is evil for offering consumers the same quality for 1/5 the price!

This is why, at stores, I only buy the used books. I find the experience of looking at different editions and finding books I didn't expect to be worth it. But fuck buying new editions at stores, where they do charge twice the price as Amazon.

>>9647442
It is known
in my language Sodom and Gomorrah ist basically synonymous with chaos and when you refer to something as 'like an old testament god' it is synonymous with rage and destruction
Desert god didnt fuck around yo

>>9647492

Do you speak portuguese?

The god of the old testament was never supposed to be a moral guide to imitate or understand. It was an irrational force you didn't fuck with. You tried to appease it and maybe if you were careful enough you would avoid its wrath and increase your flocks.

And sometimes even then god would fuck with you.

obviously the egoist is weaker/autistic. It allows for more delusion.

>>9646733
ubermensch = autist. voluntary egoist = narcissist.
i'd rather be the latter 2bh.

>>9646733

I feel as if these are philosophers I haven't read that espouse ideas that I already have kicking around from reading ancient philosophy. Most of what I know from Stirner though comes from hearsay.

Reading is fucking boring.

>>9646302
How to recognize storefronts, vehicles, and street signs. that's about it.

How to pattern match for high culturedness.

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This is an insurmountable problem. Looks like you'll be reading Chicken Soup for the Pre-teen Soul for now.

>>9645065
maybe grow the fuck up or something i dunno

>>9645065
>What the fuck should I do?
Find a family that isn't filled with plebs? Or become independent and move out. I'm glad that I don't have to be autistic like this since my mother is familiar with the western canon.

"What did you buy, anon"
"Lolita"
"Oh, that's a good book. I wish I still had all of my old books so that you don't have to keep buying them."

>>9644924
Karl Loewith's From Hegel to Nietzsche, one of the best intellectual histories I have ever read.

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>>9644924
The History of Philosophy by Kevin Durant.

>>9644924
the secret history of the bayeux tapestry

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bumping

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nothing?

>>9645472
thanks