How can you tell if your literary opinions are valid or if you've just been brainwashed by academia/expert-culture
>>9206643
When you take the lead pillTL Note: This means 'kill yourself'
Maybe you should try reading a fucking book yourself.
>>9206643
If you have lower IQ than them you cant.
if your opinions are solely based on "this all makes sense" instead of "wait a minute, that means that x and w or y... and that would completely disprove z. but what if a was wrong and it's actually a bit of b and c? what if d was on to somtehing but e couldn't see it?"
>>9206698
Pick one yourself if you dont want an expert pick.
Or just pick a topic and then look for books with that topic.
You a mattress guy? Look up mattress books.
>>9206643
>expert-culture
Just what we and society in general need given the current cultural and political climate: more anti-intellectual sentiment.
>>9206774
agreeing with that. the most they would ask for is "what did you just read" and not, "what's the conclusion of what you just read".
>>9206774
I think he meant it in context of secular academia. Which is exactly what we don't need.
>>9206774
>more anti-intellectual sentiment.
we need evola and gunderian intellectualism, not emma goldman and lacan psuedo-intellectualism
>>9206643
What does it mean for a literary opinion to be valid?
>>9206805
means its true and/or good.
>>9206843
how do you measure if something is true or good? who dictates truth and goodnes?
>>9206861
>measure
wrong word.
Truth and the good are not quantities to be measured, but realities to be ascertained through the logic and intuition of the aristocratic mind.
>who dictates truth and goodness?
Ultimately God does, but man identifies what is true and good, since man is made in the image of God and has the power to distinguish reality from illusion, beauty from ugliness, being from non-being.
>>9206762
The latter leads to the former