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Does anyone take Meno's paradox seriously? Is there a real body of secondary literature on it?
What the fuck do you mean by "seriously".
>>7688755
Define "anyone."
>>7688755
It's taken so seriously that even Plato himself has to wiggle his way out of Meno's objection with a silly myth of reminiscence (that is important in Plato's system but ultimately absolutely worthless as a philosophical theory) because he's a little bitch
I don't think anybody really took the time to give it a full-fleshed answer. Aristotle tries to answer some of Plato's paradoxes and others in the second analytics (zeno's for example), but IDK about this one.
How often do you say "shall," /lit/?
>>7688716
quite rarely
Shall implies certainty, and I'm never quite certain.
"What shall we do?"!
yes, in a Mary Poppins-esque tone, and all.
free books. jealous /lit/?
http://bookthing.org/
>>7688644
>used books
Enjoy your fecal matter.
What are your thoughts on lumonics?
Good book
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Hey /lit/ I'm making valuable annotations on pic-related, I did not want to rape my softcover so I'm using a lead pen-pencil instead of a pen.
Will the annotations (they are written in a compact manner) become faded and unreadable in decades, should I be using a pen instead?
>>7688512
In decades? Probably, just buy another cheap copy or take annotations on a notebook or transfer them to your computer. I still have some old notes from like... Ten years ago, and what I wrote is still visible, but it certainly faded a bit.
>>7688512
Why, do you want to be remembered as some secret genius? You're pathetic.
>>7688512
Use a fucking pen you autist.
Anyone know where I can obtain free reliable audio books? More specifically the dune series?
ah nvm let this thread die
i found it
dune is on youtube
a lot of shit is on youtube
What jobs can one get in writing? People always just say "start a blog" but what the fuck is that all about, who gives a shit about a random blog?
How easy it to work for BuzzFeed? I'll sell my soul IDGAF
>>7688438
Go to school for sociology, or just research Critical Theory in depth. Become, if at all possible, weak in some way, display said weakness, be biting, incisive against the powers that be, sarcasm is a must, mixed with a heartfelt humanism and caring for others and oneself amid this trying grief. You are halfway there. Now present a controversial topic, not to yourself, or those whose opinions you follow, to the enemy, what will make the enemy mad? Find the thing they hate the most, it isn't hard, you just have to circle the alt-right or MRA or something internet for a week or two. They complain about 3 or 4 things which will in all likelihood never happen. Bring up one of those exact things. The MRA, or altright or whoever will flip their collective shit, your tribe will flip their own collective shit, twitter wars will be had, tears of oppression will be shed, death threats will be hinted at, at least 4 opeds on semi-respectable journals and 200 blog posts on the raging man and womandom internet spheres will be raged. You will potentially if you do something even more outrageous be backed by people who hate the people you're upsetting enough to fund it make at least enough to do a talk show.
Results may vary
>>7688458
bretty gud analysis dare bud
>>7688438
you're stupid, the point is not to have the blog, but a portfolio
one would normally write for a uni paper but if you're looking for a job now i assume that route is not for you
About 100 pages into Brief wonderous life of oscar wao. I've avoided (not purposefully but quite easily) most of the fashionable multicultural lit (with the exception of Rushdie, Soyinka, other genuinely talented writers) for a long time, so finally, I decided "what could it hurt" and rented this book out with the intention of giving it an honest chance (despite my disdain for the literary establishment).
I usually don't come on here because it is as much of a cesspool as we all say it is and the median level of intelligence you can expect from a...
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hey fuckers cmon
>All of philosophy is baseless crap because the Münchhausen trilemma exists and we cannot know nothing
>Anyone who says that novels are anything more than an entertainment is probably someone in the academia /publishing/ media industry who wants to mysticism / justify his job for personal gain
>the philosophers who are hard to understand are all talking shit
>history can be extremely entertaining but any attempt to draw general principles from it is always...
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I don't.
>>7688356
>the philosophers who are hard to understand are all talking shit
ideas and concepts can be extremely complex. it might not be rocket science, but having a multitiered and multifaceted thought process can bring you multiple branches and conclusions that vary from circumstance to circumstance. Philosophy, moral and practical is very very complex. and if something has to be said in a different way to make it work; for example, if something one said has to be reworded or altered to...
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