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Can the average reader understand The Road To Serfdom or is there some prerequisite reading? I want to read Hayek but I don't want to bother if it's written for people who already have a very deep understanding of economics
Why would I read Hayek when I jerk off pretending I'm titty fucking her?
>>7632657
What the fuck does that even mean?
>Hayek
>understanding of economics
you could be enjoying a classic right now, but instead you're reading this post
>>7632306
i was just about to read Stephen King
i was just taking a poopie
I can't. She got me hard as fuck and I can't concentrate. I hate when I can't read because I have a hard on and can't fap.
Is Aristotelian philosophy making a comeback as a legitimate worldview?
>>7631914
>implying it hasn't always been.
>>7631949
Since modern philosophers misinterpreted him.
Did you like this book? Also, did you like the movie?
>>7630893
after watching the movie I actually understood what it was about
Great movie, better book! A bit edgy, but that's okay as long as it wans't being edgy for the sake of being edgy.
>>7630893
Awesome movie, book has to be taken with a grain of salt to stop the reader from throwing it into a bin.
I'm out of practice and looking to brush up on my Latin. Is the Cambridge Latin Course book series decent? Looking at the "interactive" series that Cambridge listed on iTunes as well as the more traditional books elsewhere.
Looking to pair the series with Lingua Latina per se Illustrata, which is what my teachers taught from, and maybe Wheelock's Latin.
>>7629994
Yes
ayyyyyyy
caecilius est in horto
>“Dad-a-chum? Dum-a-chum? Ded-a-chek? Did-a-chick?”
Should I read the book before the movie comes out?
>>7629796
The Lobstrosities scared the shit out of me when I read this being 12 in the 80s.
There's going to be a movie?
>>7629931
To be fair, they were more or less the closest thing that came to taking Roland down.
>>7629796
I think it would've worked better as a video game. But yes, read the book.
Who else /phonereads/?
I don't enjoy blindness and headaches op
>>7629319
Spreading outright myths, how mature.
Me
Does anybody have the collected poems of T.S. Eliot, and would mind sharing what edition they have and if it does actually include all of his poetry?
>>7633581
I have this one and it has all his poems from 1909-1962.
From prufrock and other observations to four quartets, including occasional verses.
The table of contents can be seen on Amazon.
is Ubu Roi the new meme? (pronounced mee mee, of course)
Ubu is a memre and is not new. You're new.
meme rhymes with jean
I'm studying the Odessey for a uni course that I am taking at the moment. It makes me feel nostalgic as it reminds me of Percy Jackson, a book series that I loved when I was a teenager. I was very obsessed eith Greek mythology but stopped reading the book series when I got older. Should I go back and read the new Percy Jackson novels? I am 20 and I know that I am technically too old for this book series, but damn, reading the Odessey is making me feel so nostalgic!
>Percy Hackson
no
A catharsis is very important to one's well being. Leaving a lot of things in your life unfinished can have a negative effect on your life. So I'd do it.
>>7633495
Freud pls go
Either way I don't see a harm in reading old books from your past, as long as they are not a way for you to be a child again
What does the roof squirrel represent in the young Hegelians philosophy?
Also, why were the German philosophers so edgy and smug?
>>7633451
The Absolute Spirit. It's constantly craving nuts.
Who are the major writers of Canada, Ireland and Australia to know about? Preparing for uni right now and can't find a good, comprehensive list about this area. I really don't know any apart from Wilde and Joyce.
>>7633415
Miles Franklin and Henry Lawson are the major Australian writers, I would say.
In the next ten years, it will also includeme
Were people in ye olde days retards?
>On opening night (10 December 1896), with traditionalists and the avant-garde in the audience, King Ubu (played by Firmin Gémier) stepped forward and intoned the opening word, "Merdre!" (often translated as "Pshit" or "Shittr!" in English). A quarter of an hour of pandemonium ensued: outraged cries, booing, and whistling by the offended parties, countered by cheers and applause by the more degenerate contingent. Such interruptions continued through the evening. At the time, only...
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>1896
>ye olden days
>>7633370
Kill yourself. Sage.
>>7633370
In most cultures there is an inverse relationship between "freedom of speech" and the cultural importance of speech.
Cussing is a big deal in cultures with strong speech taboos
Hey. Recently I have started to read books in English. Since English is not my first language, I find it difficult to read fluently.
The only book I read in English and found no difficulties to read it, was The Catcher in the Rye. It was easy to me to read.
Now, I have bought these books in English:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
The Great Gatsby
Gravity's Rainbow
Into The Wild
Which one of these books are the *less* vocabulary challenging?
Why not just read something from Hemingway? You know that you won't get a translation and you know it won't have too many unknown words?
I'd say Gatsby and Cuckoo's Nest are the easiest to read of the bunch you posted. Also, l'd suggest you read some of Pynchon's other works before diving into the Gravity's Rainbow.
Here's the /lit/ starter chart too. Moat of the books here are entry level, so you shouldn't have a problem with them.
For non-native English speaker, anyone else feel like their writing is getting worse and worse? Couple of weeks ago I was churning out Hemingway's shit. Now it's just plain shit. What do?
fuck it, bump. Also, is this OCD?
My english get worse and worse every time I get back into browsing imageboards, especially krautchan.
So get off any imageboards and read more, it'll get better I guess.
