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ITT - Post the philosopher you admire and/or look up to.
The most fashionable, and a very public philosopher.
I respect him for his work as well as his ability to stay vogue.
The Shakespeare of Philosophy
Where else do you guys visit to discuss and find new literature?
Only want responses from people who actually read.
I read your post*, does that count?
*p. faggy btw
Goodreads is excellent for finding new books
>>7513181
Honestly apart from this place I feel no need to discuss literature on the internet. Rather do it "in real life"
That's a triple since the 1800s and double since the late 1900s.
Any explanations?
There are now that many more people who think they're entitled to help.
You're welcome.
>>7513156
But rarely any books are blog posts where the author personally addresses people right?
>>7513162
What about patreon pages?
>help me and pay my sex change operation
>In a single, fateful word, they are les misérables.
Oh Hugo...
>THEAETETUS:
Plato you hack
>I've seen them! the game-players of Titan!
"The auctioneer cleared his throat. Oedipa settled back, to await the crying of lot 49."
Disgusting. I don't know what you people see in him.
What songs have the best lyrics, /lit/?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viw5JXopin0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRkP-rplNjs
Might as well delete the thread now, OP. This is the only correct answer.
>>7513069
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3JOsqK7eV0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNYF_-mGGUI
some really great lines in here
"Though the fans want the feeling of A Tribe Called Quest
But all they got left is this guy called West"
"Flow infectious, give me 10 seconds
I'll have a buzz bigger than insects in Texas
It's funny how wasn't nobody interested
'Til the night I almost killed myself in Lexus"
"I went to the malls and I balled too hard
"Oh my god, is that a black card?"
I turned around and replied, "Why yes
But I prefer...
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God tier books?
I will read almost everything that is suggested.
Ovid - The Metamorphoses
Petersburg - Bely
The man without qualities
>the book you're reading mentions another book and spoils a plot point in it
Name one
>the book you're reading references a book
>you read the book it referenced, and that book references three books
>you read the first book referenced, and that book references five books
>reading moby dick
>footnote a few chapters in states 'melville always intended for the whale to escape and the ship to sink'
To you consider light novels to be worthwhile literature? Did you ever read any?
>>7512813
No and no, but that's just my opinion. Hope that helps.
Never read one, no; but I've seen dozens of anime adaptations. From what I understand, light novels are "light" reads directed at youths, and thus probably aren't worthwhile literature.
>>7512815
If you could mention your reasons in detail, it would be cool.
Also if you didn't read any, how can you say for certain they're not worthwhile?
well?
We don't talk about Catch-22 very often. I suggest you replace it with The Book of the New Sun or 2666.
>>7512669
What's the best book on there, lads?It's Blood Meridian
>>7512676
it's moby dick
moby dick > brothers karamazov > lolita = catch-22 > infinite jest > blood meridian > gravity's rainbow > ulysses
Was Shakespeare actually good? Or is he just praised for being English and from an certain era? Take Dante or anyone else. Are they not superior to Shakespeare?
Would Shakespeare be considered bad if he was born outside of the England or last year?
>Was Shakespeare actually good?
Mods delete this b8 thread please
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q9JMoLkUzA
If Shakespeare was born last year he'd still be a baby ya dingus
What are /lit/'s preferred books on ancient sexual practices?
Mainly Egyptian, Greek and Roman cultures
Pretty sure it was mostly just standard PiV.
Michel Foucault has a lot to say about Ancient Greece's culture around sex. I know that he speaks about it specifically in some of his later interviews, and if I'm remember correctly he touches on it a bit in the History of Sexuality.
>>7512637
Think OP meant more than just standard positions and the like. Greeks are known to have practiced forms of pederasty and egyptians were heavy on the incest. Don't know of any good books on the subject tho...
What time of the day do you do most of your reading?
10pm to 4am
4-8pm
>>7512595
This. Reading made me a night owl.
What is /lit/ preferred application for ebooks (.mobi, .epub, .azw, etc.)?
>>7512552
EbookDroid
Vertical scroll
You are welcome my good friend.
>>7512552
I use universal book reader
choose something minimalistic and with relatively few downloads
they work just fine, the ones people rave about have annoying interfaces and make you make an account and such
What was the main message John Green wanted to tell readers of Paper Towns?
C U C K
U
C
K
>>7512519
Probably "go see the movie"
>>7512519
Probably "Do your own homework instead of asking a Cambodian falconing forum"
Which books should I read to my newborn son if I want him to grow up to become patrician?
>>7512467
play Shakespeare audio around the clock and while he sleeps every night
but you don't want him to become a poofa so from 5-16 make sure he plays sports and trucks. at age 17 you tell him he is a patrician warrior, the one Dave Wallace promised
Make him read Ulysses as soon as they cut the cord
If he can't, he's beyond all hope
My diary, desu
