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Hey /lit/. Whats the best Borges translation?Is pic related any good or should I get Ficciones translated by Kerrigan.Also why is the hardcover edition of Collected Fictions cheaper than the paperback, its usually the other way around
Dont read translations
Only acceptable way to read Borges is in Spanish, hermanito.
>>8195592
but mijo, I only know english, french and german and I want to read Borges.
I know he worked with Thomas di Giovanni to translate his works but you cant really find that edition anymore so whats the next best thing
goddammit.
this is the last time I read one of your memes.
every fucking time I'm totally let down.
if anyone is interested in reading the book, don't.
it's not worth your time.
stay away. stay far away.
the memes never kvetching up to the hype.
>>8195288
never live up to*
>the memes never kvetching up to the hype.
It seems you didn't enjoy it because you're retarded. Three examples of hard evidence in this single line.
>>8195293
lol auto correct fucked me like always
What are the best history books that can give me a description of the "big picture"? A good overview of world history?
Also, what are the essential History Philosophers?
>>8195179
You probably won't find one.
I think Schopenhauer was right in saying that all you can really do is acquaint yourself with the general 'Zeitgeist' of a given time/place.
There is simply too much 'history' to meaningfully learn; you either go in for a specific time/place, or else flounder. The "big picture" is too big to appreciate every specific, or even see up close; you have stand way back.
>>8195179
H. G. Wells - The Outline of History
Haven't actually read it, but maybe pic related will help
>book claims to be post-postmodern
>is only postmodern
What do you want out of this thread?
>book claims to be post-post-postmodern
>is only post-postmodern
what the hell is post-postmodernism why do you guys do this
>The work is so refreshingly honest.
The best works of art inspires our love for the truth. With every bit of honesty that we recognise in art there is some disdain for the lack of authenticity in the regular world.
But does art, as the most polished source of novelty, sanction itself in society as the only space where honesty is allowed to publicly exist?
who dat hoe doe
>>8195046
if the artist is honest, so is the art.
if society is dishonest, it only makes that art more resplendent.
>>8195068
So you have to be an artist if you want to be as honest as allowable.
Art pulls the most honest people towards itself like a brain drain, there would be no need for lots of works if everyone was honest.
What book comes closest to being Vaporwave: The Novel.
>>8195009
>Vaporwave
Hi ledditumblr!
bampu
>>8195009
The Greeks
What are some must-reads book if you want to get a decent life-wisdom?
I'd start with these:
Dostoyevsky - Notes from Underground
Schopenhauer - Wisdom of Life
Stirner - Ego and its Own
>get a decent life-wisdom
>reading
uhhh
>>8195001
Go work at a shelter for excurrentheroin addicts.
>>8195001
>decent life-wisdom
Soon ...
>>8194972
Expect some kind of announcement after the S6 final
>>8194972
I'm guessing 2017 for TWOW, and no sooner than 2024 for ADOS
IT'S HAPPENING
>tfw can't decide what to read
>>8194941
>Tfw my book isn't in yet
>>8194941
Read Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
>>8194941
r u trap lol
What went wrong?
>>8194823
northern europe forgot about aristotle for millenia and started obsessing about pseudo-problems
positivist prose is toptier desu senpai
>What went wrong?
Popper and Wittgenstein were born.
![quote-it-is-wrong-to-think-that-the-task-of-physics-is-to-find-out-how-nature-is-physics-concerns-what-niels-bohr-20202[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/pH7VqbX.jpg "quote-it-is-wrong-to-think-that-the-task-of-physics-is-to-find-out-how-nature-is-physics-concerns-what-niels-bohr-20202[1].jpg")
Is it safe to say that he would have never said this if Kant never lived?
Bohr confirmed for a non-correspondence theorist of truth.
Into the TRASH he goes.
>>8194798
Not at all
>>8194798
Others are capable of coming up with similar ideas.
Are there any works on sexual capital and how it works in the same was as traditional capital when it comes to power relations?
>>8194771
every houellebecq book
you won't find much because normies are the bourgeoisie of the sex world and don't want to give up their capital, but you'll still see them call for all other capital to be redistributed because it's trendy
>mfw I realize that r9k wants sexual communism
Dude I just fucking read a little of this from the poems for the millennium anthology. Holy shit is this the bomb or what? I think I'm gonna buy it.
>>8194763
URUGUAY ES EL MEJOR PAIIIIIIIS
It was too repetitive for me
>>8194774
I only read like one poem. Are they all extremely disgusting and gore filled?
Lit how do you get in the habit of finding time to read? I always seem to find myself tied to using the internet and listening to music and making shit posting threads on various websites. I never seem to make much time for myself to actually read books, it's like I'm too lazy.
Read instead of using the internet, listening to music, or shitposting. If the problem is that you're overly impulsive or fickle, schedule your free time beforehand, and try to stick to it.
Drop acid and prioritize
>>8194736
>It's like I'm too lazy
You are. If you want to read, just start already. It's not like you want to climb mount everest, just do it
Am I retarded for thinking this was bland as fuck?
![big+lebowski[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Gi8tXl2.jpg "big+lebowski[1].jpg")
>>8194652
Such an important work as this, it has had its themes borrowed, exaggerated, inverted and expounded upon in the decades since.
In the same way that Monty Python feels dated, and Doom seems old fashioned - it is precisely because of its newness that it has been built upon, raided and ravaged until all that's left is bones.
>>8194669
ty for this response desu senpie
