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I am the Munchhausen trilemma poster. I read Euthyphro and the Apology and now I realise that I am like a contemporary Socrates who points out other people's lack of knowledge and their pretentiousness and inability to admit their inability to "know" anything.
Nobody gives a fuck.
You may well be, but it's not hard to be Socrates when you have such a good example as Socrates himself to ape.
The real trick is in being yourself better than Socrates was Socrates.
>>8137299
I found Euthyphro interesting, specifically the question of how something can be considered holy, which I have been wrestling with for the last week or so.
If the holy is something that is divinely approved, then what comes first - God's approval, or the existence of an eternal truth that is then approved by God?
So is God an arbiter of what is divinely approved, and holy, or is he merely a transmitter to us of what is holy - which means that there are holy things that exist as eternal truths, regardless...
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Remember your 10th grade Geometry class? It was a 55 minute class just before lunch. Picture yourself, 15 years old, Friday, ensconced in Geometry on a beautiful late September day. If you’re a girl, you’re much more interested in whether the new boy is going to sit with Amber during lunch for a third day in a row, and what he’s going to say to her this time; he’s so confident and handsome. If you’re a guy, you’re much more interested in the 17 year old Varsity cheerleader at the front of your class, in uniform, school particolors pleated in the skirt, which is caught...
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I don't think I ever had geometry class.
>>8137281
Wow, shitting on Euclid ... a new /lit/ low.
>being this heteronormative
Problematic af tbphwy
What are some philosophical books that BTFO capitalism/liberalism?
Pic definitely unrelated.
>>8137162
Delete this shitty Reddit thread
None. Read Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" and realize the error of your ways.
Less than ~10 people on this board have actually read all of Shakespeare's works. This is a board of pseuds.
>le stinky english maymay
>>8137159
this board doesn't even have more than 10 people on it
not unlike a good shakey play
>>8137159
Nowhere near all of his plays are worth reading, like half at most. For every Hamlet or King Leer there's five Winters Tale
bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk
>>8137067
go to bed, Jim
>>8137067
How can we tackle this philosophically?
>>8137072
I think he's already dreaming.
Post the names of your works, be they finished or not. Translate to English if necessary.
Iiris (a female name, so no point in translating)
The Islands and the Sea
The First 19 Years
The Fall of Eden (meaning autumn, not falling down, although I realized the name is much better in English due to possible double meaning of the name, as it fits the theme of the novella so well)
>>8137057
Freshly Battered Leviathan
Gamma Ray Bursts & Other Light-Hearted Matters
Terrorism of [Gorgut's Third Album]
Chipped Stanza #2
Portrait of a Kinetic Sculpture
Artificer's Death (Bright and Gleaming)
and yes they are that bad
Them Heavy People
The Emergency Exit Door
Watching
Talk
>>8137148
I know this will sound horribly nit picky, but verb titles drive me bonkers, like "Watching". The other ones sound cool though.
I'm 25 pages deep and already ecstatic. I fucking love Bodine.
Me too. Good thread anon :P)
glad you're enjoying it
>>8136997
Does Bodine appear that early? I thought he didn't appear til the ferryman, Whatsisname Ice.
Pic unrelated
So i've started writing out my thoughts/opinions on power in society and the meaning of evil.
Everything was going along fine until I realized that, from the perspective of a reader, i'm just some asshole using a book as a soapbox to yell my ideas.
How do I avoid this? I'll be honest, I havent read much Philo aside from Machiavelli, so I am not sure how they structure their works.
Should I write it as an essay?
Should I make it a narrative and stuff my ideaology in it (Ayn Rand style)?
Or should I keep it as is,...
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>>8136981
>evil
>existing
Gravity.
>>8136981
You are confusing philosophy with social commentary. They have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
Finally getting around to reading pic related.
Is it worth it, /lit/?
Why don't you read it and find out?
>>8136962
dude, no.
>>8136969
Because its a behemoth and I want to gauge the room first to see if its worth my time.
books on how woman control men using their sexual manipulation or whatever.
Like how the only reason we are born is to procreate. And our "will to life" compels us to mate with females.
I don't want "men r better coz im white init", I want it to be based on facts and evidence, sexism is okay when it's based on hard cold truths. No matter how cold they are, as long as it's evidence
>>8136945
r9k plz
>>8136958
not an argument
>>8136945
>I want it to be based on facts and evidence, sexism is okay when it's based on hard cold truths. No matter how cold they are, as long as it's evidence
Bruh, if psychoanalysis couldn't do it in almost 100 years, you certainly won't find it anywhere else.
About to read pic related. What should I expect?
>>8136924
Shit, like everything else that hack wrote.
Beautiful tragedy
Also the best Metallica song
>>8136936
Shit like this post is ruining /lit/. You're not funny, you're fucking annoying.
Where did the "le fantasy isnt literature" meme come from?
All the "lit approved" memes like moby dick, infinite jest, ulysses etc are all fantasy
>>8136687
T. Rectally ruinated genrepleb
>>8136693
You sound like you validate yourself by what books you read, the OP pic describes you in particular
The only thing even close to genre fiction Ive read is probably Gene Wolfes BOTNS series and bram stokers dracula
Moby-Dick isn't fantasy, it just feels that way because the circumstances of the book are so wildly different from everyday ordinary life.
Is there a name for that sort of literature, incidentally? Blood Meridian is sort of like that too. It's not 'fantasy' but it's completely alien to normal people in contemporary society, and was even when it was written.
This are parts that i found interesting from the book The Black Swan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242472.The_Black_Swan
recorded books - audio
A black swan is a highly probable event with three principal characteristics
It is unpredictable
It carries a massive impact
After the fact we make up an explanation which makes it look less random and more predictable than it was
One single observation can invalidate a valid statement derived from millennia of confirmatory sightings of millions of people
The author of the harry book series does not have to write a new book each time someone wants to read it , but a baker needs to bake bread every time he wants to sell bread
this is the diference between professions that can add zeros to their earning without more work and those who cant
Don't simplify beyond what is necessary
Our minds are like inmates captured to our biology unless we manage a cunning escape
A lot of mildly good news is preferable to a single lump of good news regarding what makes you happy
Superior qualities are only superior if most people don't have them
Respectable literary publishers accept 1 in 10 000 manuscripts the receive from first time authors
It is the worst case that matters when engaging in a policy , the worst case is far more consequential than the forecast itself
It is often said that he is wise who can see things coming but perhaps the wise one is the one who knows he cannot see things far away
A bad prediction can be worse than no prediction
We over estimate the length of the effect of misfortune on our lifes, you thing that the lost of your fortune or job will be devastating but you are probably wrong , more likely you will adapt
Scholars are judged mostly on how many times their work was referenced on others people work
Popular science books that summarize research in complex systems
Mark Buchanan - Ubiquity
Philip Ball - Critical mass
Paul Ormerod - Why most things fail
>>8136621
This book was on a /bizlit chart and when I posted it on /biz, it got smug Pepe replies. Why is it so? What's in the book that it elicits such a reaction?
>>8136756
Taleb is a pretty smug dude so that might be why
so is this book legit?
dear Kartoffels of /lit/,
I never ever get to talk about my favorite author, because he is not at all (or barely) even translated.
any of the Germans here familiar with Max Goldt? I've read all of his works, I've been to his readings twice and he has remained my favorite author for almost a decade now.
ask me anything about Max Goldt.
in here I will be posting a few of his cartoons & collabs incase no one will respond (which is gonna happen, isn't it?)
literally who
>>8136634
sadly a lot of fantastic German writers, like Goldt, Arno Schmidt, or Herbert Achternbusch are rarely to ever discussed on this forum. I don't blame anyone, they're not very well-known. maybe Schmidt is.
>>8136619
What makes him so great?
hey, /lit,
I'm broke and have this shitty Kindle fire.
Hit me up with some genuinely well written and compelling novel recommendations that I can download for FREE off the Amazon book store.
what the fuck is a torrent I asked for a BOOK recommendation off Amazon reeeeeeeeeeeeeee
what do you mean why Amazon reeee that's where you buy books, where else would I look reeeee
WHAT THE FUCK IS A TORRENT I ASKED FOR A BOOK GOD DAMN IT
I've been reading The Master's Marionnettes and it's fucking fantastic. Give it a shot.
>>8136603
just go on bookzz.org and download PDFs senpai, that's what I do.
