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I'm writing an essay on "The Prophet's Hair" by Salman Rushdie. Any tips?
>>8093406
Start by reading it.
>>8093411
I have...
I was discouraged reading his books because apparently he's ‘anti-muslim'
The best cortazar is a mediocre borges.
Discuss.
nothing to discuss you're actually right
i'm surprised
The best OP is a mediocre anon
Even though I mostly agree, you are in no place to judge either of them until you've read them in Spanish.
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What are some books that would make me appreciate small things? I need some idyllic, comfy read.
Emerson's On Nature
Moby Dick
>>8093097
"The Mezzanine" by Nicholson Baker.
think of a good authordid you think of a woman?
didnt think so
lmao
>>8093073
mah nigga
Woah that's a nice party trick anon, thanks for sharing!
Hey /lit/, I'm trying to familiarize myself with philosophy, and thought it'd be a good idea to read something that serves as an overall preview of philosophy, rather than to start right off with the pre-Socrates texts.
Which one should I read first out of pic related?
>>8092985
Fuck, I didn't realize the pic was upside down
>>8092985
Read the Russell book. It is partisan, but actually engages with the philosophical content of each thinker. Durant was a pop historian, and had no clue about philosophy.
The best single volume history is Kenny (2012).
Durant is surprisingly good and very readable. I think he's a great writer. It's good for a quick overview of some major modern philosophers at least. But his coverage of pre-modern philosophers is more of a character study than a synopsis, and he peters out after Schopenhauer and Nietzsche (as much as I like Bergson). Even his coverage of the latter is kind of skewed by the lack of critical distance and benefit of hindsight. Nietzsche became a lot more important soon after Durant wrote. But still, good overview.
Russell is better to read once you already know...
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How do you deal with the fact that you went to a non Oxbridge / MIT / Stanford / Caltech / Ivy League university and were surrounded by anti-intellectuals and had a much less rigorous curriculum for the entirety of undergrad?
It feels fucking awful to me. When I see giant university buildings I am in disbelief. These are monuments to a broken society that celebrates mediocrity.
>>8092971
My grandpa hasn't read a book in forty years and never set foot on even a community college campus. But he did work 60 hours a week most of his life to support his family and is a much better person than you. Go fuck yourself you arrogant little shit. Your classics degree isn't impressive no matter where it came from.
It's much worse when you actually go to one of those schools and you're surrounded by rich cunts who are just as stupid as the poor pieces of shit you grew up with, except groomed to think they're all amazing elites and intellectuals.
I'd rather be back at my community college. I hate every one of these rich braindead yuppie faggots. Poor people may not be intellectuals either, but at least they aren't spoiled-rotten perpetual children. At least people at shitty colleges have no illusions that they are just getting professional training. Every...
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I don't feel bad, I can't blame myself for being born in a shithole where [mine] the best university is at max Top 100 World.
Guys, intellectually I'm all spooked out. I can't stand philosophy because of all the unfalsifiable garbage. Many fields like economics etc are just applied common sense and stamp collecting. I see novels as nothing but entertainment despite pretentious people claiming life / philosophical insights and tonnes of people will consider you a disgusting plebeian if you don't initially read shitloads of boring as fuck canon novels.
I think I am painfully adapting to the idea of the Internet age / information overload by abandoning any pretension that I can be...
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>>8092862
You use the word pretension a lot to deflect your own.
I think you're stifling your intellectual curiosity and potential, consciously or not, by placing yourself above the pursuit of knowledge. All, apparently, because of a perceived pretension.
You're a faggot, OP.
>>8092862
>I want everything in the world to be easily knowable and served up to me on a plate
It really isn't a contest anon; focus on primary sources.
Thoughts on this guy?
>>8092854
>The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1)
>1527 pages
He's probably a faggot.
>>8092854
On a prose level his writing is garbage. He knows this and doesn't care -- it's all about plot and "magic systems" to him and his fans.
He's not even attempting to do anything I'd find interesting. I think most people here would probably agree.
why post outside your containment thread?
>>8092089
Who are the contemporary poets that are worth a damn? Are all good poets either dead or about to die?
Pic is Diane Wakoski who wrote,
Will I,
do you suppose,
have my choice
of being deadly
or
dead?
>>8092718
desu, the trendy SJW feminist poets are probably the best. I know that seems like a troll but look at any poetry thread on /lit/ and watch yourself cringe. At least they seem to be getting somewhere and people actually enjoy it. /lit/ poetry aka white 20's male is just teenage angst balled out with the last poet they read.
>>8092722
can you post some examples?
>>8092722
Care to provide a single example of good poetry in that vein?
>tfw you will never know everything
>>8092648
But I already do
>>8092648
"I want, once and for all, not to know many things. Wisdom requires moderation in knowledge as in other things."
~ Freddy the 'Stache
read this as
>tfw you will never know anything
I am supposed to hold something resembling a TEDx talk about communication.
I remember in a VSauce video Michael mentioned a quote form a book I need the source of;
It goes something like "Women have the shit job at communication"
If anyone knows what the video I am talking about, it would be really helpful;
Thanks in advance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWNc2NwkW74 this one?
>>8092656
I don't think so.
>>8092656
>>8092668
All joking aside, I really also think this is the video you're looking for.
King Michael Stevens did something similar, I remember too, but if I remember correctly, he was heavily inspired by this video (i.e. he ripped it off).
I know that as a black fella at least, the abovementioned video empowered me quite a bit in embracing my gender.
Communication is important.
How do eastern philosophies generaly stand towards the idea that the mind is a product of the body?
The body is a product of the mind
>>8092538
The body and mind are both products of the spirit.
>>8092535
> current year
> debating about mind problem
Do you own this?
If you do, please take pics.
Thanks.
>>8092529
I normally don't complain or even care about these things, but that his a horrible font color for that background.
>>8092533
I totally agree. Maybe it shimmers on the actual book, though.
What is the best book that would help me read Ulysses?
I want to start reading. What are some easy reads that you can recommend me, /lit/? I've been meaning to read 1984 so I might start with that.
Thoughts?
bumping a few times
1984 is a long slog of boredom and ideology
Frankenstein is less than 200 pages and pretty accessible; i'm having a fun time annotating it r
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is one helluva fun, easy trip too
>>8092264
Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, Credo, and Phaedo
About to read this for the first time, what am I in for?
If you're a right-wing libertarian you'll love it.
>>8092256
>Von Mises
Don't waste your time.
The only good Austrians are Hayek ( only for political theory ) and Schumpeter (who isn't really that associated with Mises).
>Praxeology
read it
just read the fucking book then you'll fucking know
you fucking idiot
or simply fucking look up a summary or something, stupid piece of shit
cunt
asshole
