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I. Is there a flowchart for Hobbes's books?
II. What is his best book?
III. Does he eliminate the need for Wittgenstein, since he predates him & presents the ideas more clearly?
IV. Would you count him as the best materialist philosopher?
V. Did anyone add anything worthwhile to his extensive delineation of human nature?
Also, general discussion.
>>8073921
*adjusts trenchcoat*
DUDE
*writes in diary*
HOBBES
*plays doom*
LMAO
*fires tec-9*
Are you also a big fan of exortenstiolism, OP?
>I need a flowchart just to read literature
>>8073921
What does Hobbes and Wittgenstein have in common. I remember he speaks briefly about language and logic in the beginning of leviathan but it didn't resemble anything I had read of Wittgenstein.
Please recommend me books based on my taste in music
http://www.last.fm/user/metaldiscussor/library/artists?date_preset=ALL_TIME
as if anyone is going to bother listening to your edgy-ass playlist
>>8073915
listening to it? buddy, I expect you to already know those artists.
I recommend Game of Thrones by George RR Martin.
What are some great self-improvement books that help set you on the right path.
>>8073862
The Holy Bible.
>self help
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Mindfulness in Plain English
Where should I start with Sartre, /lit/? What is absolutely essential?
NOTHING IS ESSENTIAL.
This thread gave me the Nausea.
Please elaborate on what you think of Sartre.
I bought the entire collect for $100 at a second hand shop.
If I read this set, will I be no longer a pleb?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Books_of_the_Western_World
Shit, forgot to include it in my OP
You'll always be a pleb to somebody. The goal is to be a pleb to as few people as possible.
You might be more well read but they won't look as good on a shelf as the individual books.
Is Chuck Buck the Modest Mouse of literature?
>>8073485
is this the worst meme of lit?
>>8073485
No.
More like the Blink-182
>>8073485
Why would you want to be such an asshole?
Jezus Dan, go hunt some whales or something.
What's wrong with to kill a mockingbird? I have read it and I thought it has a lot of value, how come almost everyone hates it here? BTW I did check wiki and archive before asking. Pic unrelated.
>>8073464
Because it was shoved down their throats in high school
>written by a woman
>sjw fodder
>highschool core
>YA
this triggers the /lit/
>>8073464
People read it when they were 14, some in school, and look down upon it because of that.
Currently reading Lord Foul's Bane by the suggestion of my father. So far it is quite an interesting book, who else here has read it?
>>8073415
>reading anything by Stephen Repetitive Donaldson
You don't even deserve to join us in sffg
GET OUT
>>8073422
Super Fuckin' Freaky Gay? Sorry I don't want to join anyways.
>>8073427
>is new fag
>doesn't know of the best thread where people actually read
Thanks for staying out
Where do you guys read book reviews/criticism ?
>>8073324
Reading the criticism of others is for sheep.
That being said, the only literary critic I care about is Harold Bloom.
here
Journals, papers, reviews, companions etc. Lit. Crit. is not like IMDB, mate.
This is mine (along with The Hobbit).
>>8073287
this and mason and dixon
No joke. I work as a YA librarian but never read YA books. Recommend me something that isn'y dystopia bullshit or shit geared towards teen girls. No manga shit either.
I'm a male.
PS shut the fuck up in the library
Help
>>8073203
Anne of Green Gables
>>8073203
>YA librarian
What the fuck
Get some short story collections by Paul Jennings, an Australian author. Very fun stories, I'd recommend Unreal to start with
What is theme?
I've been trying to find the answer to this but there doesn't seem to be any agreement.
Some sources say theme should be able to be summed up in one or two words (love, war, power, betrayal).
Others say that's not enough and you need to provide a statement ("War is an honourable human tradition", "Challenges provides opportunity for growth" etc.)
What's the answer?
>>8073196
A theme is simply an underlying idea, principle, or concept present throughout a work, and can be stated in as many words as necessary. In other words, it doesn't matter how many words are used to describe it--all that matters is how well it is described; so if it can be summed up in a couple words, perfect, fine, whatever, who cares; and if it needs a sentence long description, so be it.
An easily summarizable idea that is consistent throughout the work and can be taken as argued by the work you read.
Example : Love conquers all.
For a work to posses that theme, the events in the work should test said idea and confirm said idea.
A theme should not be contradicted by the events being told or the narrative being told.
>>8073343
Disagree. I think of it more as a thesis/hypothesis.
Does love conquer all?
Then the text either demonstrates a yes, a no, or a maybe. Contradiction is the mark of a thoughtful author.
Go!!
my diary entry from when i first smoked weed tb h xD
>>8073182
DUDE
>>8073185
Sharing is a true symbol of caring anon.
Today I heard a self proclaimed feminist with blue hair in class quoting Stirner and Nietzsche in a discussion on moral intervention, only she was quoting them in the context of the need for social justice.
I have a transcript I scribed while I was sitting there. Shall I post it?
No. I honestly could not give less of a shit about some liberal bitch or some nu-male whining about some liberal bitch.
Sounds like she made them her property.
I'm learning Spanish for my career but I have little interest in the language. I really want to learn German as there are many German works I would love to read in their original tongue. I was considering learning both in unison but fear it would be to difficult/confusing. Anyone have any experience with this?
i want to live there
>>8072998
imagine you suddenly sit up in the bed and hit your head against the ceiling
way to die falling from your bed like hans christian anderson
I think the philosopher LaBeouf could help us out here.
