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Take it for granted that action A is a morally reprehensible action that is condemned by the majority of human cultures. Also take for granted that persons C and D are innocent of any wrongdoings outside the circumstances of this thought experiment.
Now, person B is very evil and conducts action A upon person C.
Is it now morally acceptable now for person D to conduct action A upon person B in revenge?
No, D should mind his own business and C should turn the other cheek. B will get his in the afterlife.
>>8054407
>using sequential letter representations of different categories of designation
>>8054407
No, but I will sacrifice my morals for my loved ones.
>Give a reason why you love or hate me.
>>8054405
7 at his lowest, 9 at his highest. Doesn't quite match Gaddis, Gass, Hawkes, or McElroy, but comes close. Definitely an exceptional author.
Thought V. was beyond atrocious. Crying of Lot 49 was okay, though winded. Tried Gravity's and got bored 50 pages in and returned it.
5/10
>>8054405
DUDE
WEED
LMAO
Is degeneracy a quantifiable aspect of society, or is it a term made to express one political faction's dislike for another? Does degeneracy, actual degeneracy, in that it is a symptom of moral decay exist at all?
>>8054401
Ethical binaries are microscopic units of ideology designed to reinforce and perpetuate the prevailing power relations of the given mode of production
>>8054401
define degeneracy
>>8054427
Degeneracy, an aspect of one's cultural, religious, or societal beliefs that is deemed regressive (in morality and social progress), and most importantly, is viewed as dangerous to society as a whole.
I'm a UK 25 year old dilettante stemtard. What are the most important books I should have read in order to not seem like an uncultured lower class person?
Sick to STEM since it actually requires intelligence and skill.
Philosophy and 'high brow' culture is literally just mindless signalling and memery.
You ever see the all white paintings by Robert Rauschenberg?
That's what high culture and philosophy is.
Pure BS.
>>8054325
Orwell, Dickens, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, the Brontes, Hardy.
recently saw the
>starship troopers is fascist
meme, and i went to re-read the book. i can see how the federation might be fascist, or specifically how civil service is fascist, but i don't really agree.
what are some good critical analysis essays/papers on heinlein's starship troopers?
>>8054230
Why don't you agree?
I don't think they're Fascist either mind
>>8054234
well if starship troopers is guilty of anything, it would be utopianism.
i forgot to elaborate in my OP that i'm also very lacking in political sciences, so i that's why i'm asking for essays that analyze the book.
It's an obvious satire.
I'm not looking for poet recommendations, but are there any books on HOW to write poetry? I missed out in college since I didn't take any poetry classes. Now that I have time, I want to learn.
Share any books that helped you/a good starting point.
>>8054229
If you need a book you'll never know, simple as that. It's not something you are thought
>>8054231
Ok.
>>8054229
If you can't learn from reading poetry then why bother? You'll never get good. Just read and try to copy what you like.
What did he mean by this?
Books make really good meals.
>>8054223
He's trying to fool people to stop asking about his writing process to hide he's a lazy lardass
But all good sausages are pure pork or beef.
I'm thinking about writing a short sci-fi story about bitcoin mining and my character created an amazing algorithm to optimize mining but I can't seem to have ideas for the algorithm. Could someone help me?
You shouldn't write about topics you are not knowledgeable on.
Somebody with a doctorate in it will inevitably crawl out of the woodwork to personally call you stupid in public.
>>8054154
You know you don't have to come up with the algorithm itself, right? Just bullshit with technojargon. You're writing a story, not an academic paper.
If you can't even bullshit with technojargon, then you need to do more research else it'll just be NCIS-tier
>>8054164
It's just for fun so I won't go into details
Is this an example of a kafkaesque movie?
>>8054126
mullholland dr
>>8054126
I wonder if the Big Bang Theory guys ever look over at the careers of the IT Crowd guys and feel jelly
>>8054126
>literally a Dostoyevsky adaptation
...but yeah, it's actually pretty Kafkaesque tbf.
http://culture.vg/features/art-theory/on-the-genealogy-of-art-games.html
Nobody will read this but this internet eccentric wrote a really fucking great essay on this subject.
To paraphrase what I remember from it: Has art peaked? No. Have certain art forms peaked? Yes.
How can you look at Shakespeare or Ulysses and compare that to current literature and think anything other than a decline has happened? Or Beethoven and Mozart with current music? I know you'll say that we're comparing the best of the past with the average today, but he gives solid...
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>Or Beethoven and Mozart with current music?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te
Classical music (notated for performance by orchestra) has became outdated.
We shouldn't downplay their compositional talent, but we should acknowledge that unless you are making music with the final recording as the piece itself, you are missing out on an entire dimension of musical expression.
>visual arts peaked with Michelangelo and Rubens
>My Bed doesn't have value
love these memes
>>8054019
>Has art peaked?
Stopped reading here
Recommend family sagas
Bellefleur
>>8053988
'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel García Márquez
>>8053988
Neapolitan Novels
Bridge on the Drina
>We Write Together (7 Short or Long Paragraphs Each)
You're waking up to the sound of gulls that squawk up above, in a sky your tired eyes conceal.
A cool breeze passes you, highlighting your front-half is sprinkled wet.
You head feels as light as feather, and your body is floating on water.
“This is the moment that you've all been waiting for!”
A loud male voice is broadcast over speakers some distance ahead, as thousands of people cheer.
Your eyes glint open to blue and yellow, slowly seizing...
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>>8053974
The purple air rushes clear.
Thin strands propose their contents briefly, but firmly. A soft warm flow begins. Familiar. Yet, not always. A visitor.
You see over the tops of tropic trees and small, wood shacks, a stadium that's larger-than-life; a sandy beach that's a swim away welcomes you.
A galore of strange, colourful orbs, race to the sky from the open roof of the arena.
You look down at your reflection to your hazel eyes that are adorned with palpitations that look like black branches. Your hair is short black, with a messed-up fringe. Your stern nose is barely broken, and your strawberry lips are apart, as you take in this moment.
You pull your hands above the surface. Your palms are...
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>>8053974
sry but I just had to thank you for posting one of my favorite albums
<3
Any of yall read this? What's the best translation?
I GUESS THAT'S A WRAP
>>8053967
I'm reading Don Quixote and thought reading some chivalry novels after I finish. Are they any good?
>>8055122
Yes. Orlando Furioso is godly. The Song of Roland is short and sweet. Amadis and Tirant lo Blanch (which Cervantes actually likes) are both nice, too.
Didn't read El Cid yet :( .
Do I really need to start with the Greeks? Schopenhauer and Nietzsche are much more interesting
>>8053959
A human being doesn't have to do anything but die.
>that moment when you realize the four short stories you've written are all part of the same novel
>>8053901
>that moment when you tell /lit/ pointless information about your life
>>8053904
Trying to start a thread where everyone shares recent moments in their literary "career"
>that moment when you started working on keeping a journal of your life and you realise you're hopelessly selfabsorbed
