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> Liking only the Good is bad!
> The bad is also good, so you should like it!
wow he totally went beyond Plato! Socrates BTFO!
You have to eighteen to post on this website.
>>7986394
>major work is titled "Beyond Good and Evil"
Wow OP, you really nailed this one
>>7986396
Unfortunately you don't have to have the mind of a normally developed 18 year old.
I want to read more but I love anime too much. I get reading done when I'm on the bus but not when I'm at home because there's just so much good anime that I haven't seen yet. What do?
Once you read sufficiently interesting literature, most anime will seem sort of bland unless you're in it for the wish fulfillment stuff, no? I stopped watching anime about 10 months ago (other than Ghibli). Also, downloading anime is a hassle.
but anyway, do whatever you want, entertainment is entertainment
read novels based on anime?
read the light novels of your favorite anime(s) until you have the desire to read something better.
Let's do a chart thread. Post charts that you have saved.
![TheRepublic[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/cJ7lPnG.jpg "TheRepublic[1].jpg")
So, /lit/, I just got finished reading Plato's republic and I have to ask, was Thrasymachus right after all? Plato essentially spends the entirety of his book trying to prove him wrong and I still feel like that isn't enough.
>>7986190
The "Do my homework for me" bait is FRESH this morning!!
Plato's massive jump in logic that I am sure many people raised eyebrows at is that you can upscale an individual to society, then apply what seems right to society to the individual. It's cool but I do not find it convincing.
On top of this I believe he was utilitarian, this adds value to Mill's otherwise weak defense of his philosophy where he says that he was not saying anything new and that humans very naturally equate happiness with the good. If you read the book carefully Plato mentions two principles underlying his notion of a good republic, and...
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>>7986807
The city-in-speech isn't meant to be a real society. This is the mistake too many readers of Plato make. The CIS is a logic exercise. Of course whole, huge classes of people won't all be blocks and lumps like they are in the CIS. The whole entire point of that argument is to find what justice is. The whole entire point OF THE WHOLE BOOK is the find out what justice is. It says some amazing things along the way about politics and metaphysics and the soul, but ultimately they're not the central aim.
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Hey guys, I was talking with my big brother last night, and he really impressed me with his knowledge of beer. He was really excited to talk about it, and I know it's kind of a weird thing to be enthusiastic about, but I'm happy he's interested in it so passionately.
Are there any good books about beer that you'd recommend? I'd like to surprise him with it.
Thanks
>>7986056
Michael Jackson (seriously) books are pretty good.
This is a literature board, not a "general books on any stupid fucking topic" board you Fosters-swilling lout. Maybe ask 420chan's /hooch/ board, at least that would be the right place to ask.
Being enthusiastic with retarded shit like beer is pitiful.
>the "Innsmouth look",
>"queer narrow heads with flat noses and bulgy, stary eyes"
SCARY FISH MEN
WATCH OUT FOR THE SPOOPY FISH-MEN
People like this guy? Don't get me started on the giant penguins.
He's the definition of meme author
>>7986051
>giant penguins
>not spooky
Opinion discarded
>>7986051
>giant penguins aren't scary
Autism
>What's your favorite banned book(s)?
>Why do you appreciate it?
>Do you think that it was worth being banned or society was or is immature about certain topics?
Most of those anyone would know about are only remembered because of their having once been banned and are actually shit otherwise. Any advertisement relying on it I see as a sign that the book isn't worth reading.
>banned book
>one middle school in Nebraska banned it or some shit
I hate this shit.
>>7986035
>What's your favorite banned book(s)?
The Bible
>Why do you appreciate it?
It is the way, the truth and the light
>Do you think that it was worth being banned or society was or is immature about certain topics
People are unwilling to accept the truth and are terrified by it.
The bible is banned in many places throughout the wolrd
I want to understand the power hungry psychopaths.
Any books that can help we with this?
>>7985961
Anything by Zizek.
> This is a shit post by the way, next time just google that shit. We have more serious threads to attend to.
Thank you.
Behold A Pale Horse
Everything by Fritz Springmeier
>>7985961
Crime and Punishment.
>$100 anons!
>>7985945
100$?
Try searching:
http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Flypaper-Life-Langston-Hughes/dp/080901338X/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=
>>7986149
Thanks senpai. I owe you 100$.
I hate this picture of Lovecraft.It misrepresents him so much.
>Look at this dark and misterious man
While most of the time he looked like this
>>7985937
That's the face of a man who writes non-fiction and nobody takes it as such. It's like he's about to break out into a horrified scream and, in the same fraction of a second, forcefully stopping himself from doing so. And that's his everyday expression. He knew that the negro would bring the Apocalypse, but nobody would listen. Unfathomable.
>>7985981
Could you describe this negro creature?
Why is this the most sophisticated work of modern literature?
My diary
Does anyone here remember Veronica Ganz? She doesnt' wear pants lol. She even shows off her panties at one point
>>7987049
They're pink btw
Where do i start with bolaño?
>>7985917
The Savage Detectives.
Then 2666.
Then everything else.
>>7985917
With his first album, like you would with any other artist.
Don't be a pussy and read 2666. It is an easy reading and it is the best book he wrote
Does anybody have the various Christian recommended reading charts. Not the bread pill ones, but the guide to Christian history and mysticism etc
I have this. I hope it's what you're looking for.
>>7985910
Not quite, I saw specific guides for history and mysticism and a few other guides that I don't really see commonly posted that pertained to Christianity. I saved them awhile back on my phone but ended losing them.
What knowledge would one need to read this?
>>7985868
<Trigger warning>
Rapes. Mythological rapes.
That poem is a story containing many classical myths. You don't need to know anything to read it save the preface/introduction of the translation you buy.
I believe this is not allowed here, so mods feel free to ban me if you must.
I need to write a motivational letter for a computer science undergraduate programme and I guess some good writers may be lurking this board, so I have an offer for you, write me a one page motivational letter and I will pay you for it in bitcoin. I am not sure of what reasonable price so would be, so feel free to state your price so we can reach an agreement. The reason I am not interested in writing it myself is that the programme of my top choice does not require a motivational letter.
I...
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>>7985808
Are motivational letters such a big deal? The ones I encountered required just a few paragraphs of bullshit, something even a 4th grader could do. Besides, there are plenty of models online, it's not like anyone is asking you to write the best motivational letter ever written.
Also, your pic looks like an infected and sewn up vagina.
