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Its seems like this board only talks about DEAD WHITE MEN! Recommend me something from analive white mandoesn't matter what
living people are all cucks
Do you think the "will to power" is our main driving force in life?
We always aim to have some achievements, be ambitious and reach the highest possible position in life.
Bump for interest.
>>7893205
No, I say the main driving force in life is subjective depending on who you ask.
Depends on the society and the individual I guess.
>>7893205
did you literally just look on wikipedia to 'learn' what the will to power is?
http://www.richardkmorgan.com/2016/04/gratuities-at-your-discretion-2/
Is he right? Or is he just a narrowminded genre fag?
>>7893176
Ask /v/
>>7893182
It's a good rumination on genre fiction, if you'd read it you'd know.
>>7893182
>didn't read the article
>>7893176
How is this narrow minded, its purely common sense. Did he really need to bother writing this or am I missing the point entirely.
>literary works are not often lauded for their cracking pace or plot that grips like a vice and doesn’t let go. Instead, their readers revel in other flavours – lyrical style, perhaps, or intense sense of place; acute social commentary;...
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Im sorry but English is not my first language.
what does this mean?
"he desires total dependence of his future partner"
he wants his future romantic partner to be totally dependent on him
dependence
>the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
>>7893181
but wouldnt it make more sense for it to be "from"
"he desires total dependence from his future partner
>>7893185
yes i think so
i'm pretty sure the original sentence isn't correct
Recommend any books on philosophy(enlightenment age and classical)
And also atheism
A true skeptic cannot be an atheist. Atheists are no better than believers, because they, too, believe something they do not know.
>>7893297
this desu
(but god probably isn't real)
I know that lads.
But you got recommendations for the both subjects
Why do certain boards have such an emphasis on being seen as intelligent or have their taste match/be approved by their peers on the same board?
It results in a lot of pandering and shit posting, why not enjoy books for books sake? Why shit on what edition is and not just direct them to what you think is a better edition and why?
>>7893078
It's because a lot of the people on 4chan are insecure depressed introverts who have little to show for themselves and are deeply unhappy with who they are.
![2015_0506_webimages_22_woolf[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/0EdClmb.jpg "2015_0506_webimages_22_woolf[1].jpg")
because /lit/ is full of middlebrows lmao
>>7893078
>being seen as
I think a lot of people are living with a focus on shaping how they are seen instead of how they are.
Does TV contribute to this approach to life? Do things like facebook contribute to this? Is it just the general social millyou? I don't know I have to read McLuhan first and think about it more.
As I see it though this does limit conversation a lot. People see this attitude and then self censor.
The underachievers said it best though: Fear and ego are the enemy.
They had a book based on this?
Huh, learn something new every day.
huh thanks for this worthless thread. upvote!
>>7892805
>>7892805
Don't bother it's boring. I guess it's a trilogy but I'm not going to bother reading them until they are brought to my next gen consoles or turned into an anime.
What does it say about the state of modern fantasy, if these guys are considered the best in the business?
>>7892798
>'best'
>famous
>g. martin
My sides!
Who gives a shit? Its fantasy. Its for dorks.
Hi /lit/, i'd like your opinion.
Can you consider a book you haven't finished yet a favourite or does being a favourite require that you've read the book multiple times. I'm asking because i bought Zettel's Traum a few months ago, i'm not finished with it but so far i've found the book so enjoyable and interesting that i would say it#s among myy favourites.
What do you think?
pic related
Finish it you faggot.
>>7892800
still then, are multiple readings required for it to be a favourite or can it be a favourite after one read?
>>7892800
calm down
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/827.Most_Difficult_Novels
How does this make you feel, /lit/?
Not much
I already knew that you can't take goodreads seriously regarding anything
>Catch-22 on #20
What?
What's even hard about it
why do you keep making this thread you retard
Are there some good ressources that help with the republic?
Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy
>>7892728
Yes, there are thankfully plenty.
To start with, here's a .rar I posted up on MEGA that contains lots of commentaries, essays, translations, and other resources for the Republic specifically. (The file's about 180 mb, just to warn.)
https://mega.nz/#!KU5lDJoA!Ol1zX1V-I5fhAQ4F5dAALmhgYcqMmZq3q_4A230akgA
There's an excellent lecture available by Leo Strauss on the Republic, and it focuses on a lot of details you'd otherwise completely miss.
https://leostrausscenter.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/Republic1957.pdf
Here...
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>>7893130
Further, all of the issues of the political philosophy journal Interpretation are available online, and the essays on the Republic in it are excellent. (Just search for "Republic" on the page to find the relevant issues.)
http://www.interpretationjournal.com/backissues.php
St. John's College also has a pretty good journal collecting the essays and lectures of their professors and associates called the St. John's Review. There are only a few issues that deal with the Republic, so I'll...
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Where should I start with this ugly fuck?
>>7892701
just don't
Working the shaft.
The Elementary Particles.
I picked this up The Deadhouse Gates a while back and I love it just as much as the first book so far. I am so interested in how everything eventually turns out and I can't stop reading. I've read the reviews and I had some troubles with The Gardens but it is actually quite clear if you give the book enough attention while reading.
What does /lit/ think about Malazan?
Mediocre fantasy. They get better as the series goes along.
>>7892655
>mediocre
B-but it's better than GoT r-right?
I loved it. It dragged a bit in places as I got towards the end and was desperate for resolutions to some plots.
Lots of great characters, short stories, and fantastic moments throughout the series. If you can empathise you'll get a lot out of these books.
I want to read books like the hagakure, any suggestions?
Read Mishima's commentary on Hagakure & also the Book of five Rings. Art of war if you haven't already. The Pillowbook maybe?
>>7892642
The Pillow Book doesn't have anything to do with the others.
>>7892642
Thanks
Question: how does one prepare for / conduct oneself in an interview for a top-shelf MFA / MA. Brit fag here so I'm thinking UEA, St Andrews or maybe Manchester. U.S advice welcome.
> What kind of questions will they ask?
> Will they be more interested in me as a reader or a writer?
> What should I expect?
>>7892578
Are they paying your fees?
If not you're literally being a cuckboy so people can take your money.
MFAs are shit in the UK outside of UEA, and even there all it consists of is meeting up with a bunch of posh people every Wednesday afternoon.
>>7892585
Well I'd see the advantage as being it would set me up for a career in teaching creative writing, especially the practical pedagogy pathway at St Andrews. I haven't applied yet but even if they did not pay my fees I'd say that would be offset by being equipped to pursue a career that was moderately comfy and bearable. I've worked as a copywriter and it's unbearable.
> doing it for the paper at the end not the learning
> although...
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>>7892585
Also the Gov would pay my fees but I'd have to pay them back, student loan though so not too mean
