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well that was shit.
Anyone care to explain why this is considered the greatest novel of all time?
Because is the greatest novel of all time.
because people like the characters, the stream of consciousness musings, and the sense of exploring the day in totality
>>7880501
The same way any novel gets popular, it starts as a meme then people jump in who didn't get that the novel being good was a meme and think it's legitimately good and make up justifications for the meme.
I FINISHED IT
Now I feel empty. Help?
That's not emptiness. That's patricianhood
Eat it.
roll joints with the pages
Why don't we talk about this book more? I mean is the best anti war novel out there.
Shame it wasn't finished, I enjoyed the ambiguity around whether Svejk was being subversive and rebellious, or if he was just really thick.
i havne't read it cause its size.
>>7880594
>He doesn't know it's full of pictures
I think I might have to drop this book.
I'm on page 238, and it's been painful. The premise is interesting, but all the arcane medieval shit is starting to get tiresome, and way too close to 50% of the text is dialogue among characters who are experts in subjects that I don't know anything about.
Does it get better?
The explosions start happening on p 253.
A book is forcing you to learn? God forbid.
No, it doesn't suddenly get worse at some arbitrary point in the book.
>>7880302
What was your concentration at university?
To be or not to be
That is the question;
whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of misfortune
fie, fie
to sleep, perchance to dream;
to sleep, to sleep; ay, that is the rub
what may come when we shuffle off this mortal coil
>>7880269
to see a world in a grain of sand
and a heaven in a wild flower
hold infinity in the palm of your hand
and eternity in an hour
>>7880269
Of man's first disobedience
and of the fruit
From that forbidden Tree
Whose mortal taste brought death in the world
and all our woe.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.
Have any of the major philosophers offered an opinion on Martin Luther and secondly the results/effects of his 'reform'?
>Anglo opinions likely to be discarded
>>7880227
tl;dr me on the Jews and their lies
>>7880227
Luther was a theologian, not a philosopher. He is a nonentity in philosophy.
>>7880239
But what he did changed the Western day-today world more dramatically then anything else. He's THE proto-modernist.
I don't get it.
>>7880156
it's a meme.
or I think it's about the world being corrupt and if you're not corrupt then you won't fit in.
The only reason why it's considered literature is due to its popularity among the youth (back in the day) and the censorship controversies it inspired.
Other than that, the symbolism is blatantly obvious (books says it right in your face) and nor is it impressive by any literary standards.
>>7880163
>nor is it impressive by any literary standards.
you are right objectively. but it does touch peoples' hearts in this day, so it does appeal to the audience and is well-done in that respect.
>this poetry sucks
>tfw I loved this book
yeah but she went to an elite women's college and she killed herself so that makes it good! like a female dfw
She cooked her head in an oven for you to appreciate your art, you ungrateful pleb.
yo
this is shit
Good post OP. Really insightful stuff
autistic in every sense possible
also uses pictures because the author can't illustrate their point like everyone else can desu
>>7879929
well its literally about an autist.. so yeah
Should I devote this year to learning philosophy and reading the greats or to trying to have as many and as varied and fulfilling sexual experiences/adventures as possible?
I only have the time properly for the one and the other'd be kind of a tack on
depends, hetero or homo?
fucking vaginas is a noble pursuit, but fondling dicks is child's play
>>7879898
Learn about the Phenomenology of Pussy.
>>7879903
vaginas, faces, asses and breasts is the current aim
“What a slut time is. She screws everybody.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
>>7879876
I'm literally positive this is from a Shakespeare sonnet.
>>7879876
Is it possible for this man to write something that isn't a platitude?
>>7879880
I found it
Thoughts?
beta uprising book
>>7879873
Plenty.
I'm ardently reading it with the most ardent of ardours
Does anyone else torrent audiobooks?
If so what do you suggest?
Post links if possible
>>7879840
Go commit crime somewhere else
librivox or audiobookbay
Why would you bother with an audiobook when you can just get an epub and turn the audio on?
just got into reading. got a tablet and overdrive. can only get a handful of shit books. torrent only has shit self-help books. amazon charges $10000 for an ebook...
point me in the right direction brothers.
>pic very related
>>7879679
sticky you niglet#bookz
bookzz
gutenberg
libgen
>>7879685
oh shit i'm retarded
thnx bb
ever heard of a fuckin library? use ya head, kid.
Tell me about Carl Jung papa /lit/
Final boss of level 1 esoteric philosophy
Only read when you're ready to enter the spirit realm and begin battling Jews
It is advisable to know at least a little alchemy beforehand. Those Jews rush you right as you spawn.
>>7879481
u gotta leave
