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Hey /lit/, what are some books (fiction or nonfiction, preferable a narrative story though) about suicide that isn't some edgy teenage muh emo story?
>>7826470
The Elegance of the Hedgehog is about a depressed preteen but it neither edgy nor emo.
Also pretty much anything by Melville or Hawthorne.
>>7826470
Good Old Neon by David Foster Wallace, A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J.D. Salinger
Edouard Leve - Suicide
Actually comfy in a weird way
Does anyone know of a good overview of individuality?
I am especially interested in how the concept of individuality in Europe changed or remained the same over time and how (and if) this contrasts with Middle Eastern and Oriental concepts of individuality and self.
I am a pleb and I can't say I have read any physiological book but I get the vague impression that free will and individuality are some of the most discussed topics in western works. It seems these concepts manifested itself more in a rather chaotic Europe than in other advanced societies. Maybe...
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Try googling
>emergence of western subjectivity
>invidual vs. dividual
>historicizing the self
>historicizing the ego
>>7826441
Thanks. I never actually heard of those phrases before.
I initially wanted to ask this question /his/ but I feared it would turn into some kind of /pol/ shitfest.
Hey OP this may not be the kind of thing you're looking for but Erich Fromm provides an interesting history / theory on the development of individuality in the West over time and its contribution to modern anxieties in particular.
I have like twelve pages of quotations and I can post (read: spam) them here if you'd like.
Would you rather be a literary genius with a 2 inch dong or a Salieri in Amadeus level writer where you have just enough talent to realize how shitty you are compared to the geniuses around you but you have a 6.5 incher
Dongs don't fucking matter. If you're a world-conquering demigod of intellect you can have harems of teenage girls who will suck your weird shrimp boner and lick your asshole and pour their piss down your throat from beakers while roleplaying that they're lactating anime cowgirls or whatever the fuck you're into. Women will do literally anything you want if you achieve "famous genius" status. Being Salieri with a huge dong is a lot like the movie, where you're a sad old man reminiscing to a guy who doesn't give a shit that IF you had banged...
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>>7826434
napoleon was a huge cuck
>>7826423
I've tried average dick and no talent for long enough, so I'd be up for a change.
>"Abraham Lincoln was a faggot."
What did he mean by this, /lit/?
>>7826398
fag·got
ˈfaɡət/
noun
1. informal offensive
a male homosexual.
>>7826398
>>7826398
It means Herningway wanted to play with Lincoln's Log.
>Live in Stratford-upon-Avon
>Tourists are insufferable at the best of time
>The 400th anniversary of his death will be cancer
>know about historical figure
>hurr id better go stand in/near the geographical location where he transisted
>live in Nantucket
>the only harpoon I sharpen is my dick
>study history and literature in Oxford
>constantly confronted with all the amazing authors at our university, and my own literary insignificance
>lmao fuck whitey savages r kewl cannibalism is ok I guess lol
Why didn't you tell me that this was an sjw book?
I don't even know how to respond to this
This is a meme book tho, he lost every will for tellling a story in second half
>>7826288
How is he a SJW? He is never self destructive and self hating like a SJW would be, he's simply saying we are all men of flesh and bone. It's the American romanticism idea of friendship and bonding.
Saged.
What are your opinions on Sam Harris and his books? I think hes probably the most reasonable philosopher with such a high public platform right now. Don't get me wrong, I love me Chomskys and my Zizeks, but I cant take either of them as seriously as Sam
Sam is a bro. Pretty down to earth guy.
>>7826258
If a hyper-utilitarian, world-wide fascist government ever comes to power, it will be thanks to people like him.
>>7826339
Hes pretty anti totalitarian. Hes a true liberal. Have you ever actually read anything by him or are you just a reactionary?
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA VOLUME 9
https://mega.co.nz/#F!vNAyyRJZ!FSzQAnHQ2dNqJK0adzL4UQ
Enjoy reading about history that was printed before Satan's little helpers came along to make it all more politically correct!!! Yes, ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA VOLUME 9 was made without the editing of those History Revisionists, so enjoy reading some historical truth, and be sure to hurry and download it now before they get their hands on and delete this masterpiece also!!!
i mean ill take it but wew
>only one volume
>>7826257
The one I'm really interested in is a certain edition of Volume XLVI.
Name a better opening.
Protip: you can't.
l'etranger
A la recherche du temps perdu
>Humanity… All of my suffering on this world has been at the hands of humanity, particularly women.
>"New York Times® Best Sellers"
>[Author], PhD
changed my views on life- someone
amazing!- someone
Stop it already
>More than 100 000 Facebook likes!
>on a quest to enlighten myself with bookies
>try don quixote since one of the characters in one piece has a name based on him
>enjoying it, rather humorous
>get to the part chapter where sanchotakes aa shit right next to DQ
>on the bus
>laughing out loud, which I dont nornally do on the bus
Should I just give up trying to be pretensious and go back to watching senpai...
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Don Quixote is funny as fuck.
It gets heavier in the second half, which he wrote far later. Forewarning. People will probably spoil it ITT.
"THEMES" is kind of a meme. Try starting with some basic New Historicism. When you're done with the book, which is a good choice because it's breezy and fun and you won't get bogged down, go read about its background and Cervantes' milieu and "social messages" and blah blah blah. Then branch out from there (maybe try SparkNotes) into major schools of criticism, and just see what kind...
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>>7826189
So I should read and grasp what I can intellectually while looking at criticisms and such after I finish?
What you're saying makes sense. I've always thought that I have a brain more geares towards science and math because I sucked at critically analyzing shit in high school, but I suppose I just never got enough books under my belt to be able to have a foundation to analyze different works. Sorry for the short blog, I just want to clarify where I'm coming from. Thanks for the help and suggestions, mate.
>>7826533
quixote is a classic. just think about how words and ideas can have completely different meanings because the words don't mean the idea they are our interpretation of the idea and each person's interpretation of things passes through the scope of their own idealogy. And the make up of this ideaology is different for everyone, as evidenced by sancho and quixote
Don Quixote was the first work to really examine this idea, thus becoming the first modern novel
And yes it does get darker in part two....
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Sorry if not strictly /lit/-related.
For those of you who carry books in a bag or backpack and read them outside, what, if anything, do you do to protect them? How do you account for different-sized books and keep things convenient and manageable?
One can imagine and even buy many different solutions, ranging from form fitting rigid cases to roomy envelopes just substantial enough to keep the book from scratching and crumpling, but what is it that works for you?
>not wanting all of your books to look rugged and used
I protect only my kindle. I am a little bit paranoic so I take pic rel with me to transport it frm one place to another.
Small books I keep in my pocket, don't take bigger books outside.
"Thinking, analyzing, inventing...are not anaomalous acts; they are the normal respiration of the intelligence. To glorify the occasional performance of that function, to hoard ancient and alien thoughts, to recall with incredulous stupor that the doctor universalis thought, is to confess our laziness or our barbarity. Every man should be capable of all ideas and I understand that in the future this will be the case."
What did he mean by this?
god i hope so
>>7826111
But, seriously. What the fuck does he mean by this?
>>7826022
but that's a quote from gabriel garcia marquez
so what wah his name again, /lit/?
Charles Manson
Stewart Ruggles Little
David Copperfield
Alright /lit/, long time lurker here, I finally want to get into proper literature. So, I have a bunch of books to choose from but i want a good first choice.
The choices are:
>Blood Meridian
>The Karmazov Brothers
>The Republic
>Lolita
>The Prince
Worth noting i'm reading The Lotus Eaters, is it any good?
>>7825904
The Brothers Karamazov
The Republic will improve your enjoyment of the other books afterward.
