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>"if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back into you."
What did he mean by this?
>>7829248
It's an analogy for men who support feminism.
Nothing. Everything is an interpretation and nothing is real, how can anything be "meant"?
>>7829248
a man who fights monsters will become a monster himself.
Does anyone else feel this sense of existential dread when discussing or reading about philosophy? Its the kind of existential dread I have not felt since I did psychedelics in high school, I didn't know the same feeling could be elicited sober. I feel so uncertain about everything, about science even. Growing up in the west as a millennial you are taught a very simplistic materialistic view of the world and everything seems simple and solid. Going into philosophy you have your entire world view shaken to it's core until its barley standing. I use to think it was obvious...
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Babump
Pyrrhonian skepticism, bro
>>7829179
>MFW felt that feel
what are some books like pic related. ones with horrible main characters, not in a lolita-esque sense, more just ones where they're just terrible human beings. emphasis on prose preferred. i want a book to really make me hate myself
Less Than Zero
all of jonathan franzen's characters are terrible people
purity is filled with abusive relationships, you'd love it.
>>7828721
Trainspotting
Match comedians to authors.
Doug Stanhope - Charles Bukowski
Mitch Hedberg - Gertrude Stein
Bill Cosby - Mark Z. Danielewski
Amy Schumer - Neil Gaiman
Brody Stevens - DFW
George Carlin - Emil Cioran
Andy Kaufman - James Joyce
Eric Andre - Nathanael West
Joe Rogan - Michael Crichton
Katt Williams - Iceberg Slim
>>7826828
>Bill Cosby - Mark Z. Danielewski
wut
George Carlin and Charles Bukowski are like the exact same fucking person
what is this fucking list
We're couple of patricians trying to get into analytic philosophy/formal logic.
We're looking for people who are also beginners in the discipline of Logic and want to join our journey in learning, understanding, discussing etc.
Our main source material is this:
http://people.ucalgary.ca/~rzach/static/open-logic/open-logic-complete.pdf
It's a textbook of formal metalogic and formal methods (rigorous stuff), aimed at non-mathematical
individuals (students of philosophy/computer science).
It's gonna be fun, for now get in...
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>>7818065
I'm a normie, I wanna learn, explain more :)
>>7818076
Nothing much to explain, we're embarking on understanding Logic and thought the more the merrier in our chat group.
We usually discussed about a wide range of things but decided to undertake formal logic, we can see the potential it has as a tool not only in philosophy but other disciplines as well.
Discussing. questioning eachother, sharing insights, etc will make the learning deeper and more efficient and probably more interesting.
It's a long term project obviously, you can join/leave...
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I might be interested. Can I get an invitation to the Slack group?
Which one of the three should I read /lit/ ?
1. The color purple - Alice walker
2. All about love: new visions - Bell Hooks
3. My life on the road - Gloria Steinem
I've been trying to be a bit more social and outgoing and less introverted.
Join book club
This month's meetup is for exclusively discussing books from Emma Watson's book club "Our Shared Shelf" on goodreads. (these three books in particular)
However I am quite wary of feminist literature right now considering the huge criticism that I've seen...
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>>7817937
The Color Purple.
Steinem and Hooks talk about womens issues like it's still the 60's.
purple, no question
>>7817937
>tries to be a bit more social
>mostly wants to just meet girls
>thinks someone in his feminist book club might fuck him if he reads the right thing
doubt.jpg
So I bought Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy... Will it be everything it's hyped up to be on Lebbit, or am I in for disappointment?
I own it, but I've yet to read it.
Is HGtTG a book that endorses atheism?
The last time I read it I was 14, and I enjoyed it then. I don't know what I would get out of it now, I don't remember enough about it. Reddit does love it, which might be a bad sign of the humor in it, but just read it and decide for yourself.
>>7828717
It's alright. It's pleasure reading, it doesn't elevate you to another degree of "literature" or whatever what are u expecting?
It's funny, sweet and pass-timer.
Go read it and get it over with
>“Right now I am a pathetic and very confused young man, a failed writer at 28, who is so jealous, so sickly searingly envious of [Jonathan Franzen] and Vollmann and Mark Leyner and even David F–kwad Leavitt and any young man who is right now producing pages with which he can live … that I consider suicide a reasonable — if not at this point a desirable — option with respect to the whole wretched problem.”
why wasn't he jealous of any female authors?
>>7828615
It's pretty obvious
wow what a mystery
Why are all the good writers today, Sexist date rapist types?
Mi espanol no esta suficiente a leer El Quijote. A donde puedo empezar? Marquez? Ayudame! Mi espanol esta oxidado.
>>7833992
Tu español está de la verga, empieza con libros para niños o de youtubers, la literatura para imbéciles es perfecta para aprender un idioma, sobretodo para que te familiarices con las preposiciones correctas en cada contexto.
>>7834163
>t. chilango puto
>>7833992
Julio Cortázar
Let's talk morality and ethics /lit/
Tell me, what do you say when someone tells you "Morality is a social construct"
>>7833762
I'd point out that without social constructs they would be pic related.
Breaking structural norms that exist to reduce suffering is unethical.
I would also suggest that thinking about such deep questions only leads to anxiety.
>>7833800
Doesn't that mean morality is just whatever we agree it is? and there is no objective morality?
>>7833813
>there is no objective morality
Nothing is objective save mathematics and the science that derives from it. Social Sciences especially.
Where did he go wrong?
>>7833750
The Dark Enlightenment. NRx advocates monarchism and traditional gender roles, throwing society back into the Middle Ages. You would think that a guy that understand D&G so well, would see the problem with hierarchical power systems. I think Land was just being a deviant reactionary to draw attention to himself. It worked. But no one could possible take his ideas seriously.
>>7833778
That said, Fanged Noumena is still a great read. Lang is/was a great writer. A pleasure to read his work.
this is a good example of a rhizome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMdPLxbuc8Q
Just got denied from Columbia... what happened? It was my dream school. I heard they have the best literature program... why has God forsaken me thus?
i feel bad for writers, since u need to have a brand name degree for anyone to take ur seriously, as a programmer i just have to write good code that solves hard problems, fuck a degree lol (although i did a humanities for fun when i was younger)
because I'm assuming you only had good grades and a decent SAT score to offer them, correct me if I am wrong
What is the point in a literature degree? You can read and form opinions on a book just as well without one. Go to school for something that will make you money and spend your off time reading.
Just got accepted into Columbia University. They have a good literature program, yea?
Yes they do. Though they did turn out a lot of beatniks.
Try not to get shot or stabbed on your way to class.
>>7833049
I'll be fine. Thank ye, sir!
Work hard and stay the hell away from drugs and alcohol and you will have a bright future waiting for you in 4 years.
Time to shatter some egos
I'll take it
>>7832064
>has to specify not to use tweets
wew
H p lovecraft, and no racial epithets, either.
Ask a Marxist anything.
>>7831135
when are you turning 16?
do you ever regret the hours you've wasted reading about the left's version of the zombie apocalypse?
What's been the biggest adjustment for you in transitioning from highschool to university?
