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Daily reminder that you'll never know what your favorite philosopher really looked like. According to contemporaries, the portraits by Engel don't even come close.
>>7821407
>Daily reminder that you'll never know what your favorite philosopher really looked like
Think again.
>>7821407
Daily reminder that Stirner was blond.
>implying Stiner didn't come straight from the imagination of Karl Marx
There's a reason he was so butthurt
what the fuck happened?
>In a 2005 interview his wife said that she regarded him and herself as both atheists while he denied being an atheist saying "No, no I'm not an atheist. It's no fun being an atheist."[15]
I have his poem anthology. Hes obviously a smart man but I find myself disagreeing with most of his opinions, and I even think a lot of them are fringe. Like hinting that John Milton was a secret atheist because he made God a less likeable character than Satan. He just injects weird fedora stuff wherever he pleases
I'll be glad when he's finally dead.
How much do you think the appearance of an author helps solidify their status as a "good writer?" Tolstoy's appearance, for example, must have helped at least a little bit because he looked like a wise, enlightened man who had been through some shit. DFW was a cutie patootie. Any other examples? In addition, are there any good examples of writers who have the appearance of a dumbass but happen to be good writers?
Hardmode: no Pinecone
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John Barth is an exceptionally weird looking motherfucker and he's pretty well-regarded.
>pic related
>Uses the word apotheosis at least 5 times in 60 pages, mentally note it every time.
What word do authors use too much?
Reading Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. He uses the word "inveigled" a lot.
>>7820602
Jane Austen's dialog tags are awful. in P&P, almost every other sentence is "cried" by these people
I know I use proper names too often. I have this autistic instinct to make sure my reader knows exactly who is doing what, even in situations where it's irrelevant (like the character is alone).
What is a "verification transcendent statement" ? I keep googling it and can't find any examples.
Also, any good Realist literature I should read?
>good
>realist
Just read the names on the picture. It's all unverifiable trash anyway.
>>7820573
Anti realism is equally unverifiable
>>7820577
False.
Is /lit/ the right place for discussing erotic literature?
>>7820436
if is not 50 shades or other momcore soft porn, i dont see why not.
>>7820436
You can. But, if you're a hot young lady (18+), you have to post nudes of yourself every time you post. It's a rule around here. All the other /lit/ members will back me on this, so you can be assured that I'm telling you the truth.
I find it easier to be aroused by writing than by art or photos or video. Not sure why. There's just something about it.
list books, roll for them, read them.
1-2 Beckett's Three Novels
3-4 The Changing Light at Sandover
5-6 The Name of the Rose
7-8 The Pale King
9-0 The Baron in the Trees
dubs The Walden
>>7820318
looks like it's davey for me, thanks guys.
1 Dawn (Butler)
2 Wall Street (Henwood)
3 The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky)
4 Capital (Marx)
5 Beloved (Morrison)
6 The Guilty (Villoro)
7 The Trial (Kafka)
8 Just Kids (Smith)
9 Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (Brownstein)
0 Cannonball (McElroy)
>>7820355
owned
why was he obsessed with ghosts?
Every love story is a ghost story, op
why do you think we're psychic?
Hold up lemme ask him
Is it OK to enjoy manga? I recognize that most manga is "immature" in terms of storytelling. Most anime stories are highly clichéd, but I still enjoy a lot of mangas for some reason. It's a guilty pleasure to me, because I feel like I am engaging in a "dumb" activity and I feel stupid for appreciating it.
Shut the fuck up bitch. Make up your own fucking mind. I'm in academia and I just streamed One Punch Man while alt+tabbing between it and fart porn. People can be diverse. Faggot
Studies show that it's healthy for males to enjoy manga once a week to every three days as it decreases your chances of testicular cancer. Any more than that and it can begin to have a negative psychological impact, so beware.
get better taste in manga then
You folks sometimes use a word that means something along the lines of self improvement or completing an action in order to mentally/philosophically gain from it. Something to that effect but googling has been shit. Help please.
>>7820113
Catharsis?
askesis
>>7820141
No but thanks. I think it began with an A or an E but I'm not positive. Seemed to come up in threads regarding philosophy and self development.
Pic unrelated
Good day everyone, I've came to this board because I need a little help, I want to start a novel and I would appreciate if you guys told me if what I'm about to write has been done before. Thanks in advance.
>The plot goes about an adult male who is basically the hands and guns of an organization which goal is to "Vanish" important people of high interest for said organization. The guy always forgets everything about the casualties and works he has done when he sleeps as the Organization implanted a chip on his brain...
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>>7820056
sounds like a mix of dollhouse and Johnny Mnemonic. its not a new idea but its not done often, setting is stale and one of those types that in indie comics love but if you can make good characters that can easily be overlooked.
>>7820056
You can certainly try, but remain vigilant for the cliches and pitfalls.
Do you ever read while under the influence of alcohol? Are you able to?
I'm drunk right now because I lost at Counter-Strike and ripped my microphone in half. Now I can't play Counter-Strike, so I'm going to read Rilke instead. I'll let you nkow how it goes.
I'm actually better at focusing when I'm drunk.
Roger watesrs solo stuff is pretty alright actually
Jesus he likes to haer himself talk tohough. Kind of wannabe Leonard Cohen
>always too lazy to write anything, even though most people like my writing
>friend tells me a publishing company is organizing a contest of shorttales
>decide to try
>lazy, decide to write it later
>two months later
>friend reminds me
>three days for the last day
>no idea or anything written
>pull...
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What did ya win, anon?
>>7819901
Three copies of the book and they also send me something around 20% of the amount of books sold. Not much.
post the story
this is such a bad humble brag and I bet your writing is bad TOO
Hello /lit/. Recently, I've been tasked with writing a boisterous, prideful, "I do it better", asshole of a character. Sadly, I've succumbed to writer's block and have been unable to think of what he might say or act like. Any sort of help would be appreciated. Yours, anon.
Read the Iliad.
Read the last 3 books of the Aeneid.
the judge, blood meridian
>>7819830
Lord Henry in Dorain Gray
Hey, /lit/. I'm in a bit of a sci-fi mood lately. Specifically stories about Artificial Intelligence. I've read 2001, 2010, Blade Runner and almost every Isaac Asimov book there is (aside from Foundation).
I've played the "Alien: Isolation" game recently and the whole uncanny feeling portrayed by its characters, scenery and technology really interested me. Specially the "Working Joe" androids.
So, what I'm looking for now is a story about AI with a darker mood than Asimov's general writings. Perhaps a mood similar to...
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>>7819793
Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
Or
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
OR
Roderick At Random
>>7819802
Noice. I forgot about Roderick and Solaris.
Thanks, anon.
>>7819819
Solaris isn't really about AI, but it's still outstanding.
For OP request I recommend Destination: Void by frank Herbert.
