Is there any philosopher with a more DUDE WEED LMAO mentality?
WOAH DUDE THAT CHAIR, LIKE WOAH MAN SO WEIRD WE'RE LIKE NOTHING BUT PARTICLES FLOATING THROUGH SPACE ON A GIANT BALL WOAHHHH DUDEEEE
>>7678970
>Is there any philosopher with a more DUDE WEED LMAO mentality?
Yes, all of Eastern "philosophy".
Descartes and Hume are way more blazed
>>7678990
They really aren't.
Dear /lit/,
I am a struggling (read: homeless) dilettante; i realize it is not your problem, but i am homeless because i follow my heart too much and my heart loves morphine pumping through it from time to time--origins aside: i come to you for *help*
i need this book (pic related) but i don't have the money. i can have it shipped to my mother's house and pick it up there when i visit her in a week. i ask for any like-minded and well-heeled ladies or gentlemen to gift it to me.
wish list: amzn dot com slash w slash OAEZ0ZVFPN76
do what thou wilt
It's a pretty shitty book
Psychic TV are shit
Etc
Why are you browsing 4chan instead of reading?
listening to my sweet lord by george harrison and every now and then watching wrestling YOU?
I'm too tired to focus
because i hate myself
Bar Wench Edition
Recommendations:
>Fantasy
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>Sci-Fi
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>What are you currently reading
>What are your favorite memories with stories involving bar wenches?
>Which author writes the best and most believable Bar Wench scenes that makes you want to sample the wares?
Old thread >>7651355
>>7667526
>wheel of time and goodkind in recommendations
people actually enjoyed these books?
>>7667526
>reading
Currently nothing, but I'm staring at Conan right now and doing nothing with it.
I might pick up a random book by an author I never heard about and give them a go, and report back if it 's tolerable.
>reading
Deadhouse gates
Having trouble remembering names /who's who and what's where.
Hi /lit/
I don't usually browse this board but I had a quick question. I'm reading Walden by Thoreau, and in the Economy chapter he says:
>"The student who secures his coveted leisure and retirement by systematically shrinking any labor necessary to man obtains but an ignoble and unprofitable leisure"
What does he mean by this? Specifically the part about shrinking labor necessary to man? I understand the general idea of this section, but this particular phrasing is a bit confusing to me.
Thanks. Pic unrelated.
I think he is suggesting that you make your lifestyle simple, limit what you consider necessary. So you know...don't buy a lot of unnecessary crap, find cheap rent, etc
>>7680341
He means that NEETs should kill themselves.
>>7680341
Leisure should not be attained through avoiding 'good' work. Wandering in woods, hoeing plots, &c.
Does anyone have any .pdf of Old English language books? Been looking for a while but have found nothing.
I don't but I do recommend the bilingual edition of Beowulf
What's the best Kafka translation (specifically The Metamorphosis / short stories)?
>hasn't read kafka
>worries about the best translation
Why is this considered to be good literature?
I can't comprehend why this is praised when it reads like bland edgy genre fiction of the likes of Fight Club.
fight club is good literature too, anon.
>>7678747
1. It's easy to interpret, it wears its themes pretty well on the sleeve, so people feel smart reading it.
2. It was pretty risque for the time, and was banned often, so there's some historical importance to it.
3. The movie.
4. The invention of nadsat is actually pretty inspired.
>>7678747
The author didn't consider it to be good literature, at least not his favorite of his own works. But its main merit I think is in looking at the darkness in human nature (which might sound cliched, but that's because of how universal the idea is).
Vastly overrated tripe.
>>7677265
It's fantasy so no shit, senpai.
Is it worth a read?
I've only read shit like "The Old Kingdom" trilogy by garth nix and "Skulduggery pleasant" by Derek landy
>>7677265
I liked it.
Whenever I start to read I always feel tired and start yawning, and I never stop. I could wake up from a good 10 hour sleep and pick up a good book and I still keep yawning. It's not even that I find what I'm reading boring, it could be something I really like and it's still the same.
What is wrong with me and any tips to combat this problem?
>>7670022
Take short breaks. Smoke a cig, drink some water, take a piss.
I can't think of anything else.
>>7670022
Go outside to freshen up.
>>7670022
focus on breathing properly, you won't yawn then
Post your scribblings.
Get those scribblings laughed at :)
>>7656749
Dammit man this is a blue board!
>>7656749
Me am OP. Me start.
Driving to town, headlights in my rear view mirror; mine are off. Rattling coming from somewhere in the cabin, more cold air than warm. Whining coming from my engine. I wont listen. Cars are the only danger left in my life. This metal shell would cave in on me, if given the chance. The parking lot is welcoming, although a little dim, maybe a little aggressive, or too neutral. I make a small sigh as I make my way into this battery and bathroom store. The smell of hours being watched, and some sort of irony, is not what I'm smelling. Lots of chatter, no discernible voices, some imitation of truth blaring through the store speakers, it's a numbing noise; invigorating. Packages of batteries hanging on a rack, very colorful, similiar shape, no life. In the bathroom, will return to the batteries later. The sound of toilets fill the room, flushing, seats coming into their own. Soap dispenser looks uneasy, it looks bored. Hand towel dispenser is a joke, a square, a low hanging fruit. Batteries are hanging, maybe a few missing since my last visit, anxiously I take one with out looking, assuring the other batteries that it's not them, it's me. Checking out. The machine is looking at me; self checkout. I'm not alone in this purchase. Walking the doors are indifferent to my exit, they open with the same amount of energy, no matter the context.
>>7656752
If J G Ballard and Stephen Spender had a child, and that child was born with an extra chromosome, this would be it.
OK in places though.
Amazon Kindle™ has always provided the best content that satisfies all of my reading needs.
$2.99 for a book?! What a STEAL!!
This bait will not work on a sophisticated board such as /lit/.
Don't forget, your Amazon Echo™ will read your Kindle Books™ to you
> So now, *sniffs* we need to return to Miller's understanding of a Lacanian understanding of a Marxist understanding of Feuerbach's understanding of Hegel.
What did he mean by this?
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>those final chapters
damn...
Did he predict in the 80s what is happening today?
It seems that sexuality has reached the point where the taboo is gone and we became bored of it. Violence has always been a part of us but I think people eat up shit like spree shootings, at least in the US, it's out new past time.
>>7679801
not to be a dick but are you trying to say "our new pastime"
i was just a bit confused
>“being” is abstraction, as is even “the I.” Only I am not abstraction alone
wtf is he trying to say here? His conception of the self/I/ego is so unclear. If "the I" is abstraction, what is he referring to when saying "I am not abstraction"? How does that differ from the abstraction of "the I"?
>>7679683
I as I is an abstraction. I as a thing is an abstraction. only I as me is concrete.
