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They say that the wise and thoughtful man keeps to himself. Does that mean that philosopher as Plato and onward have been inferior minds?
(no one responds, because we know)
>>7586303
>reading the written jew
They say that OP is a fag
What is the best motivational book out there?
how to make fake friends and endlessly grab at money
by donald duck
the Iliad/ Odyssey
The bible.
>There are people among us that still believe in a dead white man being their divine salvation.
Rec me a book (fictional) that drags Christianity through the dog poop. I need some rehabilitation.
Like a vehemently a-religious Dickens or John Kennedy Toole.
Try reddit.
>>7586183
The Bible
Kierkegaard, Evola, Schopenhauer, Thomas Merton
Your problem is with the shallow literalist Christianity of Walmarts and minivans. There is a very rich, passionate, and intellectually rigorous tradition lurking right under the surface. I'm not even Christian, but I agree wholeheartedly with the Christianity of Kierkegaard and Merton. Evola and Schopenhauer are just for dismantling the shit out of naive Westboro-tier christianity
Have there been many great writers that didn't know their literature or were they all pretty well versed?
>>7586180
How about you try rewording your question, you fucking closet homosexual virgin idiot
IDIOT!!!!!!!
>>7586315
sorry, I mean to ask if there have been any writers that didn't know their Homer or Goethe, Shakespeare etc
>>7586335
>sorry, I mean to ask if
>didn't know their
Learn to speak english first, before you ask any questions around here again, you fucking faggot
Are the One Thousand and One Nights worth a read or are they only interesting because of their historical significance?
What a dumb question. How would it have historical significance if it wasn't at least somewhat good in the first place?
>>7586172
>e first place?
but not in the second
see the decamoron
see a hundred similar books
they become outdated
>>7586178
The point is if you're asking this question in >2016 then it probably still has some relevancy.
>Quentin Tarantino is in a panel discussion with several other directors
>Quentin Tarantino is asked what he would do if he quit making movies
>his answer is to write/direct plays and write novels
>Ridley Scott says it's the same thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ7qKKQrSBY
30:48
Is he right?
No, he's not, because in directing plays he would be tangibly illustrating his thoughts whereas in the novel, he would need to express them; however, from what I've read of some of his screenplays, he's a lot better than other screenwriters out there; add to this the caveat that quantum tarantula is a huge beta cuckold indeed, and I do not claim contradictory.
I don't think he is right. When you write a novel, you write it in prose, and then it isn't perform. The reader has to read it in a book and imagine the events himself. When you direct a play, you write the play, and then it's performed, and lots of people take it in at once. Moreover, a movie is different from a play in that the performance isn't right there in front of you but shot on film (or digitallly) and then reproduced en masse to be shown on screens throughout the world. So they're all different mediums, in my humble opinion. Hope this helps.
>>7586054
I think he'll be a good playwright/director, and I think the theatre could use someone like Tarantino to come in and shake things up a bit there, much like Matt and Trey did with Book of Mormon.
I'm not sure his transition to novels will be as good. Yes, his screenplays are more descriptive than most, but a lot of it is still describing what he wants to shoot and what the camera will see, which he uses as motivation for some of his description.
We'll see, but I like Tarantino, always...
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Ask somebody who's essentially insane, lost his job, and about to cut off his Internet, live in poverty, and use the library to try write books anything.
>>7585968
What happened; the long story.
Are Pot Noodles as bad as they look?
>>7585968
Share with us your trials and tribulations, faggot.
Does anyone have any books that they regret reading?
The third in the Bourne series.
700 or so pages of an old man hobbling around an island before Bourne kills him.
The manipulated man by Esther Vilar
Shouldn't have taken that bright red pill.
I have become even more incompetent at talking to women now.
>>7585948
Who is this semen demon?
What is a good book about the duality of man?
why even bother cutting that long ?
>>7585901
he fell for the keto meme
>>7585901
4th-most shameful laugh I've had all day.
How are J.D. Salinger's other works?
You mean catcher in the rye?
>>7585808
No, the other ones.
His short story collection, Nine Stories, is great. Highly recommended. Haven't read Franny and Zooey.
>he doesn't own multiple first edition copies
How affluent are you people that you can spend money on this garbage
>>7585751
>he cant afford 20 bucks for a meme book
>>7585737
I'm waiting for the 10th anniversary deluxe edition to buy it.
Hi there /lit/, I recently bought a collection of Dostoyevsky's short stories, the book in question contains:
>WhiteNnights
>The Honest Thief
>The Christmas Tree and a Wedding
>The Peasant Marey
>Notes from Underground
>A Gentle Creature
>The Dream of a Ridiculous man
Which ones are worth reading in your opinion? I'm 30 pages...
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I found white nights awfully boring to read at first, but it got interesting in the last half. Dat assburgers tho
>>7585704
Yeah, it's just two autists falling in love. Does it really get better in the second half?
>>7585707
>Does it really get better
Imo yes.
It's pretty short, give it a chance
Why are you reading books when you could be inventing new technologies and furthering mankind?
I'm doing both. Worry about yourself bub.
>>7585661
Musk read a shit ton in his youth, anon.
>>7585661
>inventors don't read
Hey lit, it´s my 20th birthday today.
What books would you recommend me based only on that?
Also any advice or wisdom is welcomed
get off /lit/ is my advice
The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy
>>7585540
Do what you want
What you REALLY want
<At the outset, let me quickly state that my English is poor, so excuse me for that>
I suddenly got this urge to acquaint myself with Christianity, through its texts. Yesterday, I downloaded a nice Bible app, which, seemingly, is more like a complete social platform. It also has a great audio narration. That helps a lot, and is such a nice experience. Anyway, I disgress.
My question is, although I plan on gradually moving to more complex stuff, like anthropology, exegesis, philosophy, what other stuff can I read now that will help me understand the Bible...
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>>7585449
you could read a history of the roman empire
gibbon, or whatever the updated version of that is
....Anyone?
OP, you are JUST LIKE ME. It's incredible and I can't believe it, but we are the same person. I am starting to read the bible for the first time just this week (downloaded the epub) after an imense urge for God.
Read Dostoevsky.
