/lit/, are there literally any films that deal with philosophy well?
>>7423141
You already posted it.
>>7423141
i heart huckabees.
What kinda philosophy u want senpai?
>beyond the point of redemption
might have to delete my goodreads account before the 1st of Jan to avoid public humiliation
75 is pretty unrealistic. A book per week is pretty good
>post aspirations/self image/thoughts on social media
>surprised when you fail and become ashamed of yourself
CURRENT YEAR
>>7423140
that was my goal then i tried to read gravity's rainbow and life kept happening and now i have no chance.
Wouldn't Aquinas say that Hume's arguments against causality are insufficient?
>>7422974
Being an over emotional and stupid Christian, he probably would say something like that.
>>7422974
Aquinas would say all kinds of dumb shit.
>>7422974
I think Aquinas would say that Hume doesn't even understanding causality. First of all, Hume does address form, matter, or final cause at all. Second, he has a child's understanding of efficient cause. He thinks it's pool balls hitting each other, when actually the efficient cause is that which converts a potential being into an actual being. You don't need to be able to see it happen to realize that it must, even if watching it happen is how we recognize efficient causes.
>>7423002
If you think the best criticism of the scholastics is that they were too "emotional" than you've clearly never read them.
Does this sound particularly overwrought with emotion to you?
"The efficient cause is called a cause with respect to the end, since the end is actual only by the operation of the agent. But the end is called the cause of the efficient cause, since the efficient cause does not operate except by the intention of the end. Hence the efficient cause is the cause of that which is the end, for example walking in order to be healthy. However, the efficient cause does not cause the end to be the end. Therefore it is not the cause of the causality of the end, i.e., it does not cause the end to be the final cause; for example the doctor causes health to actually exist, but he does not cause health to be the end."
Quit projecting.
Is there literally any single reason at all to ever prefer a physical book to an ebook except for being a pseud?
No.
They look cooler and it feels nice to hold them.
>>7422855
sometimes books are cheaper
>>7422855
Preference is preference. Totally personal.
I like to physically feel my place in the book, and infinite jest wouldn't have been the same without flipping that fat bitch back and forth manually.
Worth reading or not?
Read it and find out
>>7422755
Yes. It's funny, easy to get through in one sitting, and fits the 4chan mindset.
Yep, read it.
Would anyone like to discuss Dante? I'm looking for topics for a final paper, preferably about Purgatory or Paradise. Hope it isn't in bad taste to blatantly ask but I hope /lit/ could help with ideas through discussion.
That pagan dude who Dante sticks in purgatory despite that he was a suicide and fought against Caesar
>>7422646
Dante is shit
>>7422646
I'm not in the mood to post anything long, but perhaps you could examine the influence of the Troubadours (particularly Arnaut Daniel) or Cavalcanti on his verse style? Assuming you're working in the original. Not a very hard paper
Where does everyone here like to read?
You can obviously read anywhere, but what setting is your favorite?
I really like laying in the hammock I have in my side yard. Sadly, winter showed up and it's too damn cold to go there now.
The beach or my uni library usually
>>7422647
Nice, what coast / country? Winter hit the beach yet?
Gee, this thread looks familiar.
Oh, wait...>>7418914
Hey /lit/ what are some good poems that explore the theme of violence. I've read a lot of novels that deal with the various manifestations of violence and I would like to read some poetry. Whether it is violence against the self, other people, nature or society. I'd appreciate any recommendations
you really should read Lautreamont, "les chants du Maldoror", let me search it for you
>>7422639
Thank you, it looks incredibly interesting
Sylvia Plath, "Daddy". Listen to the audio recording of her reading it on youtube for the full effect.
What are some "pleb friendly but good"-tier books?
anything by Camus
>>7422584
None, git gud.
>>7422584
Entry-level lit. Read the sticky.
>pronouncing the "h" in "wh-" words
>"Hello everyone, my name is David Foster Wahallace and I'm here to read you an excerpt from my new essay, 'This is Wahater' "
what did he mean by this?
>>7422461
I am a whitekek and let me paraphrase an ancient zen koan to appear profound. My favorite word is banal.
Someone recontructed the accent spoken around the time of the King James Bible, and every "wh" word was pronounced with the "h" in front. So "white" was "hwite." Maybe the reason that silent "h" exists in our orthography is because it used to be uttered.
Kurt Vonnegut sucks.
so it goes.
>>7422394
poopy tweet :D
I browse Reddit every single day. I also am more educated than you and have better taste.
Ok, I didn't enjoy The Road as a teenager. I thought it was lame.
I read No Country for Old Men for a class at some point and didn't like it either.
Before I discard McCarthy forever, I want to ask, is this book transcendent of his other books? If I hated those other two should I still try this?
>>7422209
i'm halfway through and im bored as shit.
>>7422209
It's like The Road, only edgier and with more archaic language
im looking for some anti muslim books available on mirc Bookz or torrent on the internet.
if you have any books that point out why muslims are violent and ignorant that would be helpful.
especially racist books
>>7422196
Violence in Islamic Thought from the Qur'an to the Mongols by Robert Gleave
>>7422199
i cant an ebook anywhere, link plz?
>>7422227
is islamophobia lie so deeply rooted that all objective anti muslim books are banned?
Are these two the best translators of Dostoevsky? The wife has done of a ton of translation work of Russian theology, and the husband is writer and poet and has independently translated a decent amount of Russian stuff on his own before they met. She makes a translation as literal as possible and preserves the syntax, then he molds her work into something that makes sense in English and is actually good writing on top of that. Seems to work pretty well.
>>7422194
>translations
sure is reddit in here
i prefer constance garnett. i've compared a lot of translators, and from a purely english speaking opinion, none of them flow as elegantly as garnett for me. volokhonsky and pevear seem so chunky and clunky. i know the literal translation argument, but we're already quite far away from the original russian, so why not let a bit of aesthetics into the equation if only to make the reading a more pleasurable experience? you're really not going to miss out on anything either way except minute subtleties that pretty much require knowledge of russian idiosyncracies and a pretty general understanding of the language and culture.
How new are you?
Time for a lecture on Stirner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvsoVgc5rGs
who got audiobook of ego and his own thats not a shitty librivix version
>>7422188
lectures are great, but I always listen to the lecture AFTER I actually read the text. Just to make sure I got everything/If my interpretation matches or not.
>>7422967
I haven't seen any ok audiobooks of Ego around. I'm not sure who would read it, anyways. You'd probably need some comedian who is equally smarmy and pompous to read it, just to get Stirner's general tone across.
They'll probably have this guy do it.
![Confederacy_of_dunces_cover[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/19xbCgA.jpg "Confederacy of dunces cover[1]")
