ITT
Your 5 favorite writers
>>5781813
DeLillo
O'Connor
Faulkner
Chandler
Munro
Justify me or make me feel weak everyone! I must have your attention.
Oscar Wilde
Vladimir Nabokov
J.D. Salinger
Arthur Rimbaud
Jorge Luis Borges
Prepare to hate me:
Bret Easton Ellis
Charles Bukowski
Dennis Cooper
William S Burroughs
Shirley Jackson
Hey /lit/,
I recently started exploring new religions, especially Judaism. While I know the basics of the religion, I was wondering if you guys can tell me more about it from a philosophical viewpoint.
It doesn't have an inherent philosophical viewpoint in the sophisticated sense that entails real philosophizing and if you want to lead a life of philosophy you're already omitting yourself from orthodoxy. Your best bet is probably to look into whatever occult and mystic thought underlie the tradition. Kabbalah is the most obvious.
>>5774611
Oh well, jews pretty much invented both moral objectivism and messianism. Also, following laws not for a reward, but for the sake of the laws themselves.
Another interesting point is the notion that instead of converting everyone, they see it as their prime function in god's plan to lead by example.
Also, the talmu and the writings of Solomond are full of dialectics.
>>5774666
>Oh well, jews pretty much invented both moral objectivism and messianism. Also, following laws not for a reward, but for the sake of the laws themselves.
Obviously, none of this is the case.
While /lit/ is normally about high literature and philosophy, let's take a little vacation. I'll post some pictures of my collection of low culture paperbacks from the 1950s-1980s and answer questions.
Yes, that's an Olympia Press Lolita.
>>5763040
>nympho librarian
i will give you my dick for that.
What are some good novels set in Vietnam war?
http://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/i2l/shorttimers.pdf
and its sequel, The Phantom Blooper.
>>5758950
the things they carried
>>5758950
Matterhorn
Was reality always as ridiculous and absurd as its today?
Take a look at modern causes people are fighting for, or modern martyrs of western world (ie "victims" of "cyberbullying")
>>5759883
Step away from the screens
>>5759883
nope. these are all aberrations of modernity and hypercapitalism
>Was reality always as ridiculous and absurd as its today?
From a practical point of view, probably not. Most people were peasants, with limited access to external news. Their world was all about planning and working from day to day to raise crops and livestock to feed their families, with most of what they needed covered by their own production rather than indirectly through wages. That's an extremely purposeful existence.
everyone here hates him but i've never seen a criticism outside of
>chomsky lol
>he sucks
>he's an idiot
why is he so wrong?
He plays it safe.
My only complaint is he isn't willing to question 9/11 the same way he did for the other stuff, even though it is so tantamount to current US foreign policy.
No matter how he writes if off, it is still a gaping hole.
>>5735959
hes not as edgy as other pop-philosophers.
This is the same board that likes Lacan and Zizek, remember. Chomsky's work in linguistics is great, but his political stuff should probably be ignored.
Write drunk, edit sober? More like write drunk, throw everything in the trash the next day. This is the kind of insane trite I write when I'm shitfaced. It's always some sort of nonsensical erotic fiction. Worst part is I blackout and don't ever remember writing it, so I'm not sure if I do it as a joke or if I'm an actual retard.
>>5713424
Fuck m8 that's pure gold, you don't even need to edit that.
>>5713424
>hornily
haha good stuff op
>>5713424
>so Im not sure if I do it as a joke or if I'm an actual retard.
I love you anon, keep on trolling yourself.
/lit/ I think we should Attempt the impossible. We write a coherent novel, with an actual plot, readable writing, and less forced memes. I know it seems impossible since the last attempts have ended dreadfully but I believe they were just learning mechanisms so that we can improve our way of handling how we do things.
I think the best way to handle how we choose the plot is by rolling or deciding it as a group. Once one is chosen we can select a subgenere just for specifics.
Fantasy- High, urban
Scifi- hard or space opera
Realistic Fiction-
Historical fiction-
Mystery-
Thriller-
Horror-
Romance
Perspective and structure can also be rolled, depending if we want a 1st person, 3person Or
Pulp style,Connected short stories, Etc.
Characters, setting, and other things will be decided as a group and all work submitted will we looked over before be integrated.
Horror, first person, neolithic setting
go
>>5701884
That'd be intriguing, hopefully this thread takes off.
High-Fantasy Mystery set in Bronze age civilization.
story is third person perspective but sometimes a narrator whom is the literal embodiment of /lit/ starts talking about how shit the story is and how everyone involved should just kill themselves; how gay all the characters are ETC.
What does /lit/ think about tattoos, specifically literary ones? Do any /lit/izens have any tattoos? Here's mine.
Tattoos are for poor people.
degeneracy
>>5680148
>Here's mine.
No it isn't.
Post another pic and we'll believe you.
Hey /lit/, do you guys have charts like /tv/ of /mu/ does?
Pic very related
Do /tv/ and /mu/ have stickies you're meant to read before shitting up the board or are they already just shit?
>>5652578
> already just shit?
Judging from OP's picture, that
Does free will exist?
>>5621485
does it matter?
Not a mean thing, but really do you think it matters?
Did you to choose to create this thread or was it predetermined?
>>5621491
General curiosity
ITT: best book you've read so far this year
>implying I've read any books this year
>>5598648
This, I don't get how people get motivated to read or do anything anymore.
trying to into reading. is this list good?
>>5585193
lol. i meant this
>>5585200
The divine comedy, war and peace...
Ya that's a great start for someone trying to spark an interest in reading;
Can we all say 'pretentious' simultaneously?
I can't find the "starter kit" image, but you should check out the sticky, OP.
/lit/, I've never really read much poetry but I'd like to start. Where should I begin?
>>5581421
poe, frost, and shakespeare are great starts for a novice. maybe byron, keats, and whitman after.
>>5581446
>Shakespeare
>Great start for a novice
Oh boy.
>>5581421
You're in luck and you've come to the right place. There one or a couple of douches on /lit/ who love to post their poetry all day every day.
Poetry is dead and you shouldn't want to get into it at all, but I won't stop you.
What are some classics that deal with loneliness?
Stoner.
>>5564229
Notes from the underground.
>>5564229
Why is this picture posted so much now
