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>see book by AC Grayling
>it's a collection of many short essays on different subjects
>pretty much every one is "dis famous philosopher thought that because he was Christian, the other thought that because he was an idealist"
>Grayling sets up the obvious questions in each topic that any layman could ask
>offers zero insight and zero examples of non trivial reasoning
This is just sad. You can spend decades in Oxbridge but you still can't gain one tiny bit of non trivial reasoning ability after all that time. Philosophy is just applied common sense plus shitloads of PR to promote your particular piece of nebulous unfalsifiable assertions in the infinite miasma of possible unfalsifiable assertions.
>inb4 the pseudo intellectuals claim otherwise
>>8278311
>>the pseudo intellectuals
that's you, that is
>sullying David Starkey's good name with this tosh
>>8278454
did you see him on the telly getting interupted by some cuntlady calling him a white male? ill try and find it.
Can you be a Stoic without all the moralfaggotry?
Why label yourself as a follower of a certain philosophic school ? Just take from Stoicism what you find useful and ditch whatever doesnt work for you.
Yah if you don't give a frick
>>8278306
>asking others what you can or cannot be
Sounds like there's still more residue of moralfaggotry left than you realize
Give me 10 reasons why GRRM is a bad writer without resorting to memes.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1459299
he sucks
hes shit
hes bad
hes old
hes a hack
hes white
hes male
hes cis
hes rich
he uses an old computer
>get angry at someone irl
>write a caricatured version of them into your next story
>>8278126
>Caring about the rabble enough to give them the time of day
>>8278134
My impotent nerd rage needs a healthy outlet
>Alex Burnet was in the middle of the most difficult trial of her career, a rape case involving the sexual assault of a two-year-old boy in Malibu. The defendant, thirty-year-old Mick Crowley, was a Washington-based political columnist who was visiting his sister-in-law when he experienced an overwhelming urge to have anal sex with her young son, still in diapers.
Which edition of Ulysses should i read?
>>8278100
Just read the illiad and skip the pretentious nonsense
This one.
>>8278106
>illiad
What's best translation out there?
Searching autobiographies of people that really changed troughout their lives. It doesn't matter if they changed from good to bad or from bad to good.
>>8278099
The inspiration and the force to change from your A to your B should come from your guts, not from some guy who had really specific circumstances that pressed him to change from X to J
Stanley 'Tookie' Williams: Redemption
Creator of the 'crips' gang, ex drug-addict and convicted murderer who bettered himself while on death row through self-education. Wrote several books and was nominated for a Nobel peace prize and Nobel Literature prize. Also met Winnie Mandela.
Changed his life for the better but still ended up being executed for his crimes after Arnold Schwarzenegger denied his last appeal.
>>8278109
I'm the kind of guy who doubts really change is even possible so I need this shit.
Can anybody tell me why I can't find an eBook of this anywhere? Legit or otherwise? What the FUCK?
There are better things to ask for than why
>http://www102.zippyshare.com/v/dIB5ddfb/file.html
>>8278087
I just found it in 10 seconds, you filthy casual.
Right. So for the first time I'll be tackling the Iliad soon and I'm at loss as to which translation to read. Which do you guys recommend?
Fagels
>>8278056
Fagels is great
Thoughts on Uber Super Duper?
Working with Fan Clubs?
Attention economies
>>8277966
Not just dubs what you came for?
Why play 64 squares when color can show you 72 steps
Do you stay current ?
Post em + any true 5 star books you have stumbled upon.
Also Goodreads general.
24/45 books down for me
idk if you mean post profiles or just talk about gr...
>>8278123
I gave two books four stars this year, The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant and Ava by Carole Maso
E-Book recommendations?
I've been travelling a lot and can't bring as many books with me as I'd like.
>>8277869
My current backlog, all pretty gettable via soulseek and mobilism and libgen
>>8277869
Kobo > Kindle
Kobo Glow
>>8277895
(Voyage/Oasis)-$>Kindle Paperwhite = Kobo Glow>Nook>Sony
How do I deal with being stupid?
I make stupid decisions, hesitate and over-think then go on to give little attention where attention is needed. I boast and cling to whatever petty pride I can. Not to mention academically and socially.
I don't necessarily hate myself, I just wish I wasn't so stupid.
I feel such a degree of stupidity is hereditary and no amount of self-reflection and checking myself will help.
So should I admit defeat, and if so, how do I carry on gracefully stupid?
>>8277715
trve lit person
>>8277720
*punches your nosebone into your brain*
take that!
>>8277715
I'm stupid too. I dunno if I could be smart if I tried because my education sucked and my parents didn't encourage me to read books or learn things growing up or anything like that, so I think my brain just grew up to be stupid. I have trouble with basic math problems, and don't know anything about how art or politics or science works.
I'm looking for anything good to read. Any genre I do not care just need suggestions.
>>8277711
Did you like Froth? Been meaning to read it
Is there a good book for when you just fucking resent your entire life and you resent all the people who you've ever talked to, and you wish you could just walk into an abyssal foggy graveyard and walk in peaceful tranquility forever?
>>8277649
you may feel bad now, but your feels may pass one day
once you enter the portal I'm offering you, there's no turning back
if you choose not to look you choose the blue pill and you can remain living happily and normally with your life
if you choose to look however, you choose the redpill and you will see the true reality, regardless of how bad it is
so anon?
>>8277664
uh, I'll take the red pill.
my diary desu
I just want a really weird book.
>>8277534
Calvino, Shel Silverstein
>>8277534
John Hawkes is your man. I don't think any of his books could be considered normal.
The Roaches Have No King
