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hey /lit/
where do you steal your books from
my mom
the fuCKING STUPID BITCH KEEPS INVITING ME OVER TO HER HOUSE
NOT MY FAULT IF HER DICKENS BOOKS GO "MISSING"
I THINK I'LL TAKE SOME TETLEY'S DECAF GREEN TEA TOO, BITCH! JUST STUFF THAT SHIT IN MY POCKET
OH WHAT'S THAT, I CAN HAVE SOME ORANGE JUICE? YOU DON'T "MIND?" GREAT, I'LL HAVE FIVE GLASSES
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA FUCKING STUPID WHORE!!!
pirate bay
>>7841200
thanks anon, that made me laugh
![mishima_el_ultimo_samurai_reference[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/de7mbLw.jpg "mishima_el_ultimo_samurai_reference[1].jpg")
Is this guy worth reading or is he only famous because he is "le harakiri man"
He is a great writer.
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is also one of the best films ever made.
How does Confessions of a Mask compare to other memoirs of the same vein?
>>7841001
He's rad af, read The Sea of Fertility
Is the seemingly endless search for something, anything... worthwhile in the end?
Does all of the constant stabbing pain, hunger and torment pay off, or is it all for nothing?
Why choose to keep your integrity but lose all else in this world and still push on?
Do the ''normies'', as you call them, win?
The happy. The blissfully ignorant, or as the internet likes to call them ''blue pilled''...
Do they ultimately perform better on the grand stage that is this frail existence?
They reproduce, they are happy,...
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One day you will experience the interconnectedness of all things and realize that you are only a transient part of an eternal and necessary whole.
>>7840697
I would like that comment much more if you used the world ''Hole'' instead... Seems more fitting
>>7840697
Just to add on. You will need to prepare for this experience by fasting, praying, and purging all cynical Jewish-Marxist literature from your bookcase. I don't fear death anymore.
>always say that ignorance is bliss, and that the secret to happiness is ignorance
>friend, Nietzche lover, disagrees completely. He always says that he can't stand people who think that
>in his opinion, the meaning of life is to gather as much knowledge as you can, and leave a legacy after death
>he's great at arguing, everyone knows that. He never gives up on an argument without "winning"
>we start arguing...
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>>7840620
>I'm stupid and proud of it
Good luck with that buddy.
>>7840620
>the secret to happiness is to be a complete idiot
>the meaning of life is to be a prententious sophist
You're both retarded. Just read what Socrates said - as reported by Plato - about knowledge.
>>7840620
What is a great feeling? Not being convinced?
hey /lit/
I need some help understanding Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics (if it's even possible for anyone other than Wittgenstein to do so).
I tried asking /sci/ first, but was directed here.
I've not been able to find much accessible material on the subject and I am woefully uneducated, so I need help from you to translate the technical language into lay terms.
Thanks in advance.
Pasting this from my identical thread on /his/ because it may be relevant:
It might help if I explain why I'm asking. Recently I was introduced to the philosophy of mathematics when a family member asked me if I thought numbers were "real" or not. It seemed like a strange thing to ask and my initial reaction was that it didn't make sense as a question. I can't explain why I feel that way, though, because of the huge gaps in my knowledge. The only way I could try to describe what I felt was by saying something like "2 + 2 = 4 doesn't...
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>>7840298
I know Ray Monk did his thesis on Wittgenstein's mathematics. No clue where to find it though. The Duty of Genius gives a pretty soft and readable introduction anyway.
I think Wittgenstein was not that much clear about what he thought when he was writing those enigmatic lines in the tractatus. My former logic professor was not able to give a lot of clue about how the mathematical formalism used in the tractatus worked. Surely he was not mistaking us when saying that only someone who already had those thoughts...
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>>7840371
same poster as >>7840404
Read the Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy of Bertrand Russell if you are interested in math philosophy. It is a bit dense (for me at least) but gives a very good and intuitive introduction.
Witt math philosophy started with similar views and then departed from it.
what does /lit/ think about it?
masterpiece
Great fun. A bit dated in the VR sequences, otherwise it's fantastic.
>>7840314
If anything, the VR sequences are too far ahead.
![prince[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/wAuwMFK.jpg "prince[1].jpg")
ITT: We post GOAT leadershipcore books.
Is The Prince some kind of meme?
I found it pretty basic.
>Donald Trump: I have the genes for success
>>7840192
>The Fart Deal: Oh Trumpet
Has anyone here ever read The Incal? According to wikipedia it has a "claim" to being one of the best comic books ever
jodorowsky is a horrible film maker and this is not a comic board you retard.
>>7839960
L-E-L
Jodo too senpai for you
>>7839930
If you like and get deeper aspects of Alan Moore, you'll like the Incal.
If you like art, philosophy, psychology, creativity and/or mysticism you will also like the Incal.
Bummed that I just missed out on owning the extra large hardcover.
Flannery O'Connor discussion thread.
>>7839672
The frog posters will vent their usual bile, but she's a wonderful author
What have you read?
>>7839672
P R O B L E M A T I C
>Worse, she actively goaded another friend, deeply committed to the civil rights movement, with racist jokes. Not only did O'Connor tell the jokes, she apparently relished them, saving them up and spinning them out in a series of letters that have never been published. That she was (at times grudgingly) in favor of equality herself doesn't lessen the blow of this disclosure.
>>7839693
All of her short stories, Wise Blood and I'm almost done with The Violent Bear It Away. Love how she plays with symbolic meanings and how excessive she is when it comes to her plots and characters.
What's the most autistic book?
How to win friends and influence people
my [____] to be [____]
>>7839637
The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra, The Legend of the 10 elemental masters
What do you think of Nabokov's Pnin?
I feel it's often overlooked, because it might not be as 'shocking' as Lolita (which probably isn't much of a shocker nowadays anyway).
I recently read some of his essays, short stories and books and feel this might be the most nuanced one of them, especially how the narration changes and how the narrator actually transforms from a neutral, omniscient one into an active character of the book
To me it was underwhelming. It was charming in ways and it was OK as a character study but I enjoyed Lolita considerably more.
It's put me on the fence as to whether or not I'll pick up Pale Fire any time soon.
>>7839445
I might have enjoyed it more, because I actually wrote a uni paper about it and Lolita less, because it suffered that cruel fate of overexposition.
I didn't read Pale Fire yet, sounds interesting, but Ada is probably the go-to book for me, although it's a bit of an academic choice
Haha :D Pnin!
Is it safe to say that Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad and Odessey is best, definitive, patrician, and /lit/ approved?
I haven't seen much support for it on here, people say it's a "pretty poem but not Homer".
>>7839311
Uh, have you not heard of Henry Alford?
Just wish I could find more than just his translation of Volume 1
>>7839317
>"pretty poem but not Homer"
Then what according to you is Homer?
>inb4 Fagles
Please no.
Who's got good books on China? I wanted to read Rebiya Kadaar's "Dragon Fighter" but I can't find online copies. I'm looking for anything historically/culturally/philosophical.
>>7839175
Books about china? What time period? I read wild swans last year. It was an excellent read.
>>7839179
Doesn't matter. I'm travelling there this summer and I want to get more acquainted with the country.
>>7839175
Kissinger's "On China" is pretty insightful for the political situation and contemporary influences on it
In the aftermath of the explosions in Brussels i would like to read a belgian book as a act of solidarity .
Any recommendations ?
I'd guess the Koran is the most widely read book in Belgium based on passing through there.
>>7838919
Tintin
>>7838923
Do you have a clue what respect is ?
What is your opinion of William Shakespeare?
He didn't exist, and the people who wrote his plays plagiarized them
>>7838708
he only invented the human.
>shakespeare
>2016
>not reading pynchon
