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What /lit/-related things are you doing with your qt3.14 patrician gf this weekend?>waking early to go shopping at an outdoor book market tomorrow morning >attending a performance of Lohengrin tomorrow night >probably finish reading Cat on a Hot Tin Roof together at some point
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finding a big black bull on craiglist and watching him smash her back doors in
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>>7302280 Gee Sally, how come your bf lets you have two assholes?
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Prob gonna break up with her so I'll have something to write about.
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>>7302255 >gf >patrician Gonna get penetrated by my tutor and then practice rhetoric and wrestling, thank you very much.
>not starting your weekend with Greek.
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What's your opinion on just making words up in your book?>it's okay to do it constantly throughout (making your writing inchuffable) >it's okay to do it consistently (making it difficult but perhaps sometimes enlightening) >it's okay to sprinkle a few of them in once in awhile, to keep the reader awake and/or introduce oblique concepts >it's not okay to do it ever, language is about the communication of ideas, and the intentional obfuscation of meaning is absurd/wrong
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It's perfectly OK, provided you put a bit of thought into it. Shakespeare made shit up left and right, and we have the word 'quiz' because some Irish guy wrote it on walls until people asked him what it meant. All words were made up by somebody, at some point. Why shouldn't you have a go?
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it's ok to do it as much or as little as you need, the key is that words should be created out of necessity, otherwise it will most likely feel contrived.
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>>7302176 It's the same thing as doing weird shit. If you're attractive and popular, you'll start a trend, otherwise, you're just some fucking weirdo that should kill himself.
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>>7302176 If the word is needed or clever, fine. Even if it's meaningless, it's okay as long as it is beautiful. But if you just smash your head on the keyboard and act smart, it's not.
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>>7302176 As long as "i see what you did there" then I personally encourage any making up of words. But if you're just babbling sounds at me like half of the silmarillion i'm going to lose interest and have someone just tell me what happened in the book.
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What does /lit/ think of this piece of shit ? I was given this to read as a work assignment by a retarded, feminist teacher at Uni. This is probably the worst book I've ever read. I feel sad for someone to have such literary culture to consider this even a decent novel. It now appears clear to me women can't write for shit.
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>>7302128 Not a fan, and not a feminist, either, but it has nothing to do with the idea that "Women can't write for shit."
That sounds like something to be said by somebody who has never read Virginia Woolf.
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>>7302145 You're probably right. And I must "confess" I consider Simone Weil the greatest thinker of the 20th century. I was saying this out of hatred for this cunt.
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Well at least I can be glad that only a few people got to go through such a piece of shit.
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So this won the Man Booker Prize.
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>>7302883 I just read an interview with the author, and he thought that Yanagihara should have won/would win.
How was his book?
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>>7302119 You a bombocloth battyboy
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>>7302289 What is it with non-white authors and magical realism? Give it a fucking rest, Jesus.
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>>7302110 Loved Underworld. Guess I'll check this out.
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I'm trying to gain a broad knowledge of Philosophy through the ages. Here is the bare-bones reading list I have assigned myself:> Early Greek Philosophers - Penguin Classics > The Histories - Herodotus > Republic - Plato > the Politics - Aristotle > Meditations on First Philosophy - Descartes > Ethics - Spinoza > A Treatise on Human Nature - David Hume > A Critique of Pure Reason - Kant > Phenomenology of Spirit - Hegel > The Birth of Tragedy, Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Nietzsche > The Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith > Kapital - Marx
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>>7303451 nevermind, got it. thank you so much! i truly appreciate it
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>>7303640 No problem fella; happy to help :)
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21st century philosophy begins with MM
http://mundusmillennialis.com Anonymous
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>>7302295 I'm a supporter of capitalism but Rand is shit.
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>>7302642 >important historical text >written by the 20th century's greatest philosopher Just stop.
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Which /lit/ figure do you think was the most well read?
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>>7302046 Most certainly not him
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Thomas Pynchon. I can't think of a single thing he probably isn't aware of.
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>>7302534 Check his reading list
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>>7302046 Milton, of course
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Who /stupidprofessor/ here?>mfw he called Plato "the first Gnostic" >mfw he calls literally everything he doesn't like or doesn't understand "Gnostic" or "Calvinist" or even once "Gnostic Calvinism."
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>>7302019 >elderly criminology professor (sociology mandatory elective) >spends the entire semester on community policing theory (engaging the community in positive interactions in order to improve relations between the public and law enforcement as well as improve efficacy of department) >towards end of semester brings in local police captain to discuss community policing in practice >town of uni is known for draconian use of speed laws to terrorize populous >get pulled over going 35 in a 36, arrested for endangering the public going 45 in a 35, students are often pulled over in questionable traffic stops for search >students all ask questions based on community policing principles pointing out the use of traffic laws to terrorize the community, harass students, and raise revenue for the town is pretty much the opposite of community policing. >10 years later I feel almost bad for the officer tbh, class was pretty on point and using citations and really kinda made him look bad >professor screams at us next session for being rude to a guest and disrespecting law enforcement >fails nearly half of our papers >i dont know anyone who got above a C in the class Honestly as Ive gotten older I have found almost all teachers and professors are either failures who couldnt make money doing a real job, or are so autistic about their subject that they are painted with bias.
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>>7302244 >Honestly as Ive gotten older I have found almost all teachers and professors are either failures who couldnt make money doing a real job, or are so autistic about their subject that they are painted with bias. Liberal arts breh.
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>>7302253 True, I would be stupid to paint a professor at a Medical School or an industry professional teaching chemistry with the same brush.
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my professor, who is ruthless with our essays, when we discussed The Wasteland:>this first section is in iambic pentameter >eliot stole chaucers opening word for word
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>/lit/ is for the discussion of literature.
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Felix is gay and a big pussy
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Hello, I have been watching movies about older men and younger girls/women relationships/friendships and wondering if there were any books on the topic. please
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Just use the pedolit thread from last week.
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>this thread again
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Most of them are so stubborn and dogmatic.
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>>7302026 >not being a paladin of faith >reaching for anything less than martyrdom Anonymous
>>7302168 Go fuck yourself goat fucker. Traditional catholic is the truth.
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>>7302191 I truly pity you, you're going to burn in hell for all eternity if you don't accept the truth. You can still reconcile with Ar Rahim, for he is the most merciful.
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>>7301962 It is, it's just not as visible for obvious reasons. However, kids and teenagers of Muslim parents are more likely to become atheist than any other religion.
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>>7302141 >In 90% of cases atheists lack any form of solid philosophical, theological and historical culture Same with most Christians tbh
