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/lit/ is for the discussion of literature, specifically books (fiction & non-fiction), short stories, poetry, creative writing, etc. If you want to discuss history, religion, or the humanities, go to /his/. If you want to discuss politics, go to /pol/. Philosophical discussion can go on either /lit/ or /his/, but those discussions of philosophy that take place on /lit/ should be based around specific philosophical works to which posters can refer.Check the wiki, the catalog, and the archive before asking for advice or recommendations, and please refrain from starting new threads for questions that can be answered by a search engine./lit/ is a slow board! Please take the time to read what others have written, and try to make thoughtful, well-written posts of your own. Bump replies are not necessary.Looking for books online? Check here:Guide to #bookzhttps://www.geocities.ws/prissy_90/Media/Texts/BookzHelp19kb.htmBookzzhttp://b-ok.cc/http://libgen.rs/Recommended Literaturehttp://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading
Are there any books that explain why China is absolutely mogging the West currently?
>>17646834Yet China is still considering a "developing nation" and is therefore subject to less regulation???
>>17648140Are you retarded or what?
>>17648300America doesn't need to be the global super power it just needs to be America
Finnegan's wakeUnderstanding media by Marshall McLuhanSilent Invasion by Clive HamiltonThe chrysanthemum and the swordThe cantos of Ezra PoundThe man in the high castle Simulacra and simulationFanged noumena Blood meridianEtc
>>17648307You know that America we know has gone
With these 10 books you can rebuild the entirety of the western civilization:>Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus - Wittgenstein>Either/Or - Kierkegaard>The City of God - Augustine>Summa Theologica - Aquinas>The Holy Bible >In Search of Lost Time - Proust>The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoyevsky>Les Miserables - Victor Hugo>The Man Without Qualities - Musil>War and Peace - Tolstoy
>>17645954>No Infinite JestDropped
>>17646339this is literally /lit/, basedjack
>>17646636Okay so go back another ~ 40 years
>>17647623Wittgenstein never read the Greeks, they're not important.
>>17648221I ascribe that late wittgenstein doesn't have such animosity against the ancient greeks as early wittgenstein. where he had an antithetical remark against socrates in particular. i think wittgenstein warmed up to kierkegaard's conception of socrates in a subjective love for metaphysics rather than ontology or dogma.
What is the final solution to the library problem?
>>17647334what are you interested in anon?
>>17642965>Because no one uses libraries anymoreI use them, not right now since covid restrictions made taking out books a pain in the ass, but once things go back to normal I plan on using them again.
>>17637343>yes mother I am going to the library once again>plays world of tanks with the homeless guy for the next three hours
>>17647859Maybe she's so based she's woke on the WQ and knows that's basically what women are good for
>>17637117>DO THIS>DO THIS>DO THISNo, fuck off. I always hate when they impose their ideas like if they were orders or something.
Which way /lit/ man?
bump
>>17647868Well, black has less calories.
I like my women like I like my coffeedark and full of liquor
>>17648341>>17648344Take the antinatalist pill, bros.
>>17648387I am the anti-natalistpill. It is my job to instill a sorts of which in each person that slowly inches the philosophy of all time to reach its final ascension to the heights of life.
Almost all replies in this thread are horriblehttps://twitter.com/lananasparle/status/1363335236088692737>I can't read old book because it says nigger in it>Of Mice and Men killed the disabled guy, how ableistPost the worst replies you can find, I don't have the heart to scroll any further.
>>17647630/lit/ is for the discussion of literature, specifically books (fiction & non-fiction), short stories, poetry, creative writing, etc. If you want to discuss history, religion, or the humanities, go to /his/. If you want to discuss politics, go to /pol/. Philosophical discussion can go on either /lit/ or /his/, but those discussions of philosophy that take place on /lit/ should be based around specific philosophical works to which posters can refer.
>>17647662Use nitterJust replace the twitter.com part of the url with any of the instanceshttps://nitter.42l.fr/lananasparle/status/1363335236088692737
>>17648377oly lifting is just more athletic, it increases your ability to jump and sprint and stuff. anyway I don't have a problem with the compound lifts as long as you also train pullups/dips and do cardio or hill sprints or something
>>17648039>I WILL NEVER BE A, AS I e n j o y TO CALL THEM, DOUCHE-BRO. I WILL NEVER INJECT TO MYSELF THOSE CREATINE AND PROTEINE TO GET BIGGER.Bro, come to the gym. We can talk about books there. You will feel better and stop being a lardass.
>>17648312I know faggot, and this sort of behaviour is making it worse
Is this worth reading?
>>17644084amen brother
>>17639878This is funny as fuck. Imagine writing this lol.
>>17646805I certainly don't. They wouldn't let /pol/ exist if it were actually have an appreciable impact
>>17646825I don't know where you live but in the West Islam is part of the culture war as in 'how much should Islam be tolerated, is Islam dangerous to us' and so on. This is a perspective that treats you as an outsider/other of course, but it's the mirror to how a Muslim society might treat an infidel or something I suppose. Also as I understand it Islam itself has stuff to say about 'culture war' topics like patriarchy, lgbt, family, and the relation of religion and the state.
>>17647256>Reality is that it was a reaction image that took on a life of its own.And was then created into the image of the alt right, which is what she was saying.
which one is worst ?>God exist, He doesn't care>God exist, He's a sick fuck>God doesn't exist at all
>>17648184>oh, cool bro did you found your own meaning ?>let me stick this probe into your brain pain center for all eternity
>>17648197its still better than both the other options you nigger
They're all true. So they're all the worst. Flag.
>>17648176The worst of them all>God exists, He's too busy with other things
>>17648176First one would be based.
POST HERE YOUR QUESTIONS THAT DON'T DESERVE THEIR OWN THREAD:>Books with X theme?>What am I in for?>What was his/her problem?>Books like X?>Do I need to read X to understand Y?>other questions I can't think of right nowThis is an experiment, /lit/ is complaining lately.I think this could help the board quality overall.Direct all questions that in your opinion don't deserve their own thread to here.Keep this thread open if you like to help fellow anons out with their questions.Turning this in a general avoids newfags asking those same questions over and over again.Also, other repetitive posts that don't really need their own thread can be directed here.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>17636229I'm pretty sure there's English language courses in German universities. Plus it is a pretty comfy country so I'd go for it
>>17646703Buy books for decoration, and grab a kindle for reading.
>>17642215>I was sad when I heard the mod developer passed away. Definitely a unique guy.
>>17646703Just buy a kindle.
>>17633894Take notes, annotate, sum up the main points of each chapter
Give me a list of some good /fitlit/ writers I already have: Mishima Nietzsche Evola Homer Caesar Do you have any more?
>LARPing homsexual>proto NEET who probably couldn't do a single push up>autist that literally thought he's a wizard>2 guys that have been dead for over 2000 years cringe
>>17648360cringe cringer bashing a fellow seeking self-improvement
>>17648360just like it's a cringey thing being dead for over a 2000 years. Atleast they will be remembered
Those who give Shakespeare the esteem of one of the greatest poets of all time are in the same vein as those who favorite the Beatles. Piero Scaruffi's infamous critical analysis of the Beatles can easily be applied to all art forms and literature is no exception.
>>17648287No. I'm an Aryan chad who frequents /mu/, I have no idea what you're talking about.
>>17648298Oh, well at the very least you're in the same vein as that loser schizo spic. Right?
>>17648310If he is not a fan of Shakespeare, then sure, we share one idea. However, I wouldn't suppose I'm "in the same vein" as a loser schizo spic, as you refer to him.
How can you call a poet someone who only wrote sonnets? Shakespeare was a mere sonnetist. How can he be considered the greatest writer without havin written a single novel?
What is the best translation of Plato's republic in Dutch?
the one you write yourself
>>17647814de vertaling van H.M. Boissevain
>>17647814ge kan tog engels of wa
Any progress on your novels?previous thread:>>17628804For Prose:>The Art of Fiction>Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)>On Becoming A Novelist>Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft>How Fiction Works>The Rhetoric of Fiction>Steering the CraftFor Poetry:>The Poetry Home Repair ManualComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
What are the most /lit/ comics & manga?
>>17646345>/lit/>read
>>17647905>PunpunIs it THAT good? I see a lot of people talking about it, seems to be kind of nice.
SANDMAN.Absolutely great, it's more /lit/ than most of the books i've ever read.
>>17647949>lol?>>17648285Yes it is, read it!
>>17644515Yes there are you narrow minded piece of shit.
If you opened a book and it began like this:>HOOO NOOO ROOO SOOO DOOO NOOO ROOO YOOO ROOO FOOOHow long would you keep reading before giving up? Would you be willing to read entire pages of that before just throwing in the towel? Wouldn’t you always be afraid that the book was going to get good right after you stopped reading?
>>17647071 Based hard worker
>>17647071>I couldn't afford to have standards for my timeSad
>>17647037Depends on context. If Borges started a story that way, he'd tie it all in in a genius way. So, if there's a referential, then yeah. But, most likely the case: it's just bland sound poetry written by some creep.
>>17647046this
>>17648236>If Borges started a story that way, he'd tie it all in in a genius way
