>Actually, it just so happens that all my favorite writers were secretly homoerotic gnosticsHas any critic projected their diseased mind more than H. Bloom?
>>24694442I have read that one but I don't remember his Christianity comments, seemed decent enough for a reading list.
>>24694397At least he would be better than Vatividya
This fat piece of mole was a total retard. I'm so glad /lit/ has been overrun by illiterate chuds and we don't have to be subjected to this idiot's acolytes anymore.
>>24694334no
>>24694372>Bloom is unavoidable. Like a big bloated boulder blocking your path to BECOMING LITERATE.Kek how retarded. Bloom is not some essential giant of literary criticism like Samuel Johnson. Reading modern literary critics isn't essential for anything, because where Johnson was himself a great writer and member of literary history, modern academia is not. The only reason Bloom is so revered is because educational standards have degraded to such a ridiculously low point, so that when Bloom says something obvious people are amazed. Literary critics barely even have original views, and when they do it's usually worthless, like Bloom's obsession with Gnosticism.
Literature on the inherent moral superiority of the old-money coastal elite?
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>>24695162>>24695198The aristocracy died in 1789 retards
>>24695622More like receded to the background, still rules from behind the curtains.
>>24695622it was pretty rotten before that
>>24694747Good observation. Jews are natural aristocrats.
>bro you just can't adapt it, it's just too complex and intricate you need 150 iq for this bro>reads book >It's "unadaptable" because the plot and characters are written nonsensically
>>24695476I do think focusing on Feyd and his role as a mirror of Paul would be interesting. With a tv series i guess you could theoretically do this with a ton of other side characters and subplotlines(Hawat's service under the Harkonnens would be fun). >The book is economical about these mattersI've always found the it to be economical on most of it's characters, which would make it hard to discern at what point fleshing them out further would dilute any interesting mystery and vagueness of the book. Count Fenring is a great character idea, a failed KH who spares Paul out of sympathy. There's tons of interesting stuff which could be drawn from that but it would essentially require inventing stuff
>>24695520>Hawat and Feyd's puppet, who later sends a boody-trapped catamite to the Baron's quarters.I might be remembering it wrong, but Hawat warns the Baron of this attempt right?
>>24695598He does>The Baron shook his head, thinking: It would’ve worked, too, if Hawat hadn’t warned me. Well, let the lad believe I saw the plot on my own. In a way, I did. I was the one who saved Hawat from the wreckage of Arrakis. And this lad needs greater respect for my prowess.
>>24695592huh
>>24695615What im trying to get at is in the book gom jabbar scene there is a continuity error where Mohiam is described as looking down on Paul despite him standing, that's one awfully tall chair. Check yourself if you don't believe me
Confess your ressentiments in this thread.
philosophy/ers have been a net negative on civilization, and probably (as we know it) shouldn't be a part of academicsand i dont actually know what this french word appropriated for some faggot framework is supposed to mean
My looks are volatile. Posture issues, mostly. When I'm looking good the world treats me well and I'm gentle as a prince. When I'm looking like shit the world treats me as a leper (women) and a target (other men) and my heart is quick to fill up with hate and I start acting like a petty resentful grouch.
People have been yelling and screeching about Palestine in my neighborhood since 2023. I would like to kill them, but I can't. I guess that's the definition of resentment.
>>24692953No, you really couldn't.
>>24692953>I could write his stuff,kek, write us some Nietzsche right now. Give us a paragraph.
thoughts on this? wanted to start with philosophy chronologically got recommended this book by reddit
Idk. For things like the Greeks, especially presocratics it's better to have some basis Ancient Greek and choose an annotated version of the fragments you want to study. Chronological order don't mean shit, you are not an historian. Start with Plato right away because that's where occidental people more or less start with the greeks. And by books about Euclides and the Pythagoreans. Having a lot of fragment will not take you very far.Maybe read about their mythology too.
>>24695467>Idk. For things like the Greeks, especially presocratics it's better to have some basis Ancient Greek and choose an annotated version of the fragments you want to study.ok>Chronological order don't mean shit, you are not an historianmakes it easier to process everything and see the evolution>Start with Plato right away because that's where occidental people more or less start with the greeksfuck that shit then. i wanna understand everything>And by books about Euclides and the Pythagoreansim planning to read euclides elements
>>24695445Excellent set of volumes. Contains the testimonia and fragments in Greek and Latin (as applicable) with decent translations of them all. In some cases, you even get some access to fragments discovered subsequent to Diels and Kranz.On the other hand, it's not really a replacement for Diels and Kranz, since many of the smaller figures lack any presence, as well as a few significant Pythagoreans.
Start with the Torah. Learned Greeks like Origen admitted that all the wisdom of the Egyptians and Greeks, from Euclid to Plato, was a pale imitation of Moses and Solomon. After the Torah read the Wisdom and Proverbs of Solomon. Then the wisdom of Sirach is excellent, and Ecclesiastes.
>>24695546Ok, Im really liking the fragments and testimonies. >On the other hand, it's not really a replacement for Diels and Kranz, since many of the smaller figures lack any presence, as well as a few significant PythagoreansOh I dont wanna go too deep. These smaller figures can left out and I will read about the pythagoreans separately
Redpill me on Brandon Sanderson.Are his books worth reading? Is he woke?
>>24686778His stories are overrated, YA slop.
He writes at a ridiculous pace, is incredibly autistic about worldbuilding, and is able to play nice enough to allow his stories to be adapted to tabletop while also being strict enough to not let them get hollyjewed into a television show he wouldn’t like. He gets major points from me for streaming his reactions to the wheel of time show and it’s just nonstop disgust and revulsion at what they butchered.You may not like his writing, but the man fills his niche in the bibliosphere well and does so with joy
>>24691084A little i guessShit's going down in the last books so there's not much time to it.But he does randomly drop things like "btw this minor character is gay"Also this may or may not be related to wokeness but his way of doing relationships is painfully vanilla and equal, unlike Jordan who often writes relationships like a crazy assymetrical power struggle.
>>24695128>Also this may or may not be related to wokeness but his way of doing relationships is painfully vanilla and equalThat sound great.
>>24686778My classmate loves him and considers him the defining author of our generation. I weep.
>most of us are shaped by circumstances outside of our control>if you've been abused as a kid that's it, you're done, no sheer willpower can reverse how your brain is wired now>biologically impossible to not care what others think>no amount of buddhism, philosophical copes, meditation will ever reverse the way your mind operates>have to be surrounded by people who won't hurt you verbally everWe already have heaven on Earth, and it's those Chads who were born into social validation. They will never know pain or suffering.
>>24693318Not OPBut there are some damages to the brain that simply can't be rewired.
>>24691345>have to be surrounded by people who won't hurt you verbally everWell aren’t you the most delicate flower.
Use psychadelics and and kill your old self if you're unsatisfied
>>24691345I got better. It sounds like you just don’t want to get better and are stuck on a narrative that you refuse to let go of for whatever reason.
>>24691345yes anon, one of the reasons why I don't want kids, I could never forgive myself if something happens to themI mean I don't have a gf or anything but if I had the opportunity I wouldn't take it
What's the best translation of the Book of Proverbs?
KJV
>>24694273>not posting the gif version where he spazzes out
>writes a scene in his book about childrens having a gangbang
>>24695308It’s just on BAP’s fantasies that he thinks will come true when America is just like Brazil which he has repeatedly says it needs to become
>>24695531well then so is orthodox jewry xD
>>24695531how convenient for you genocidal faggots
>>24695531Should he have not posted Stephen King either?
>>24694865Literally how is he not in federal prison yet?
eternal reminder
>>24692549i dont read freemason/jewish literature.enlightenment was the 2nd biggest cancer after protestantism in europe.
>>24695587Kant wasn't a freemason or jew.
>>24692549You're doing God's work, anon. Thank you.
>>24693801>What else am I missing?Literally the system, and you can't understand Kant unless you understand the entire system. Therefore, you don't understand Kant.
>>24695587Peak retard
>if you had something important to say, you wouldn't be hiding it behind big words when small words work finepseudo bros, how do I refute this? I've been trying for years.
>>24691389Use bigger words next time, retard
the only real response to someone using big words is to ask “why didn’t you just say…..”any other response is just conceding that you got filtered
>>24691596Pretty much this. If you can't communicate a complex idea in simple words/sentences, you can't really communicate.
>>24693369The point isn't that "big words bad" - it's that big words should be used only when necessary, when there is no way of saying a thing with simpler/smaller words.Think of the word "schadenfreude" - sure, you can say "taking joy in other's suffering", and it works, but "schadenfreude" is a shortcut to that idea; once you explain the idea in simple terms, you can use the big word again.Small words are preferable most of the time. If a bigger word gets an idea across better, use the bigger word. But at least try to see if you can use smaller words first without it sounding clumsy or stupid.
>>24690261this goth e-girl template ran its run rest in mediocre piss
>"Read Nietzsche’s Zarathustra, and his sister’s note about how he wrote it, and am absolutely convinced that he was completely mad when he wrote it, and mad not in a metaphorical sense, but in the straightforward and most exact sense: incoherence, jumping from one idea to another, comparisons with no indication of what is being compared, beginnings of ideas with no endings, leaping from one idea to another for contrast or consonance, and all against the background of the pointe of his madness, his idée fixe, that by denying all the higher principles of human life and thought, he is proving his own superhuman genius. What will society be like if such a madman, and an evil madman, is acknowledged as a teacher?”He's right you know...
>>24695475>Yeah, he was a regular demoniac.
>>24695382>truths he revealedhis own mobile army of metaphors, you mean? there's only perspectives, and as many truths as there are perspectives.
>>24695482Cool meme there. You have narrowed me down to the guy in the meme. Pinned me, nailed me, unmasked me. Trad, reddit, perennially basedfacing. That's me to a t. You win.
>>24693572>What N. really wanted to be was an artist, I think especially a musicianWhat he wanted to be was Wagner, or more specifically, the husband of Cosima Wagner.
>>24693572Tolstoy was the chad Nietzsche wished he could be
Skip one of these and you turn out a complete retard.
I think I've mastered grammer more then logik and rethoric.
>>24695038What goes in the medium item slots? Dicks in two holes and a wound?
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>>24695042>>24695074>>24695175Thanks for proving my point.
>>24695042fpbp
who loved this book and who hated it? i want to hear someone argue that it's his best novel to date.
First read: didn't like it because of spicy JewessSecond read: liked it because of spicy Jewess
>>24695370I don't recall anything but it has been years since I read it. It is certainly possible but highly improbable there is some hidden Christian meaning if that is what that person was suggesting. Pynchon is very consistent with how he uses belief systems, does not matter if it is religion, science, conspiracy or what ever, they are all the same in that they will offer some truths but can not provide all the answers and will likely get you in trouble if you blindly follow them accepting any answer they provide even for situations they are completely incapable of dealing with.
forgettable
Skimmed it. Intend to read it. Appreciate the video game and anime references. Pynchon is like Harmony Korine. He knows where it's at. The sweet spot of the unfolding zeitgeist. Knows not to sneer at the lowbrow, at the large vistas of plastic consumer fare. Updike could not have written it, perhaps not even DeLillo.
It's excellent. You read it as the second half of a duo with Inherent Vice, and it stands with any of his other books.
Pointless bloat.
Ok. But the question is, what are YOU going to do about it?
>>24695572I'm scissoring it apart and reassembling it on Ulysses' body. Then I'll edit it down to the most interesting results. I bet you'd skim through that.
>>24695572Seethe and meme and make threads for my seethe and memes.
