What's your reading plans for 2026?Suggest a book to read in 2026 collectively. I'll add dubs (Jan to Sep, 11 to 99) and trips (Oct to Dec, 111 to 333) to the chart.
>Alice in Numberland_ A Students' Guide to the Enjoyment of Mathematics - John Baylis, Rod Haggarty (1991)>Anatomy of Mathematics, The - R. B. Kershner, L. R. Wilcox (1950)>Fundamentals of Abstract Analysis - Andrew M. Gleason (1991)>Mathematics_ Form and Function - Saunders Mac Lane (1986)>Mathematics Made Difficult_ A Handbook for the Perplexed - Carl E. Linderholm (1971)>Mathematics_ The Music of Reason - Jean A. Dieudonné (1992)>The Mathematical Experience_ Study Edition - Philip J. Davis, Reuben Hersh, Elena Anne Marchisotto (2012)
>>24948587The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is: With all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Several Cures of it. In Three Maine Partitions with their several Sections, Members, and Subsections. Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically, Opened and Cut Up
Rolling for Emile, or On Education since it's on my list.
It is not exactly well known in modern circles but much of Hemingways writing had fetishistic undertones for the sexual fetishes be possessed. It is well known that in most of his novels the main women has some sort of ratchet short haircut. Lady Brett Ashley,Maria and Catherine Barkley all had very intense details on the short hair they had. Further most of his wives had short hair and it was a subject of contention for His first wife Hadley Richardson and a mainstay with his second Pauline. Further the topic of women on male anal stimulation comes up in some of his works but more overt. The garden of Eden book truly is the embodiment of the Hemingway sexuality. Hemingwaybros how do you cope with the great man’s man writer liking women with boy haircuts and getting his buddy tickled. Personally I enjoy it.
>>24944831>open up Hemingway novel>he's self inserting as a cuck againBro... please, give me at least one 20th century modernist novel that doesn't involve cuckoldry, please....
I had the same reaction.
>>24944831Based. I love Hemingway's writing, and I love women with short hair too.
>>24948644I hate women with short hair, but I like reading.What is something short but sweet from the old Earnest? Then which is his best novel?I have read Old man and the Sea.
>>24948659Farewell to Arms is his best novel. That said, Hemingway really shines most in his short stories. If you only read one thing by Hemingway, the Finca Vigia collection is the one to go with.
Literally just stop reflectingDo NOT live an examined lifeTherapists hate himExtinguish all existential angst with this one simple trick
>>24948374The never-ending cycle, yea
>>24948318Instead of retard-maxxing you can cope by distracting yourself with surrogate activities (such as reading literature) like everyone does
>>24948318It's not a matter of choice, you're either born intelligent or not.
fuck i look like that guy who the fuck is that i hope it's not some gay ass mf
>>24948318>be an NPCThis is what turns me off Buddhism as well. Living in the exact moment and making no real resistance through strong goals and values (they advocate being shot over shooting a terrorist for instance) makes living as a nonperson the ideal. Just meditate away all feelings that might spur you to take action. In fact don’t act.
I can't remember anything this guy said.
>Consider, for example, the writings of the school of Schelling, and observe the constructions that are built up out of abstractions like finite and infinite—being, non-being, other being—activity, hindrance, product—determining, being determined, determinateness—limit, limiting, being limited—unity, plurality, multiplicity—identity, diversity, indifference—thinking, being, essence, &c. Not only does all that has been said above hold good of constructions out of such materials, but because an infinite amount can be thought through such wide abstractions, only very little indeed can be thought in them; they are empty husks. But thus the matter of the whole philosophising becomes astonishingly trifling and paltry, and hence arises that unutterable and excruciating tediousness which is characteristic of all such writings. If indeed I now chose to call to mind the way in which Hegel and his companions have abused such wide and empty abstractions, I should have to fear that both the reader and I myself would be ill; for the most nauseous tediousness hangs over the empty word-juggling of this loathsome philophaster.t. Schopenhauer
Any serious book that talks about the cult of ugliness of the modern world? The toxic positivity, the cacophony of clashing aesthetics, the laziness, and the deliberate effort to undermine purity, all masked by so-called moral virtues or freedom? Looking at any vintage photo of a poor street, you see beauty in its uniformity -- much like the beauty found in a military parade. Yet now, even in the wealthiest streets, the only remaining beauty of the modern world can be found by gazing up at buildings that were constructed centuries ago, and that are all getting replaced.
>>24946623im with him, they dont even make a point, so subtle it's likely indicative of a fed post
>>24946559You should check out pic rel. It was mentioned by Evola in his essay "The Taste for Vulgarity", which you may also find worthwhile reading
>>24947570>sexsee this is your problem
>>24948211>>24948266These seem good, will check them out. Thanks
>>24946559op, you can always migrate to north korea, they have state mandated haircuts and everything and a uniform, state mandated aesthetic for everything so as to not overload your little brain
What do you know about romantic poetry?
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>>24946672Ok npc
I'm not a fanPoetry for me started with Baudelaire
>>24946654i think wordsworth just gave us a new tool, though adherence to those principles as a rule in poetry is ill-advised. when idea, theme, and image unite it is a beautiful thing.
>>24946654a bit overrated. the modern and metaphysical periods before were cooler
Recommend some Soviet literature to me.
>>24948657Every old sci-fy fan recommends the Strugatsky brothers.
"Hemingwrite" editionPrevious: >>24931322/wg/ AUTHORS & FLASH FICTION: https://pastebin.com/ruwQj7xQRESOURCES & RECOMMENDATIONS: https://pastebin.com/nFxdiQvCPlease limit excerpts to one post.Give advice as much as you receive it to the best of your ability.Follow prompts made below and discuss written works for practice; contribute and you shall receive.If you have not performed a cursory proofread, do not expect to be treated kindly. Edit your work for spelling and grammar before posting.Violent shills, relentless shill-spammers, and grounds keeping prose, should be ignored and reported.(And maybe double-space your WIPs to allow edits if you want 'em.)Simple guides on writing:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24948645Why are the Chinese so prone to such acts of soullessness?
>>24948652Waiting for you to post any of your prose that has "soul".
>>24948652Their society is soulless. It pretends to care about them through their talk about Communism while being one of the most corporatist societies in existence.
>>24948652>THEY TERK ER JERBS
>>24948655Nah, China is actually existing socialism and you're a liberal pigdog.
Ἁλικαρνασσόθεν edition>τὸ πρότερον νῆμα·>>24877858>Μέγα τὸ Ἑλληνιστί/Ῥωμαϊστί·https://mega dot nz/folder/FHdXFZ4A#mWgaKv4SeG-2Rx7iMZ6EKw>Mέγα τὸ ANE·https://mega dot nz/folder/YfsmFRxA#pz58Q6aTDkwn9Ot6G68NRg>Work in progress FAQhttps://rentry dot co/n8nrkoAll Classical languages are welcome.
>>24945805motivation is fleeting and hollow, you’re never going to accomplish what you want until you develop discipline
>>24946616solid reminderthanks anon
Anyone start out memorizing all principal parts of the Greek verbs in Anki before studying their specific grammar? I hope this pays off well because it is tough with the irregularities, finding the paradigms, etc. wiktionary is somewhat messy in this regard. I got a very high grasp of the overall Greek verb structure though and it is pretty cool. There is a,so this iPhone app called Hoi Polloi Logioi which is good for drilling verb conjugations
>>24947398doing Athenaze's decks I preferred to keep it in line with the grammar seen up to that point so earlier verbs have only present, then there's some verbs with present, aorist first person, and then eventually all principal partsbut at the end of the day those verbs were in the first chapters because they are common thus one will meet principal parts often anyway by reading
I am trying to understand relative pronouns in ancient Greek. The following construct I understand:ἀρά πιστεύεις τοῖς λόγοις οὓς λέγω;meaning: do you believe the words which I say?It makes sense since the relative pronoun is in the accusative. But what if it's in the dative?:ἀρά πιστεύεις τοῖς λόγοις οἷς λέγω;I am assuming this is a case of attractio relativi? Would then the translation be something like:do you believe the words that I believe?but what happens to λέγω then? Is it just dropped entirely from translation?
it is tradition for the nobel prize winner in literature to meet the swedish children. yesterday this years nobel prize winner in literature László Krasznahorkai met the swedish children and discussed books.
>>24948061Such as? Only two people come to mind who left permanently and were somewhat worth caring about, and they were unwilling emigrants due to the communists.
>>24946168Name some
>>24946113Lol, is this real?
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>>24948117that ahmed wasn't allowed to bring his gun to school that day
are there any biographical books about chronically depressed historical figures that went on to accomplish anything?
>>24947936i will check out their life stories, thank you
Nobody who's depressed accomplishes anything.
can't think of a biography about a non-athlete or non-actor that wasn't about this.the main theme of melancholia as the necessary main disposition of geniuses can be traced historically:aristotle, muh saturn, neoplatonists, dürer, burton, romanticst. panofsky
>>24947901Chateaubriand was very melancholic and mentions his failed suicide attempt in his memoirs
>>24948622If you can read spanish i highly recommend:https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/items/02de698a-248f-4aa6-a5ed-3a6c331e74c5https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/items/fe547f22-e20e-456e-bd28-cc79345934e0
>"They dance so languorously, the women of Syria. I knew then in Jerusalem a Jewess who, in a hovel, by the light of a small smoky lamp, on a bad carpet, danced raising her arms to clash her cymbals. Her back arched, her head thrown back and as if dragged down by her heavy auburn hair, her eyes drowned in voluptuousness, ardent and languishing, supple, she'd have made Cleopatra herself pale with envy. I loved her barbaric dances, her slightly husky and yet so sweet singing, the smell of her incense, the semi-sleeping state she seemed to live in. I followed her everywhere. I mixed in with the vile crowd of soldiers, boatmen and publicans she was surrounded with. One day she disappeared and I never saw her again. I looked for a long time for her in doubtful alleyways and taverns. She was harder for me to do without than Greek wine. A few months after I had lost track of her, I learned, quite by chance, that she had joined a small group of men and women who were followers of a young Galilean miracle worker. He was called Jesus, came from Nazareth, and was crucified, for what crime I don't know. Do you remember that man, Pontius?">Pontius Pilate frowned, bringing his hand to his forehead like someone who is trying to remember. Then, after a few moments of silence, he murmured:>"Jesus. Jesus. From Nazareth? No. I can't bring him to mind."
>>24944449Actually it was originally called the Province of Judea. It was renamed the Province of Syria-Palaestina following the Romans putting down the Bar Kokhba revolt and sacking Jerusalem.
>>24945494cool
>>24945494This. The Romans literally just falsely attributed Judaea to the Philistines to make the Jews mad in revenge for their constant uprisings.
>>24943625I only wish to read this type of literature, forever.
>>24944367Jews were nowhere near as small an ethnic group back then as you probably think they were, they made up like 10 percent of the empire's populaton which meant millions even back then. And by roman standards their religion was seen not unlike the way non-deluded westerners see islam nowadays.And if you know how jews think of gentile westerners now, you know how the average jew thought of romans back then. Having millions of people adhering to a religion in your empire that think only they are truly human and everyone else are subhuman helots made by their god to serve them is basically a recipe for disaster.
I willingly didnt return my library books after the library near me is suddenly going through unexpected renovations and its been sitting on my shelf for close to a year since i was too lazy to drive across town to another library.I was planning on returning the books when the library opens again in a couple months but at this point i'm tempted to just keep em since I've just been buying my books instead for the first time in my life instead of using the library and i'm liking my growing collection.The library books are the illiad, the odyssey, the aeneid and mythology.I wanted to have this certain set of books anyways and at this point i dont wanna pay for it.Is this wrong of me ? Who else is gonna read these old books in my crappy bumfuck town in the middle of nowhere?they probably have multiple copies anyways.
>>24946054I have to go return some library books
>>24945935>DO WANT TO LIVE IN A LOW TRUST COMMUNITY?Your community is minority white, that's already gone. All that's left now is gatekeeping knowledge from the brown horde by stealing library books.
>>24945852I stole like 5 Hitler books from my school library, didn't even read them but they add to the chudcore vibe of my room
>>24945852I have the very last extant copy of a book that I lost at home on break after taking it from the uni library.I have since found it, they have since held my transcripts hostage and billed me for it.They will not be getting it back. It was never digitized. The book dies with me. None of you will ever read it.
>>24947688well... i'm not sure about that though.
>match with woman on dating app>we both have literature as shared interests>she says "oh what's your favorite genre??">"I'm more into the classics">"but what's your favorite genre? Do you like sci fi?>"I like transcendentalist literature">"oh ok"Why do they ask
>>24948558Not even close to worth the effort to create some fake situation you anxiously want to leave as soon as you get off. Do this if you want to train yourself to be more robotic and sociopathic inside.
>>24948558This is disingenuous and dishonest. That's not how you start, build or maintain relationships with people. Men metagaming dating apps is the entire reason dating is so fucked nowadays and every man and woman is a ghosting expert with trust and commitment issues.
>>24947429>asking for permission
>>24948586dating apps are just for fat chicks who need to hide their belly with bizarre camera angles so they are inherently dishonest
>>24948586>men metagamingto say nothing of the women. Hose that makeup off your face, then we'll talk LIAR
What did I think?
>>24946201Can you name any examples of these supposed "nonsense" words? (You can't.)
>>24945812ts would make me so gassy! would be shooting out green grinch wet farts like a mfer
>>24947523The publisher gave Seuss a list of 200 words he was allowed to use and he ended up writing multiple books using only them. That anon couldn't write something as good as The Cat in the Hat without such limitations.
>>24946201Dr. Seuss books are genuinely lightyears better than most other children’s books, and this is obvious as a father reading hundreds of different children’s books to my kid.
I utterly loathe how The Grinch has become a part of Christmas mythology. Stuff like yard decor and Grinch photo shoots is like seeing Facebook minions posting IRL.
