Almost every other major writer in Europe is boycotting IsraelNot our guy though. He says boycotting Israel reflects moral cowardice and preferring physical pleasure and ease to higher principles
>>25026006Yes, some “Christians” are converso Jews or heretics. Next.
>>25025982Yeah, but only Christianity is true. Meanwhile, you’re a pitiable, contrarian heathen.
>>25026138you're a bad apologist. aren't christians supposed to be loving and humble? and if you're going be all haughty aren't you supposed to be witty?
>>25025982Communism in a nutshell
>>25026138you just repeated my post
>we must build full communism for the hylics!>we must build the 5th chudreich for the hylics!>we must build safe and affirming sexual communities for the hylics!>we must restore the monarchy for the hylics!Lmao why? Like no, actually. Why? >how? Well we’ll overthrow the….No. Why?Why should I give a fuck what happens to them? The “muh education” cope doesn’t work anymore. Most of them live to their absolute genetic potential, they’ve had more free education than ever, the entire corpus of human knowledge at their fingertips, and they’re more retarded than ever. 4/5 people in my office today didn’t know who Napoleon was.I don’t see the point of politics now that the enlightenment failed to live up to its actualization of the masses promises and AI/robotics makes them completely superfluous.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>25022018And here you are posting on this site you drug-addled blob
>>25020105in the last judgment your materialistic metaphysics will not absolve you
>>25022018Soillennials really are just Boomers 2.0
>>250261252000 more yearsDesert Book says so
Is communism... le good?
I'm looking for books for actual intellectuals and smart people like pic related. And not Philosophical works because they are the lowest tier of "intellectualism". I can even proof it.Math > Physics > Chemistry > Biology > Psychology > Sociology >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Philosophy. So no need to apply. Only serious works.
Book of proof is free and an easy read, even for non-math types.https://richardhammack.github.io/BookOfProof/https://jdhsmith.math.iastate.edu/class/BookOfProof.pdf
>>25024427>Math is older than your "god" evensmartest mathfag
Ultra pseud thread. Chemistry is at the cutting edge of development and progress, no field right now has a higher useful iq ceiling.
>>25024566Chemistry? Like what for example.
This one if you are into number theory.
I keep having dreams about taking a piss in a sink or a box. What could this mean?
>>25025672That really is a great chapter in Sexual Personae The vagina is indeed ridiculous
>>25025768Thanks for giving it to me straight anon. I know what I have to do now
>>25025784You guys are all misunderstanding. Im not anxious about pissing. In my dreams im in my bathroom and have the option of pissing in the sink or the toilet and I always choose the sink. Il
>>25025672It's not symbolic, your body is telling you that you need to get up and take a piss.
>>25025672You might be gay
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>>25026095>god never explicitly said not to have multiple wives >therefore all of smiths claims were 100% true pointless non sequitur
>>25026146>pointless non sequiturNo u
New thread:>>>/his/18296640
>>25025085Standard. I meant:There are basically three levels of authority accepted in Christianity, that of scripture, that of obscure non-scripture that is contested, and that of what is considered to be just hearsay.Every Christian agrees for the most part what is in the Bible; different groups vary in opinion on what to include in the Apocrypha, what of it is good, what level of authority we grant it in general as well. Some split it between included and excluded, some say they are generally OK but not Bible.Every church has its own hearsay, and tradition; most agree Joseph Smith is negligible (being presumed false). That is where the Mormon scriptures live, they are respected less than Apocrypha by Christians. So there are three testaments to weigh; that of the accepted Scripture, that of what is contested, and that which is exceptional, rarely considered, but notable for its uniqueness: that is the Book of Mormon, and revelations of Joseph Smith.
>>25025248>>25025274>asked "Where">"let's leave it there"No answer. Got it.
As in many other fields, I find it hard to unearth great (i. e. significant, life-changing) philosophical contributions belonging to our century. I have my unholy trinity of Sloterdijk, Agamben and latter-day Negarestani; but naturally I wish to delve deeper and see through more of the lenses of minds capable of unsettling, overwhelming or otherwise enriching my own. I coursed through what I called lesser philosophers, or more succintly put, pop philosophers who are often editorial hits and aim at contemporary ills and perplexities, albeit from a reductive or half-baked standpoint. Chul-Han, Zizek or Pinker are comprised in this subcategory.As the title suggests I'm begging for markers and recommendation. Any suggestion would be of great... help for this perenially distraught anon.Pic scarcely related, but this is what I look like.
>>25025152Negasterani or however you spell his name and I got into an argument years ago on social media. I write my own stuff and while I'm currently university to become "official", when I've posted my stuff here its gotten bad press.
>>25025148Like I said I'm a writer. Sometimes I write in an intentionally provocative manner.Which brings me to another question, who are some genealogists like Skinner and Foucault that are in contemporary era I should be on the lookout for?
>>25024807I'd suggest starting w From Decision to Heresy. Tis a good mix of shorter and longer works excerptedHe has a obfuscatory style, at least in the hands of certain translators, but his main goal is a sort of quantumization of ontology and epistemologyWhether he succeeds is questionable. I think his style impedes him somewhat. But damn intriguing at times.>>25025152Land is just pop deleuzeanism. Teleoplexy is also short af. At least read Fanged Noumena.>>25025169Skinner and Foucault? Walden II seems opposed to Discipline and Punish but what do I know. So... conty anthro? Descola is interesting and popular, I suppose. Between Nature and Culture is his big book. You could also read Clastres and follow it up w de Castro. Admittedly, such works operate on fringe of west rather than center. Oh wait. You say geneaology specifically? Agamben is the answer then beyond a shadow of doubt.>>25025148Lefties used to be yay agamben bc state of exception was good antifa theory but then he said covid vax policies was evil biopolitics and the lefties turned on him.
bump cuz good thread
>>25024697>LöwyWannabe Benjamin>PuntelWannabe Marion
New year edition>τὸ πρότερον νῆμα·>>24956717>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.
>>25024688Because, when written with accents, they have a rough breathing, which indicated initial /h/ (though it's been silent for at least 1500 years now in Greek).
Any recs for a good Nordic and Gaelic dictionaries?
Translation challenge:EasyJump higher!Are you going to ask her?Many kings have ruled this land.MediumDogs like to chase after boars in the woods.It is said that once upon a time giant bees had enough poison to kill a man.Would he be willing to take me on his ship, if I were to negotiate for the fee?HardThe royal archives recount an episode about an expedition sent by our king's chief of commerce into the deeper unexplored parts of the forest next to the sacred mountain in order to prospect possible sources of iron, and, as it turns out, not only was the party never seen again, but scouts sent to check for signs of their whereabouts returned shocked yet unable to explain their state.
>Reading Hobbitvs Ille>Just met Dwalinus
>>25026113>bees*wasps sorry>ESL moment
Very explicitly the basis of his ethics. But he also explicate his theory of conatus which was copied by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche for their theories of the Will
>>25025409>>25025451>UMA DELICIA! Le fashy goyetta de kekistan. BASADO! Salvamos el oeste con señor Fuentes! Ayayay!
>>25025409>>25025747I see.Her boyfriend looks just like Pepe
>>25025776I say this but in a trad Germanic language with my hands contemplatively resting on my freakishly masculine jawline.
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Best books to buy Evangelicals that have almost zero knowledge of Church history to prove Catholicism?
>>25025539As opposed to you, who likes to play pretend and dress up as a woman although you'll never truly be one.
>>25025720I like ham though. You're not human if you can't eat ham.
>>25025874Correct, I don't hate Christians like other Muslims, but the idea of forgiving your wife for cheating instead of putting her to death is insane>>25025979I mean I have had pork belly and it was great, but it is Haram and that's that.
>>25025939And they were sent to prison about it and the Muslim community tried to make ammends. But let's be real a lot of fathers let their daughters dress up like whores and do drugs and they are to blame too
>>25025938Are you calling Paul a liar?
I put some scriptural credibility challenges (https://write.as/dvfi4zeyotiky.md) to a Christian apologist on X some weeks ago. The usual rigmarole followed in which he first accused me of being either Indian or Jewish (to pre-emptively disqualify me? Somehow?) so I had to post a photo where I touch bologna. Then came the physique test, to which I replied both Aquinas & Lewis were fat, disqualifying their works by his own rule. So it went, throwing things at the wall to see if anything stuck that would spare him from having to attempt a proper answer. Finally, he grew exasperated and said "Look, argument is a waste of my time & yours. Just go read Mere Christianity, Lewis answered all your questions decades ago."So I went and bought Mere Christianity. Leery, because this has happened before; a different apologist promised me my challenges were refuted in The Case for Christ, which turned out to be a snipe hunt; sending me off in search of something that wasn't there, to get rid of me without conceding. When I later confronted him, he was unremorseful, instead tickled that he'd tricked an atheist into reading so much apologetics. Then smoke bomb + ninja vanish.Now I'm halfway through book 3 of 4, in Mere Christianity. Parts 1 & 2 purported to reconstruct something close to Christian doctrine from first principles, but amounts to projecting human morality onto the universe (denying it's reducible to instinct, socialization or the superego) plus Lewis' misunderstanding of what the big bang & evolution entail. These wrong turns then compound, baked in as foundational dependencies in his chain of reasoning, errors carried forward. The greater problem however is that I'm now roughly halfway through the book, and there's no sign Lewis will ever address the credibility challenges I was promised he refutes. I begin to fear I was too trusting, and have been deceived by Christians a second time. I don't want to believe this is true, but the remaining chapter titles don't bode well. Should I conclude Christians are tricksters, and broadly untrustworthy? Charitably, maybe he didn't know, having never read Mere Christianity himself. It's "The Big Famous Christian Apologetics Book" that always receives glowing recommendations, he might've naturally assumed it would cover everything. The enduring popularity of faith promoting hoaxes also testifies to a tendency in this crowd not to investigate the basis for their beliefs if there's reason for concern that what they might find would be injurious to their faith. If there is some book that actually does answer my challenges, what is it? Also, how can I trust that I'm not being given the runaround for a third time?
my cousins family is one of those "religious" people, they had this book and I read a bit of it during christmas dinner once. its well written but seemed like a midwit book to some degree
Why dont christian nations have any sort of rite of passage for boys becoming men? One of our problems is grown men still being stuck in little boy mindsets. We need more real men to lead and build a better community and this starts with some sort of initiation ceremony
>>25026077Because there are no christian nations retard lmfao.
>>25012515I read Ecclesiastes and feel like that's all I need for belief.
>>25026084Yeah christians are cucks i already know that
>science fiction set 1000 years in the future uses 19XX pop culture references.
>>25025701...like "capitalism"
>>25025701>science fiction set 1000 years in the future uses -4XX pop culture references.
>>25025701>story set in 2026 references shakespeare
>>25025701>media in the future>money is all "credits"
>thousands of years in the future>earth is destroyed>aliens discovered>Abrahamic religion
>Your age>The last book you finished and your thoughts on it>The book you're currently reading and your thoughts on that
>>25025714Mishima's protagonists (and Mishima himself) aren't exactly easy to empathize with, they're more for figuring out just what makes their brain turn out the way they did out of morbid curiosity.
>39>white fang >i thought it an entertaining story with some profound thoughts on nature and man mixed in >now reading Franz kafka’s complete stories collection >I love short stories and I find the detached but personal thoughts and musings or ramblings in his short stories very relatable even 100 years after the fact good mopey winter reading
>>24991290>23>The Long Ships by Frans G. BengtssonMost enjoyable and fun book I’ve ever read, not sure anything comes close.>The Dharma Bums by Jack KerouacHaven’t read enough of it to have any real opinions on it yet.
>>2499129033Correction by Thomas BernhardPretty damn good, due to the repetitive writing style, it was pretty relaxing for the first 220 or so pages. The last 50 were quite in depth and a mix of depressing and introspective in a manner that most writers would be uncomfortable writing about. I just wish Berhard rode Wittgenstein's dick a teeny bit less.
>>2499129032Superstitious, R.L. Stein desperately tried to write novel for adults, but it was pretty shit and very poorly written. Tasteless sex scenes. It was like a Goosebumps smut. 3/10Empress Theresa, It's pretty bad, but it makes me laugh sometimes.
Why isn't Islamic literature part of the Western Canon? The West literally uses the numbers of Arabs. Why can't it read their books?
>>25020127Because islam isnt quite eastern or western afaik Whats islam's stance on individuality vs collectivism?
I'd argue Averroes is part of the western canon.
>>25020127Arabic numbers aren't even Arabic, they're Indian. Same with Damascus steel
>>25020127>Western canonBecause they're not Western? >The West literally uses the numbers of ArabsThose are Hindu numerals.>Their booksBecause their books are terrible. 1000 and 1 nights has a frame story of an Arab guy being cucked by his slave. There are like 3 separate stories like that in 1000 and 1 nights alone. I have no idea what their problem is
Muslims don't really write fiction, so their "literature" is almost entirely nonfiction, and the vast, VAST majority of it is about the Koran or Mohammed or both. Even the commentaries that the Muslims wrote on the classical Greek philosophers were entirely focused on reconciling them with the Koran. The only non-Koranic writings the Muslims produced are made redundant by western writings on the same topics (such as the natural sciences). There's not much writing that is unique to the Islamic world that is worth reading if you are not a Muslim or trying to learn more about Muslims in particular. Westerners have no use for Koranic treatises and apologetics, so that just leaves the handful of essays into the natural sciences which the west were able to eventually make on their own.
One way I like to engage with philosophy when direct philosophy is too arduous to engage with or when I'm burnt out, but also derive no satisfaction from Pop philosophy, is to engage with it through stories. Infact that is first how I became interested in philosophical questions in my late teen years.When I asked this online, I got stuff like Crime and Punishment, and Infinite Jest. But having actually read some philosophy books myself now, they dont seem to engage with philosophical questions "hard enough". I can't say enough about IJ, as I havent finished it yet, but when I'm reading 10 pages about some dude being anxious about whether the weed dealer will come or not, and telling us how much they prepared for this. I sorta "get the point". Its almost like the point is so straight, that theres ultimately no point in the end if that makes sense.Whereas in Crime and Punishment its like every plot beat is contrived to directly lead to the conclusion of "finding Christ". Like the abandonment of Raskolnikovs prior values, of which hes admittedly little more than a stereotypical representation of, wasnt earned, they werent engaged with, his actions werent a reasonable product of them, and so what is left, isnt a counter argument, or a counter proof in the form of a naturally accuring story, but instead pure consequence, leaving the protagonist with nothing, where anything can be filled in with afterwards, in the case of this book. It was Christianity.Any ideology, any thought, any principle can be defeated if you just shoot the person advocating for it. Or if its implemented poorly, hastily, with poor understanding.Thats shallow. Personally I don't understand how people enjoy stories that play out in such a way. I want to be convinced, to engage with the implications shown as if they're not arbitrary, in the way "By Definition" is arbitrary. So that I can be assured in a conclusion that does not come from itself.Is that Dune?
>>25023965Are these really the only ones? Opening prologue seems edgy more than philosophical
Malazan? Idk havent read it myself but heard its deep
>>25023785The main "philosophical" idea of Dune is that combining religion with politics is dangerous. However, Dune is primarily a work of mid-century scifi, which means that it's more about the speculative idea than the philosophical one. Basically, the main question of Dune is "What would it actually be like to know the future?"If you're looking for something like a Dosto book where absolutely everything points to a central theme, that's not Dune. It is thematic, and it does have more focus on ideas than the average modern SFF slop book, but at the end of the day it's still genre fiction. Its primary purpose is to alternate between moody classical tragedy and exciting desert adventures. Still, if you read the first four Dune books you will get a look at some interesting ideas.
I got bored with this book half wayit was dry
>>25025482>If you're looking for something like a Dosto book where absolutely everything points to a central themeDid you not read OP?
Forget about the meme book, read up on Hesiod.
>>25025537Triggered, Costin?
>>25025447How were you supposed to time a birth by the day?
>>25025464I think you would also enjoy Aesop’s fables
>>25025447I took the marry a 16 year old virgin at around 30 to heart. Never going to settle for anything less.
>>25025464I think Vergil also wrote about this.
