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I’m wanting to read more into fascism and it’s philosophical and political inspirations as of late both for myself as a fascist and as a means to better describe or show people the intellectual tradition it stems from.

I’ve read most of the boilerplate literature (Doctrine of Fascism, Mosley’s 100 Questions for Fascism and other assorted works, some Falangist works, schizoposts from when IronMarch still existed etc.) as well as some of the thinkers that inspired them such as Hobbes with the concept of the state, legitimacy and the sovereign as well as Nietzsche and his concept of Will to Power and to strive for strength and abhor weakness.

Is there anything else you guys would recommend I should read next or what thinkers I should look into, be it from the fascist tradition or from thinkers that predated it.
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>>24782144
Parliamentary, there has to be some form of checks but not the nonsense we have today in Europe for example where it's mostly ceremonial. I'm talking about a true constitutional monarchy.
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>>24784598
>true constitutional monarchy.
As all the rest and anytime other "true constitutional monarchies" are tried, they turn to shit on wheels.
The only ONLY alternative is for communities to take charge of themselves. Welcome the responsibility.
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>>24772387
Why is Orwell, a self proclaimed democratic-socialist and anti-fascist, on this list?
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>>24784626
We just have different ways of viewing things. What you call responsibility is being led by the herd. Democracy. Mob rule. The mirage of equality. One man one vote no matter the intellect, education or rationality of the man. No thank you.

Monarchy has preserved individual rights and has prevented tyrannical leaders more effectively than democracy on average.
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>>24777731
Kaiser Wilhelm II on Hitler:

>There is a man alone, without family, without children, without God... He builds legions but he doesn’t build a nation. A nation is created by families, a religion, tradition: it is made up out of the hearts of mothers, the wisdom of fathers, the joy and the exuberance of children. [Hitler's Germany would be]... an all-swallowing State, disdainful of human dignities and the ancient structure of our race, sets itself up in place of everything else. And the man who, alone, incorporates in himself this whole State, has neither a God to honour nor a dynasty to conserve, nor a past to consult.

>For a few months I was inclined to believe in National Socialism. I thought of it as a necessary fever. And I was gratified to see that there were, associated with it for a time, some of the wisest and most outstanding Germans. But these, one by one, he has got rid of or even killed... This man could bring home victories to our people each year without bringing them glory... But of our Germany, which was a nation of poets and musicians and artists and soldiers, he has made a nation of hysterics and hermits, engulfed in a mob and led by a thousand liars or fanatics...
http://m.oldmagazinearticles.com/what_did_Kaiser_Wilhem_think_about_Hitler#google_vignette

off-topic but I have made a Plato reading server for anyone interested to join: https://discord.gg/PXtbdq5j

Icebreaker: what are your favourite commentaries/secondary sources for understanding Plato?

Robin Waterfield's The First Philosophers is something I find myself going back to every time a really get into a dialogue. Even though Plato is never really the focus of the book at any point, its really good for contextualising his philosophy alongside what had gone before. Not only does it help one distinguish what might be original ideas from mere developments or rearticulations of already existing ones, but its also useful for clarifying some of the more esoteric references. Take Phaedo for instance, the dialogue ends with the hemlock working its way through Socrates:
>[the man administering Socrates the poison] felt it himself and said that when the cold reached his heart he would be gone
According to Philolaus:
>there are four sources of a rational creature - brain, heart, navel and genitals […] Head for thought, heart for soul…
Therefore, there implication by Plato here is that Socrates' soul left his body at the point the cold reached his heart

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Recent Plato-related threads:
>>24746113 (Will studying Plato give me wisdom on the nature of the soul?)
>>24745236 (Academic consensus on Plato's metaphysics/epistemology?)
>>24732342 (how does the physical world relate to the world of Forms?)
>>24728045 (why did Medieval Christians prefer Aristotle over Plato?)
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Any good modern translations of Plato's work? I've been trying to read The Allegory of the Cave but I can't even get past the first 10 pages. The writing is too archaic and convulted. I have to read every sentence multiple times to figure out what it means.
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>>24784383
which translation are you reading? Also, have you read any other parts of The Republic?
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>>24772592
QRD on the mysteries? Is this where they were partaking in a psychedelic mystery religion?
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guys, I made a Plato reading server!
https://discord.gg/PXtbdq5j
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>>24784383
Either download a few and compare them or just go with Loeb.

>understand the allegory of the cave
Start reading from the chapter right before the allegory. I think the allegory was at the start of chapter 6 so start with 5.

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Recommended reading charts. (Look here before asking for vague recs)
https://mega.nz/folder/kj5hWI6J#0cyw0-ZdvZKOJW3fPI6RfQ/folder/4rAmSZxb

>Archive:
https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=sffg

>Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffg

>Previous:
>>24753638 (Cross-thread)

>Thread Question:
You are thrown into the world of the last book you read. Where are you, what are you doing and what are your plans?
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>>24784484
How is it an insult? Cameron writes all of his movies, and he's written some other people's movies too
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>>24781556
what's wrong with wish fulfillment?
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>>24779834
>Fans favorite character
>Carry 5 books on his own
>Die as turbo Virgin
What sandersoy mean by this?
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>>24785245
He's Jesus.
Imagine, ten years later Shallan is a single mom, completely broken after the news of Adolin cheating with Maya. She's working in a brothel, weaving physical illusions for clients.
Kaladin returns and saves her from the pits of depravity. Very Jesus-like.
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>>24785245
>dies
lmao
Also careful with spoilers anon. There are a few stormlight readers in here

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Which epic poems have you read, anons? And what do you think of the epic? Can epic poetry be written in the modern period? Think ‘A’, Cantos, Paterson, and Omeros.
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>>24783956
what meter/rhyme?
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>>24785187
Why? What are some good Arabic epics?
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>>24785302
Nibelungenstrophe with strong dadaistic admixtures, to ideally span the three great European ages
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>>24785343
nibelungenstrophe in latin? you're mad!
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My tier list of those I've read:

1. Iliad
2. Paradise Lost
3. Argonautica
4. Odyssey
5. Beowulf
6. Death of Arthur
7. Faerie Queene
8. Aeneid

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Satanic panic edition.
Old >>24736100
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What else would I like if I liked Aickman's brand of subtle horror more than the "woahh it has like a million eyes and a billion teeth and omfg I'm going cuhrayzeee!" brand of horror that is popular nowadays?
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>>24784679
For older, M.R. James, for newer, Reggie Oliver. You could also check out Walter de la Mare for another older author, but I found his prose dry and difficult to get through.
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>>24784679
Dark Gods by T.E.D. Klein
Dark Companions by Ramsey Campbell
Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti
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>>24776932
It's not racist in content but in essence. "Evil aliens invading" and "ancestral curses" are just niggers invading and niggers passing on their shit genetics.
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I finished Vampire Hunter D vol 2 Raiser of Gales. It was alright. I think I liked the first one more. This was set in a small rural town in the Frontier again but didn't go as much into the world as history as vol 1.
I will move on now to Demon Deathchase, it is the one the Bloodlust movie is based on. After I probably will stop the series there and move to some other works after it.

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Why do we never mention the library and always talk about pirating? It's like a legal form of pirating and you can watch cool movies too with Kanopy.

It it a psyop to destroy trust in communities and make posters scared to leave the house?
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>>24784124
She’s sexy
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>>24784714
Yes
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>>24784714
literally my first thought when i saw this thread
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>>24784124
picrel. It's all hyperprogressive goyslop.
Maybe when I was 20 I could still take some value from the self-help slop, but now I can lowkey write those books better myself if I needed to.

All I want is for a section of the library to be reserved for 100+ year old books with actual meaning and weight to them, over the head of booktok girlies that read contemporary fiction.

>>24784173
>>24784527
these anons get it
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>>24784714
>Expanding the childrens section

Are difficult books more fulfilling?
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Heart of Darkness is only difficult to get through because of the egregious racism.
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>>24780364
Quentin
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>>24780348
I literally finished Finnegans Wake an hour ago. It is amazing, I'd likely never recommend it to anyone irl. It was captivating but I don't know if fulfilling is what I'd call it.
I also found The Divine Comedy more difficult.
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>>24784419
oh noooo not the heckin "racism"
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>>24780548
You don't need to understand every single reference or allusion to appreciate a literary work

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>used to play a lot of video games
>got bored and stopped
>used to watch a lot of movies
>got bored and stopped
>used to listen to a lot of music
>got bored and stopped
>used to read a lot of booms
>got bored and stopped
What now?
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>>24784293
Have you tried Ashwagandha
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>>24784293
Ur just traumatized u fuckin faggot — go get EMDR and shit
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>>24783367
I believe in Nietzsche’s dictum that the only way to enjoy life is by risking it. Have you tried speeding?
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>>24784453
Target Language
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>>24783367
Agreed with vidya. Was never into movies or music to begin with.
I liked anime for a bit, but that is completely exhausted too now.

Actually stoked to return to books and serious reading.

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What are some of the funniest /lit/ related things you've seen?
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>>24784579
I mean this German is typing in English and so should be using English format of quotation marks.
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>>24784906
English speakers should be using nordic runes instead of the Latin alphabet.
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>>24784924
germanics aren't ready to hear this but nordic runes are actually just degenerated latin script
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>>24784579
My diary, desu
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>>24785330
Does anyone seriously doubt this? Even Latin is from Greek, which is from Phoenician, which is from Egyptian hieroglyphs.

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Delphic charioteer edition

>τὸ πρότερον νῆμα·
>>24732139

>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 FAQ
https://rentry dot co/n8nrko

All Classical languages are welcome.
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>>24784537
Winging it with Italian. Plus I’ll probably read Italian by the nature method since it worked so well for Latin.

>So maybe I start with one of those basic textbooks and work my way up? IDK
If you want to read for comprehension and sight read quickly LLPSI pars i familia romana is your best bet.

But yes overall Latin is lexically similar enough to English that direct vocab work is overrated IMO
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Idk how to choose a language bros. I think I am too old!! Couldn't find any books on Latin or old English or Greek in any book store or library.
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>>24784869
yeah I guess you are out of options then sucks to be you better luck next life
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>>24784174
I have already done that with Parmenides and Sappho. Longus is the first complete book I am attempting.
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>>24784869
Study French until you can fluently read 90% of French literature then pick either Latin or Ancient Greek

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Unemployement: The book
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>HEY GUYS HERES MY OPINION ABOUT A BOOK THAT I NEVER READ
>NO IM NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK AT ALL IM JUST GONNA SHIT OUT STALE BAIT INSTEAD LOLOLOL
People like you should never have been taught to read.
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i am unemployed and just began readings sections of philosophy of spirit
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>google phenomenology of spirit pdf
>read the first paragraph of A. Consciousness
No wonder Schopenhauer hated this guy.
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>>24784047
Jesus this really is just mystifying guru crap. It's like Heidegger but with no essence.
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>>24784047
>>24784358
My god, hegel pseuds are beyond parody. Gullible

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Schizophrenic or enlightened?
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>>24783356
Thats adhd.
Schizo would be reading some book on a broad topic like pic related and then extrapolating points from it that are never explicitly said in the book the very clearly implied throughout.
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>>24783533
I imagine you look like this
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>>24783656
nta but I look like that
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>>24783383
100% agreed.
My stack is currently 1 fiction, 1 non-fiction, 1 theology.
I should add some short stories or poetry to the mix.
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>>24783423
old Bill level: you have two books open on the screen side by side, and you read one line from each in turn.

What are the best books about the life, times, and work of this handsome man?
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moby dick and then read wiki article
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Bump

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>unemployed, nearly broke
>countless titles sitting on stack
>BOUGHT BOOKS AGAIN
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>>24785289
Why? Are you retarded? Are you aware that you can get free books online or at a library?
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>>24785306
>Are you retarded?
Yes
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>>24785289
Many such cases!

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Forget the Nobel Prize. When does this video of Houellebecq come out?


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