>>24635392
Very good, Hamas asset. Be aware.

>>24625443
Arab Christians aren't the same as Western Christians (they're typically actual Christians) and the West shouldn't have any interest in them being protected, objectively speaking.

Israel First
109 counties
Mossad Killed JFK
Epstein
Invented pornography
USS Liberty
I’m not dying for Israel
Just noticing
Why can’t I criticize Israel
Israel is Genocidal
Israel has become a Nazi state
Netanyahu is Satan
Free Palestine
FARA
Resistance is justified

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>>24619725
>Without realizing it, many people, who might dislike the influence that this crime family has had, have already been subverted. They are already playing into a kind of hegelian dialectic that's been set up, by accepting – without question – the central claim of identity made by these people. In reality, that claim shouldn't go unquestioned, and if you really try to break their claims down analytically into explicit and unambiguous assertions without the possibility for fuzzy definitions, the whole thing quickly falls apart. These people actually have nothing to do with the ancient Jews mentioned in the Bible. The mistake so many people have made is to not even think to question this basic assertion, which they always insist on making – but to foolishly accept their claims on face value. In doing so, anyone who tries to oppose these people, while still mistakenly recognizing them as "Jews," only becomes a supporting stereotype that unintentionally supports and reinforces these peoples' fallacious and ahistorical claims. One of their central fallacies is that they regularly make and assert an identity and heritage for themselves that they have no real, factual significant connection to.


do you have any recommended further readings that talk about this more in depth?

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>>24636335
I'd recommend the three books mentioned here: >>24619858 especially the third one. The book "Judaism Discovered" gives some good starting material, making it a lot more accessible to the English reader. It is a pretty comprehensive study on the subject, whether or not you agree with some of the writer's conclusions (I agree with some but not others myself).

If you want more of a comparative in-depth study between it and the Bible (including the Torah) try the 1880 book, "The Old Paths, or the Talmud Tested by Scripture" by Alexander McCaul. I recommend that book highly for its rigor and careful investigation of the facts. Truly a forgotten gem.

And of course, the overall Christian perspective on this subject is best represented by the Bible itself. I have to say, you'd be surprised how few people have really taken the time to dig deep there compared to those who only scratch the surface a little bit but without really connecting the dots, and there's plenty of good insight (historical, moral, etc.) to be found there. While modern Talmudic belief system may not actually be related to the Biblical Jews, it is still definitely an existence among the class of "Judaizing" heresies – making it similar to Hebrew Roots, Christian Zionism, hyper-dispensationalism, and the dual covenant theology of people like Hagee, as well as some even more obscure stuff that's out there – all of which St. Paul and others denounced so strongly in the New Testament. This is of course in addition to its similarities to gnosticism, which is also denounced several places in its own right (see Colossians and 1 John for example). Hope that helps, anon.

>>24636244
The critical tradition generally points me in the direction of what might be worthwhile to engage with. But I have my own taste and preferences and sometimes works, like Paradise Lost, simply fail the feelings test. No amount of criticism in the world will likely change the actual experience of engaging with the poem for me. I can then attempt to articulate why I think I dislike it just as I can try to articulate why I like some other work. The two primary feelings that Milton inspires in me are boredom and fatigue.

>>24636281
That’s a lotta words to say “filtered”

>>24636286
Based NPC

>>24633995
>completely mogs paradise lost
I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL FUCKING KI— oh wait, you said Paradise Lost. MB, I misread it as the Divine Comedy somehow. Yeah PL is pretty clunky, have fun with Spenser.

>>24636281
Relying on 'the feelings test' alone in the judgement of a work of art is simply too subjective. First of all, you should be modest enough to believe that, if you are having difficulty appreciating the work of a universally recognised genius, the issue most likely lies with you, and from then on you should make the effort to properly appreciate them. Secondly, you should be able to intricately describe the technical makeup of a work of art and artist's style. Ask yourself, can you really describe what you think is great about the poetry of a poet you like, without vague emotional responses? If not, then you need to study metre and all the other technical elements of poetry, and you need to read critical commentary. Because we must always remember that 'Art' is also art in the most literal sense of the word, a craft. It is something that demands intellectual and technical comprehension just as much as emotional. Very often, if someone studies in detail a famous artwork that they formerly had no appreciation for, they will begin to understand what is so great about it and experience a newfound emotional reaction. Theory and feelings are not opposed in art, they are inextricably linked. Now, you may dislike Milton, whether due to personal disposition or because you've developed an intelligent and well-reasoned critique, but disliking him for never inspiring any feelings other than 'boredom and fatigue' is really entirely disconnected from objective analysis. It is impossible to at the same time have a good understanding of poetry and then find not a single line in Milton that is emotionally moving. As but one example of the value of critical tradition, I would direct you to read Keat's personal response to Paradise Lost, Book 9, lines 179-91, beginning with 'So saying, through each Thicket Danck or Drie' and ending with 'Disturbd not, waiting close th’ approach of Morn':

>Satan having entered the Serpent, and inform'd his brutal sense - might seem sufficient - but Milton goes on "but his sleep disturb'd not". Whose spirit does not ache at the smothering and confinement - the unwilling stillness - the "waiting close"? Whose head is not dizzy at the possible speculations of satan in the serpent prison - no poetry ever can give a greater pain of suffocation.

Having read those lines yourself, do you not feel a similar response as Keats?

>>24636248
can you tell me about this book or post an excerpt? never heard of it before.

>>24636346
>In the heart of Bogota's Rue Morgue, renowned death photographer Tsurisaki Kiyotaka captures the life's work of embalmer Froilan Orozco. Orozco, with decades of handling the deceased, from murder victims to the elderly, offers a raw and unfiltered look into the world of cadaver preparation. This documentary is a stark, unblinking journey into a profession shrouded in mystery and mortality. Massacre Video proudly unveils the definitive release of OROZCO THE EMBALMER in a stunning new high-definition master. This landmark release, presenting the documentary in it's most visceral and unfiltered form, is a bold testament to the unvarnished realities of death. Fully uncut and uncensored, it's an uncompromising exploration not for the faint of heart.

>>24632233
Depends on why it's boring and why you want to finish it.

>>24632233
Push through it. Had this happen several times. Books aren't an immediate gratification. Do it before the contents are soiled inside of you anon. JUST PUSH THROUGH.

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Glaze over / fast read the obvious boring parts. If there is something worthy to read, your unconscious brain will let you know.

>>24634681
Um, fuck Terry Davis

>>24632233
play tetris while listening to it on audiobook

>>24635107
You are gay, and jewish. With extreme mommy issues

Modern literature as an aesthetic of categorical experience has the division at least into at least the 3 categories of phantasmorgia or nostalgia or hypnogogia. These are also movements of awareness or the understanding so the aesthetic movement of a paragraph in proust is similar to the movement of hegelian dialectic moving through a phenomenonology of mind. With proust is brought into the idea too that ok these are divisions of experience being made according to an ideal of a literary piece or writing.

>>24635733
2/3

>>24635039
>Oh to be a pseud
It is slop. It's a soap opera for women.

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Edward Gorey loved Proust and because I love Gorey I will (eventually) also read the entire thing.

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>>24636279
The easy answer? He was Christian

>>24635993
Ok arguably most American interventionism has been more or less judeocentric and its main form of non-judeocenteric aggression has been racism.

>>24634633
>Writes a book about how horrible the US and capitalism is
>Never once explains why so many dreamed of immigrating to such a horrible place
>Never once explains why so many have benefited from the system
>Barely mentions religion—perhaps the most powerful socializing force in US history—despite being a religious minority whose ideology was formed by aforementioned forces

Short answer: he was a seething Jew that dreamt of BBC

>>24635866
USAID is a dustmite of appeasement for post-colonial states, defined by colonial borders, to continue their pathetic indebted existence of paying off loans from the West, which exploited them to develop itself, for them to develop according to the West's allowances. Who gives a fuck if its the democrats or rapebuplicans who sign off on a given program.

>>24634633
>US literally has had tons of programs that do nothing but feed the poor, eradicate disease, improve education, and provide disaster relief in developing nations for basically nothing in return.
>for basically nothing in return.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power

>What was his problem?
>Early Life
>"Zinn was born to a Jewish immigrant family..."

>>24635583
Still the best

The best part was, no joke, the section dedicated to Achilles' shield being crafted by Hephaestus. Stunning stuff.

>>24636005
Not Paris

>>24636319
actually the best part is when Astyanax is cries when he sees the scary metal man so Hector takes his helmet off and laughs

>>24636337
Yeah, the more lyrical books (6 and 18) are easily my favorites. The wartime stuff isn't anywhere as tantalizing to me, lol. I should probably read the Odyssey...

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>>24610034
I'm a genius and I like fart, saliva, piss, feet and just a little bit of girl's shit.

>>24636285
Why would you include feet on this list? Only the most docile retarded ideologues think the beauty of the female form is comparable to piss and shit.

>>24636293
nta, but as a footfag myself, there are two types, those of us who appreciate the stuff you mentioned, and then there are the *other* footfags who are into the same thing from a much filthier angle.

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>>24610034
sexual deviency is the product of a fully explored self. if someone truly has no perversion, they won't be able to write anything new and insightful. as jung says "how can i have substance if i do not cast a shadow"?

>>24636293
The Jews seem to be pushing anti-feet sentiment a lot lately

>>24634413
>Do we just list our gold, silver and bronze, or rate all stories from best to worst?
How much effort you want to put in is entirely up to you, but yes listing your top three would be the baseline.
There’s no requirement for any of the judges to explain themselves, or to lump in any critiques/comments in with their scores/decisions—when I said earlier
>you can put in as much or as little work in reading the entries (if there are any!) as you desire, because you have earned that privilege
that also goes for your showing your work in your determinations.
And if the final “scores” come down to a hazy photo-finish, then we’ll just focus in on where we need to and count the pixels, is my thinking.

>>24634211
It's absolutely a bias but it's a bias that makes things more interesting (as long as the individual judgments are public).
One judge out of four seems fine.

Bumping in case anything comes up.

second a bump

>>24635021
The artist says they’d rather just have us be the judges, so that’s that.
So, again, it’s
• meteor
• son of hermes
• heng
And I’ll tentatively be the backup—if, for instance, one of you judges wants to participate in the challenge yourselves or something.

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>>24634168
Please, elaborate more. I need specifics. All the info you have. Drop it now.

>>24634832
This is all i'm afraid. Nabokov's novels are filled with secrets, very occulted, need to study more.

>>24634168 (OP)
>no closure, truth unknowable
the ambiguities are entirely solvable once you engage with the book a little deeper than looking at its segment titles. incidentally the chapter lengths in Pnin are symmetrical.

>>24634799
>A struggle for the soul of the Jewish people.
A profound commentary on the futility of war. Two sides go into battle (physically or otherwise) over an ideological disagreement, but at the end of the day what they're fighting for is something that doesn't even exist.

>>24634253
i'm still working on it

>>24630915
Hello bitch, nice TITS ahahahahah milky milky milky baby thirsty mommy baby want milk suck suck suck suck hahahaha stupid cunt give me those big udders you slut hahahaha tits tit titty me your caveman me use big titty for big bitty hahaha honk honk honk slut cunt mommy honk honk milky baby want more now honk honk honk pitter patter on those big mommy milkies hee hee hee haha haaaa haaaa can't stop the milk truck coming through honk honk all aboard the titty train hee hee woop wooooooo honk honk honk!!!

>>24631976
I'm not saying you're wrong but you're also gay for knowing this

>>24631070
Based as fuck. This is true love.

>>24630915
One written to me from my ex. We used to write handwritten letters to each other when we were dating and exchange them every Saturday in person. I will probably never be able to do that with a woman again, but it was very cute and sweet.

>>24634812
did you save them?

Unfortunately for him I scored 400 on the IQ test I took in juvenile hall, and I say solipsism is correct. (I was only sent there because my bitch teacher was trying to suppress my Waco theory.)

>>24634561
IQ does not even exist. To believe in it is the ultimate sign of midwittery. Yes, this guys IQ is likely bigger than Shakespeares had he ever the patience for such a test

>>24635302
Theistic conclusions aren't invalidated by someone else hearing and understanding them, Anon. Solipsism is on an entirely different plane of idiocy, like Egoism, where the very act of voicing them proves that the person does not actually believe them.

G e moore does spend a while proving the existence of a hand.

>>24634561
he aint 200 iq he aint even 113 FSIQ like me hes a plant to get jesus out there cuh like the korean doing HRTs with praffe lmaoooo

I just know that Parmenides was the only Dialogue by Platon that filtered me and showed me, thankfully, that without studying philosopher i will never be one as i lack the instinctive drive to chase a philosophical problem for hours on my own.

Democritus claims just atoms or the void.

>>24636023
exoterically

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>>24632855
The emphasis on flux in Heraclitus is over emphesized in my opinion. There are quite a few fragments which purport his belief in oneness (of course in a different way from Parmenides) such as B50, B41, and B10:
>οὐκ ἐμοῦ ἀλλὰ τοῦ λόγου ἀκούσαντας ὁμολογεῖν σοφόν ἐστιν ἓν πάντα εἶναι.
It is wise for those listening to agree not with myself but with the ΛΟΓΟΣ: all things are one.
>ἓν τὸ σοφόν, ἐπίστασθαι γνώμην, ὁτέη ἐκυβέρνησε πάντα διὰ πάντων.
One thing is wise: to understand the plan - how everything is steered through all things
>συνάψιες ὅλα καὶ οὐχ ὅλα, συμφερόμενον καὶ διαφερόμενον, συνᾷδον διᾷδον, καὶ ἐκ πάντων ἓν καὶ ἐξ ἑνὸς πάντα.
Conjoinings: whole and not whole, borne together and torn apart, accordant discordant, and one from and all from one.
There is also Aristotle's account of Cratylus in Metaphysics Γ (1010a12–15) where he mentions that Cratylus "reproached Heraclitus for saying that it is not possible to step twice into the same river—for he himself thought that this was not possible even once" which supports the idea that Heraclitus believed in flux to an extent but not to an extreme end as Cratylus did.
Further, the emphasis on change in the fragments purports a more balanced framework than chaotic, such as B90
>πυρός τε ἀνταμοιβὴ τὰ πάντα [. . .] καὶ πῦρ ἁπάντων ὅκωσπερ χρυσοῦ χρήματα καὶ χρημάτων χρυσός.
Both all things are an exchange for fire... and fire for all things, just as goods for gold and gold for goods.
And fragments emphasizing the UNITY of opposites such as B67 and B51
>ὁ θεὸς ἡμέρη εὐφρόνη, χειμὼν θέρος, πόλεμος εἰρήνη, κόρος λιμός· ἀλλοιοῦται δὲ ὅκωσπερ <πῦρ>, ὁκόταν συμμιγῇ θυώμασιν, ὀνομάζεται καθ’ ἡδονὴν ἑκάστου
God: day night, cold hot, war peace, satiety hunger - he/it differentiates just as <fire>, whenever it mixes with spices, it is named according to the pleasure of each (person)

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anyone who takes the hellenic philosopher-poet literally is retarded

>>24634896
I really liked almost a miracle as somebody who knows nothing about the US. Are his other books just as good?

>>24593197
What are some good histories of gender dynamics other than De Reincourt's "Woman And Power In History"? Or general histories of sex that aren't completely gross with the descriptions?

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>>24635914
>In this pioneering study of the ways in which the first settlers defined the power, prerogatives, and responsibilities of the sexes, one of our most incisive historians opens a window onto the world of Colonial America. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary documents, Mary Beth Norton tells the story of the Pinion clan, whose two-generation record of theft, adultery, and infanticide may have made them our first dysfunctional family. She reopens the case of Mistress Ann Hibbens, whose church excommunicated her for arguing that God had told husbands to listen to their wives. And here is the enigma of Thomas, or Thomasine Hall, who lived comfortably as both a man and a woman in 17th century Virginia. Wonderfully erudite and vastly readable, Founding Mothers & Fathers reveals both the philosophical assumptions and intimate domestic arrangements of our colonial ancestors in all their rigor, strangeness, and unruly passion.

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The Soong Dynasty by Sterling Seagrave

>Who were the Soongs? They were descendants of a Chinese runaway who grew up in America under the protection of the Methodist Church in the latter part of the nineteenth century and took the name of Charlie Soong. When Soong returned to China, he made a fortune printing and selling Western Bibles, and secretly backed the republican revolution of Sun Yat-sen against the Manchu dynasty.

>Of his six children, one daughter, Ching-ling, married Sun Yat-sen and later supported the Chinese Communists against the nationalist until her death in 1981. But all the other Soongs cast their lot with Chiang Kai-shek. One, May-ling married H.H. Kung, a lineal descendant of Confucius and the principal banker of nationalist China, and the eldest son, Harvard-educated T.V. Soong, became the economic wizard of Chiang's rise to power and at various times served Chiang as economic minister, foreign minister and premier. All of them, except Madame Sun Yat-sen, amassed enormous wealth while millions of Chinese starved or were killed in the long fight against Japan and the equally bitter struggle with Mao.

https://www.amazon.com/Soong-Dynasty-Sterling-Seagrave-ebook/dp/B01NCN6NWQ

>>24635909
>Are his other books just as good?
Yes. His military histories and biographies of George Washington and John Adams are quite good.