Have you ever stole book from one of these ?
>>25457110Due to shipping errors I wound up with some duplicate books (for free), no one I knew wanted them so I put them in one.
>>25457110I'll go years without returning them, but I always do eventuallyAlso a great way to get rid of books I don't really like anymore
>>25457110I would, but I've never seen anything worthwhile in the ones in my neighborhood.
>>25457110its not stealing if they're free. that said, there's never anything good. I've found two worthwhile books in them, which I did take. (Heidi, Aristotle's Rhetoric)
>>25457110They never have anything worth taking in them, but I'd never steal one, only do the trade, I won't break the trust of my community. Weirdly, people giving stuff away on the street outside their houses here seem to have better books than these trade boxes which mostly seem to have foidslop novels, celebrity biographies and self help books.>>25457126kek based
I’ve been reading about Orientalism recently and finished Gai Eaton’s Islam and the Destiny of Man. I really enjoyed his defense of the religious life and his ability to explain concepts like Tawhid to a Westerner who knows nothing about Islam. Are there any similar books you can recommend for beginners looking to steep themselves in this tradition without getting lost? I’ve heard Henry Corbin being thrown around but I think he would filter me at this stage.
>>25454562Every muslim I interacted with, either here or abroad, was a deviant ten times worse than the "unbelievers" they always refer to in their passages seething about Christians. Muslims are either sexual deviants in that they fuck trannies, spend their paycheck on whores or outright rape and harrass women at clubs. The drug abuse is extra funny because alcohol is haram but apparently smoking bags of weed you bought from another muslim is fine. Lastly, no matter where the muslim professes himself on the piety spectrum they will always have done something illegal. This ranges from rape to random violence to dealing drugs to human trafficking to blowing up airports.It's just so bizarre. Drop the book, it's obviously not making you a better person.
>>25455056>anecdotal evidence of guy who hangs around rapists, transexuals and junkiesok bud, does this mean hispanics should drop the bible because their crime stats tied to sexual immorality, intoxicants and violence make the muslilm world look like an utopia?
>>25455367those hispanics are never preaching and proselytizing their faith though, thug muslim and dawah bros are basically identical
>>25455367How many of them suicide bomb metros full of people, blow up airports, or mow down concertgoers with AK47’s (and trucks of peace)? Any day now right?Or is it an exclusive muslim thing?
>>25434873What is the point in any of this if you have not first read Nahj Al-Balagha which is the greatest book after the Quran, or Al-Sahiffa Al-Sajjadiyya Al-Kamilah which is the greatest after those, and Kitab Al-Tawhid by Sheikh Al-Saduq which is the greatest book on Tawhid? >Praise be to Allah. He is such that senses cannot perceive Him, place cannot contain Him, eyes cannot see Him and veils cannot cover Him. He proves His eternity by the coming into existence of His creation, and (also) by originating His creation (He proves) His existence, and by their (mutual) similarity He proves that there is nothing similar to Him. He is true in His promise. He is too high to be unjust to His creatures. He stands by equity among His creation and practices justice over them in His commands. He provides evidence through the creation of things of His being from ever, through their marks of incapability of His power, and through their powerlessness against death of His eternity. He is One, but not by counting. He is everlasting without any limit. He is existent without any support. Minds admit of Him without (any activity of the) senses. Things which can be seen stand witness to Him without confronting Him. Imagination cannot encompass Him. He manifests Himself to the imagination with his help for the imagination, and refuses to be imagined by the imagination. He has made imagination the arbiter (in this matter). He is not great in the sense that volume is vast and so His body is also great. Nor is He mighty in the sense that His limits should extend to the utmost and so His frame be extensive. But He is great in position and mighty in authority.He who assigns to Him (different) conditions does not believe in His Oneness, nor does he who likens Him grasp His reality. He who illustrates Him does not signify Him. He who points at Him and imagines Him does not mean Him. Everything that is known through itself has been created, and everything that exists by virtue of other things is the effect (of a cause). He works but not with the help of instruments. He fixes measures but not with the activity of thinking. He is rich but not by acquisition.Times do not keep company with Him, and implements do not help Him. His Being precedes times. His Existence precedes non-existence and His eternity precedes beginning. By His creating the senses it is known that He has no senses. By the contraries in various matters it is known that He has no contrary, and by the similarity between things it is known that there is nothing similar to Him. He has made light the contrary of darkness, brightness that of gloom, dryness that of moisture and heat that of cold.He produces affection among inimical things. He fuses together diverse things, brings near remote things and separates things which are joined together. He is not confined by limits, nor counted by numbers. Material parts can surround things of their own kind, and organs can point out things similar to themselves
I would be ashamed to own this bookis it about what I think it is about?
>>25455107Not only I own a copy but also read it in public transport while going to college. It's the best novel of all time
>>25455107Its a masterpiece
>>25455107>See this at local bookstore>Consider getting it but fear judgement from the cashier>Change my mind a week later and come back>It’s gone>Order a new copy online and it arrives damagedI regret letting my shame control me
>>25455107its about jewish mind games, like all of nabbys works. he gets you in the door with cunny and hits you with never ending digressions and passive aggressive kvetching
All previous comments are right. This is the best thread I’ve had the pleasure of reading.Personally, the book didn’t impact me much, maybe because I’m not into women who I cannot have a conversation with, but it’s well written.
goddamn whore
>>25457714Yeah pretty much
>some of the greatest writers in history have produced absolutely ruthless and scathing portrayals of womenMakes you think, doesn't it?
>oh look this thread again
>>25457738It does.
"To the friends of the good life or to the aristocratic NEETs:Confreres, just the other day I was practicing the fine art of masturbation when I realized the primary vicissitude of our lives. And it is about this that I would like to converse today! In many of my epopees between the bed and my computer chair, numerous reflections took my being by assault. Our free consciousness, sexual vigor, and sovereignty of spirit place us at the very top, for we are the elite of the elite of contemporary thinkers! We carry within our lived experience the philosophical, cultural, and scientific vanguard. I am rambling already; I set out to discourse upon the epiphany that occurred to me during"
>>25457761Nothing counts until you publish. You can ask a bunch of defeated, ugly freaks for validation, but before you publish, you're as much of a writer and intellectual as the nearest supermarket cashier.
>If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped” book.
>>25455020Copyright used to be for 17 years. Now, thanks to Disney's lawyers, it's the life of the author plus 70 years. I choose not to accept this regulatory capture, and so I protest by downloading.
>>25455077copyright normalized the writing and reading of pornography with the jews refusing to print books without an obligatory sex scene, whereas, the copyright law appears to make dirty harry is ineligible for copyright due to the obscene tiddies on screen
>>25452368I've found them at thrift stores before. I also find hardcovers with the prices clipped off the dustjackets, but I'm not sure that's the same category as stripped books
>>25452282If it was stolen then why would the person who stole it strip it in accordance with this warning?
>>25454131UNDERRATED
Never read any Stephen King. What's the one book of his I should read?
>>25451684My favorite is night shift, i found it to be the most solid collection, skeleton crew was also really good, nightmare and dreamscapes was the more inconsistent, some stories were really boring
I like Pet Sematary because it's probably his creepiest work.I also like IT because it's a 1100 page cocaine fueled masterpiece of batshit insanity.He tries to EXPLAIN all the insanity, too. Hilarious and awesome.
>>25456715>some stories were really boringYou’re crazy. The only one I found boring was Dolan’s Cadillac and apparently most people think it’s one of his better novellas
>>25451402Misery The Stand Delores Claiborne
I am personally a big fan of Night ShiftIt's a good mix of short stories and I think a decent choice if you want to test the water with King. Some of my personal favorites are:The Lawnmower ManGrey MatterStrawberry SpringGraveyard ShiftThe Ledge
Is "dark romance" a real literature genre?
>>25457666statutory noncon
>women are allowed to have perverse fantasies involving rape and underage characters>men are sick pedophiles if they like loliWhy this
>>25457694both should be hanged
>>25457700liking lolis is natural, foids who likes underage men are sick perverts because young boys can't satisfy them with their little weenies
>>25457644>Oxana RiveraHoo wee that sounds like a spicy one
I don't get why people like it. I didn't get the very ending and it almost feela like AI slop. Did you find it interesting ?
>>25456240!!
>>25455748>feela like AI slop
>AI slop
>>25455748>it almost feela like AI slopThis is a generic criticism now
>>25457349>now
*Cures your depression*
>>25457569Yeah I don't disagree. You need to understand your own depravity to understand the miracle of Grace, but any spiritual understanding carries a risk of vanity and pride.
>>25457574that doesnt mean anything you fucking midwit
>>25456868I feel like I do a good job of trying to put others before myself, and it has largely led to a self-image of patheticness. I am obviously doing something wrong. Something feels broken inside of me.
>>25457607>putting others before myselfYou're approaching it from the perspective of wanting to be a good person, e.g. instrumentalising it for your own benefit. It's not about you. It's about love.
>>25457630I don't really think I am, and I don't appreciate unfounded accusations of insincere motivation.
yo, i am finally visiting my parents homeland, and have brought various /lit/ with me in this image. i plan to leave all books not with a purple dot here with family or a library/bookshop.i was embarrassed when I went to a book far here and found that the only two translated philosophy books were the communist manifesto and the social contract, so me brining the later was completely pointless. pls rec any books i should bring and leave on later trips, but nothing that would get me arrested or tailed at the dubai, adis abbaba airports (its why i left sorel and adorno at home)
>>25452859Why not stay there, yourself? You could open a book shop and elevate your own people.
>>25456821i got shit to do in europe, mainly learn economics, then im heading back here permanently. think ill try making school of western philosophy + islam, but i will be buried here no doubt about it
>>25457021>think ill try making school of western philosophy + islamBruh Islam has turned your ethnic homeland into rubble, half of it (Somalia) was occupied by Al Shabaab jihadists at one point. When do you guys admit the religion might be the source of the problem
>>25457162All supported by the west while muslims fought against it. Either you are purposefully evil, or genuinely a midwit.
>>25452859Have some shame anon. God has blessed with a unique home and you end bringing western NEET slop. Also all english and no Arabic might be the worst crime.
Picrel is better then Thus Spoke Zarathustra
>>25457599I'm currently reading two :^)
>Up-his-own-ass eternal shutin>Gives up his loser virginity to a filthy Parisian whore once>Gets syphilis >Goes insane >DiesMaybe you could eventually stop being a cringe incel wimp if you stopped idolizing fucking LOSERS?
Why is this thread filled with last men?
>>25457578Pretty much but comparing Beyond Good And Evil to Thus Spake Zarathustra is apples and oranges in a literary sense.
>>25457664I can concur.
Three Way Domain Expansion: Infinite Stall.
>>25453804The second that>I have this weird story in me and I need to get it outbecomes>I need to make stories for my jobthen the thread is lost.Never write for anyone but yourself.
>>25456909unironically. the same doomscroll behaviour infecting all of us infects them, too, and this is the result.
>>25454704Well at least he got his big CIA book out. Funny how he got sick while working on that one...
>>25453804Martin is the reason I no longer read unfinished series.>new fantasy book announced>oh cool>Book 1 of>into the trash it goes
>>25454704Bill has an excuse, and I'm pretty sure he's pumped out more words than any of the aforementioned big fat fantasy writers.
One of the worst books I have ever read
I've started a few times but I could never get very far due to boredom.
>>25457693I have a non-DNF policy and I regret slogging through it for 2 months. non fiction books are not meant to be overwritten flowery pieces of garbage
>>25457690Finishing a bad book is essentially the same as letting another man (the author) fill in your brain with his seed (his thoughts), while you hate the experience and pay him for it (if you bought the book).
I never read books with such artstyle. This is literally screaming: I am normalfag slop book.
>video or article on how to read better, deeper, more analytically, more critically>it's just AdlerIs this a case where someone (Adler) just figured it out and now the problem is solved?
>>25457563Get into the Trivium and "critical thinking", that's what higher level literacy is all about.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOcy6RHw7A8***the Trivium***https://archive.org/details/the-trivium-the-liberal-arts-of-logic-grammar-and-rhetoric-sister-miriam-joseph***critical thinking***https://annas-archive.gl/md5/e484cec0f288c6e9ee68176e11f77ef9***logic***Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>25457563>>25457620Also, unironically study Euclid.https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/538025407/#538039194https://warosu.org/lit/thread/25445011#p25446367
>>25457563I can recommend something, but you won't be able to read it deeply enough.
>>25457620I've heard of the Trivium. I'll look into this, thanks anon.>>25457639Euclid is unironically one of my favorites. It's probably the single most influential book to my critical thinking ability.
