A continuation in my attempts to rationalize an experience occuring May, 2022, and to move toward a broadscale synthesis of material science and metaphysical symbolism.The following is the result of the past years work. I hope you enoy it ;)https://youtu.be/r_Avip0eA9M
>>24006003How does this apply to wageslaves like me.i just want to fucking die
>>24006003kys
>>24006023fpbp
>>24006003>elohim isalright, barely a minute in and you are already quite wrongthe elohim were multiple actual beings of whom yhwh was merely one, the chief among them was referred to as Elyongoing by the bible accounts they are quite distinct although possessing similar rank and in competition with one another for territory.Bible translators/mistranslators of the OT have a lot to answer for in creating the current mess not sure whether I can take your other analysis seriously
All of these are objectively preferrable to the current state of western civilization.
>>24005964my diary, desu
>>24003796>the things it depicts are so comically evil and bad it's stunning to me that it was taken seriously for so long. It's such a forced and ridiculous caricature.Now that you mention it, I wonder if a more measured and less cartoon-evil version of 1984 wouldn't have carried more weight.
You’re a failure and nobody and so everything else seems more preferable
>>24003795They were supposed to be instruction manuals.
>>24003795out of all of these Brave New World was the most accurate.
>Theoretically speaking, if a robot approached (consentfully) and asked
>>24005709Huhh?
How do the authors account for the US engaging in a variety of its own psychological operations throughout the Cold War? Are they saying that the US incorporates these things into its offensive strategy but not into its defensive strategies? It seems to me that the various declassified CIA programs from the 60s show the US was very aware of psychological warfare.
Books that go into depth about the influence of Neo-Platonism on Christianity and Islam?
>>24007529I don't know (nor care) about Christianity but to understand its influence on Islam you have to mainly look at the Islamic philosophical tradition (particularly the illuminationist school) and also philosophical Sufism. You can start with this article:https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/arabic-islamic-mysticism/If you want to dig deeper, I recommend The History of Islamic Philosophy by Henry Corbin. If you want to dig even deeper, I recommend En Islam iranien by Corbin (4 volumes in French).
>>24007539Isn't Christianity much more embedded with Neo-Platonism? Whereas with Orthodox Sunni Islam it got stamped out by Ghazali
>>24007623>Whereas with Orthodox Sunni Islam it got stamped out by GhazaliThat's a refuted thesis in contemporary Western scholarship of Islam. Islamic philosophy (neoplatonic, peripatetic, as well as other schools) continued through the postclassical period all the way to modern times. If you take a look at those articles/books I recommended this becomes obvious
>>24007623>Isn't Christianity much more embedded with Neo-Platonism?not really
Is Blood Meridian worth reading in 2024?
>>24006925You never know
>>24006132>>24006916It's rooted in Milton and Blake, you knobs.
>>24005118the book is "civilization bad" and we keep getting increasingly "civilized" so it only becomes more relevant as time passes
No. The prose style gets tiring after the first chapter- I legitimately thought it was a gimmick to get me invested in the book, I was shocked to see that it went on as that- the story was predictable, not in that you can see where the story is going, but you know what to except out of every chapter, some violence, some superficial moment of retrospection, some wise man making light of that... It's banal
>>24007062McCarthy wasn't retarded enough to fall for the Milton bullshit interpretations
>>24005626I googled the name of those collections and got this. If his name isn't Feet Samuels as it says there then I've hit a wall.
>>24005644>T>>24005659>James Thurber>>24005663>If I am right about James Thurber....Lochinvar?Correct. L. & this girl are in love but her parents arrange for her to marry someone else. He turns up at the wedding ceremony, dances with her, and STEALS HER. Well done Lochinvar.The bride kiss’d the goblet: the knight took it up,He quaff’d off the wine, and he threw down the cup.She look’d down to blush, and she look’d up to sigh,With a smile on her lips and a tear in her eye.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24005668>Feet SamuelsCorrect. He’s the main character in ‘A Very Honourable Guy’ from the collection ‘Furthermore’:—He is a big heavy guy with several chins and very funny feet, which is why he is called Feet. These feet are extra large feet, even for a big guy, and Dave the Dude says Feet wears violin-cases for shoes. Of course this is not true, because Feet cannot get either of his feet in a violin-case, unless it is a case for a very large violin, such as a ’cello.The drawing depicts the feet faithfully:—I must tell you more about Feet’s feet, because they are very remarkable feet indeed. They go off at different directions under him, very sharp, so if you see Feet standing on a corner it is very difficult to tell which way he is going, because one foot will be headed one way, and the other foot the other way. In fact, guys around Mindy’s restaurant often make bets on the proposition as to which way Feet is headed when he is standing still.OK, that's the lot I think. This is the second quiz to be finished (the first was Starring Santa in December 2022).
>>24005708Hell yeah!
>>23989869Thanks for the thread.
any good novels that encapsulate the north eastern, old money, elitist/arrogant, old stock Anglo-Saxon Ivy League law school graduate?
>>24003229> The best you can do is inculcate young elites with a sense of noblesse oblige and hope they don't get too out of touch.the current american elite system is extremely poor at achieving either of those outcomes
Its amazing how op asked a good question and theres barely any real direct answers itt
>>24005590I recall finding an anon in the archives discussing at great length a few novels on this topic.I wouldn't know how to find his posts again I think it was coincidental that I stumbled across themmodern /lit/ seems different, may be the bots
>>24002903That's very anti-semitic
>>24002769Robert Cohn from the Sun Also Rises
i need vampireslop
Anne Rice vampireslop has lolis in it, I hear. That could be sexy.
>>24007479start wearing black nailpolish and see if she calls you a fag or if she starts sucking your Pennsylvania.
>>24007479being dangerous and having power is an appeal to women.forbidden romance/taboo also fill the desires of men and you know it. Women want to surrender to charismatic Men with broad shoulders and strong jaw. And often times vampires in modern medi has been portrayed by guys like this like Damon Salvatore.
>>24007299Seconded.
>>24007479Mysterious, pale, thick hair, autistic, wearing black, sucking blood from neck (woman love neck sucking I dont know why, a single kiss to neck literally makes them wiggle). Bonus point if you lived in big house, isolated, and rich. I mean that's all the thing that vampire have.
>did you ever talk to Rayray?? Cuz he supposed to be your agent an you ain’t got hold of his ass yet? Nah I know you didn’t cuz you still ain’t finished wit dat Great American Novel you say you always on the phone with. How many words you wrote today? you lyin! I know your lazy ass ain’t write no goddam 2,000 words today. Don’t you play wit me, I ain’t your dick, you broke-ass Bygmester Finnegan lookin ass nigga. Shit. I bet you didn’t even read no 2,000 words except on dat frog app.
>>24003421Now do a Southeast Asian version
>>24003421What do girls like this smell like
>>24005467Weed and unwashed pussy
>>24003421damn shawty got me crazy
>>24003421>Finnegans Wake mentioned10/10
Post 'em>Sebald-tier
My First Brat
pic related has a decent account of how and why identity politics became so pervasive over the past decade or so. He's quite critical of it and writes from a left of center, liberal position. It's quite refreshing to read a critical account of this stuff from a liberal author and it seems to be somewhat of a trend ("Woke" lost the election for us" isn't an uncommon sentiment at the moment with dems). They've either seen the error of their ways or feel less threatened by the cancel/pile-on culture that has gone some way towards ruining contemporary western political discourse over the last few years.fingers crossed we're healing.
>>24005884qrd?
>>24005884my diary desu
Is it true that Alain Corbin is unrefuted?
>>24006915>>40k wordsNo way it's that short
The drop in collective IQ from 2014 to 2024 on /lit/ is staggering
>>24003044I need to smell her armpits and write a poem about it.
>>24007463Why does it need a point? It's a fucking literature thesis.
>>24007463to get a PhD. don't you think by now they have written on every subject? we are scraping the bottom of the barrel here trying to find something new to write about.
novels where the character has all dark triad personality traits? (besides American Psycho)
>>24004948
>>24005087The protagonist of Sult is the canonical sigma male
>>24004948120 days of sodom - D.A.F de Sade.
>>24004948literally me :^)
>>24004948Absalom, Absalom!
Reading books has made me realize that most people aren't really interested in ideas and aren't qualified to debate them. It is impossible not to come out with this impression after witnessing how writers and philosophers discuss ideas in a courteous and polite environment of mutual respect for fellow truth-seekers who sometimes err but are ultimately committed to the same goal. By contrast public debates are marked with misapprehensions, misrepresentations of other people's thoughts, dancing around the subject, irrelevant throw-ins about the author's life etc. I think I'm done with listening to people argue about different subjects and from now on I will focus solely on books
>>24004861>provide no information>claim other persons advice is bad because they know nothing about them and it is unapplicable >not even a "I did that" rebuttal, just recoils at the suggestion Fag. Back to /adv/ with you.
>>24005036Man people take shit too personally here. I already did that stuff he said
>>24004796In other words, read The Myth of Normal for starters.
>>24004558>engage with them on meaningful levels beyond podcasts that makes good party talkLookIf you engage with peopleAnd they fuck up by directly quotingYou are not engaging with people. You are merely observing the parlor trick of small talkThat means you are fundamentally NOT breaking the ice, and having a actual conversation.This means its either a skill issue, or you are nodding along allowing them to make conversations into small talk.
>>24004506Like that Dante dueler
SHAKTI HAI BHAKTI HAIJANMO KI MUKTI HAIJEEWAN KA YEH SAMPURN SAAR HAI
>>24005965You should boast to some women about this. See if they give a shit.
What is the most vitalist shit you have ever read? I need some foundation less hope.
>>24004180Le Voyage des morts
>>24004180The Mugwump orgy chapter in Naked Lunch
>>24005873Holy based!
>>24004180Wind, Sand and Stars Conan
>>24004180Gargantua and Pantagruel
