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24876428Why should attaining 'truth' depend on reading and comprehending hundreds of pages of Hegel's e…[View]
24874576Is this the best Qur'an translation into English?[View]
24871744Turner Diaries: Should it be a banned book? I found it on a Canadian website, ironically enough, and…[View]
24869409Why does Chinese calligraphy trigger my autism so hard? I just think they're neat[View]
24870099>Harkonnens have been on Arrakis for 80 years >The best part of the desert they can think of t…[View]
24872141Are there any non-gay historical or philosophical writings on the aesthetic beauty of the male body?[View]
24870787Women are now referring to reading as a 'feminine hobby'.[View]
24873998This is an excellent exegesis on Hobbes, providing both critiques of where fatal gaps lie in Hobbes …[View]
24869531What do we think of Joyce Carol Oates' novels?[View]
24859567CIA Personality Test: Interested in seeing how posters on this board score in comparison to /x/, whe…[View]
24875546This guy used to be huge among the elite just a few years ago. Why did the tech oligarchs abandon hi…[View]
24875433nightmare blunt rotation[View]
24874167This book made me realize that suicide is the truly enlightened option.[View]
24875608What are some books with an immortal protagonist.[View]
24874465What are your favorite books or methods for how to read a book?[View]
24873805“Let's suppose that you were able every night to dream any dream that you wanted to dream. And …[View]
24873321Aaaaaand then there's me. Yeah. Kind of my whole thing in this whole situation is that I'm…[View]
24874674War against the Chtorr: Do they ever find out how to fight the worms in this or is it just more gay …[View]
24875548Books regarding European Aristocrats and their lifestyle.: I want books which describe how European …[View]
24875550Books for this feel?[View]
24872618I literally cannot stop buying second hand books. Somebody help, my shelves are overflowing and my b…[View]
24874755R8 my antique mall buys[View]
24865872Is it good?[View]
24867946Does anyone else cry for the fate of Hector?: Rereading Iliad and it hit me in the heart, that was a…[View]
24870471What texts have you memorized?[View]
24872052>praises Jesus >shits on Paul Was he just retarded? Did he even bother to read the Bible?…[View]
24855955What do they read in china?[View]
24864619QUIZ — SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES[View]
24861210Anti american sentiment: Books to help me cope with absolutely vile and vicious anti american sentim…[View]
24874517Should I design my own religion for my stories: Should I turn my religious beliefs into a more fanta…[View]
24872669Further reading to understand cultural mindsets? I downloaded Nisbetts 'Geography Of Thought' and He…[View]
24873007The first chapter filtered me. What do?[View]
24872254I don't see how one could logically justify consciousness within a materialist framework of rea…[View]
24871588I was looking up the term civilisation in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica and they clearly defined …[View]
24873169How would someone try to mediate the opinions of this book and what Stirner wrote on? >selfish ga…[View]
24874358Lots of laughs[View]
24870332What book convinced you of God's existence?[View]
24871271Posted this in another thread but thought I'd open it out to the rest of the board Christians, …[View]
24868461War Kino: What are some other must-read war memoirs?[View]
24873877>He suddenly fancied that her long black eyelashes were quivering, as though the lids were openin…[View]
24874656>non-dualism is there a more annoying or intellectually dishonest group of people in existence? i…[View]
24873333I'm new to learning Chinese and Chinese literature in general. What should I start reading to g…[View]
24871268would you rather be stuck on a lifeboat with a tiger, or with an indian man?[View]
24872196is it reddit?[View]
24867670Shit Nobody Cares About Enthusiast Thread /SNCAE/: This is a thread for books and topics that don’t …[View]
24866134>Have great idea for a book >Begin first draft, save it on google drive >Literally the week…[View]
24852301What does /lit/ generally think of books written by anons/namefags? Do they shill their own work her…[View]
24870238Was Milton the most beautiful writer?[View]
24871685Harry Potter: What is everyone's thoughts on the VA in the new versions? I just started it and …[View]
24872774Reading this: What am I thinking of it?[View]
24871225Where do I begin with Robert Harris? Is he a decent historical fiction novelist?[View]
24869053Pretty crazy that all three were alive and working at the same time. It's also pretty crazy tha…[View]
24873994Will reading this book help me become a successful businessman?[View]
24873763what are some actually good Banned Book's?: With The Creator of Hand-Joobs tales making a unbur…[View]
24873397Let's discuss... a book.[View]
24873563This is the most over rated franchise with the absolute worst fucking fan base I've ever seen a…[View]
24868797What does /lit/ think of the introduction to my manifesto. Also general thread for inceldom. simps a…[View]
24873902>itt: times you acted like Portnoys Complaint Bit my grandma on the boob when I was climbing her …[View]
24872732Númenor has fallen.[View]
24868631What am I in for?: Will this help me have empathy for women and then get a gf? I am lowk on my radfe…[View]
24869550Tao Te Ching Page 2: What does it mean?: Greetings, /lit/. For 2500 years, academics and spiritualis…[View]
24872701Why can't oriental authors write good horror?[View]
24870030The Philosophy of Loneliness by Lars Svendsen: Does anyone have a copy of this book? I couldn't…[View]
24870054>Cain is hyperreal.[View]
24870148is she /ourgirl/?[View]
24870345>Define trash[View]
24871366Does this happen iyc?: >be me >lurk around Jstor to find sources for my blog >see some pape…[View]
24869915>Brontë regularly associated dark skin and inflated features with her more morally problematic ch…[View]
24870781>hiding crumbling academic pursuits in science >neurotically pacing around the city instead of…[View]
24870578Books with ugly characters: I'm looking for books where the main character has to deal with the…[View]
24872350As a matter of fact, Nabokov himself points us toward a pluralistic sexual ethics in a comment that …[View]
24865991Increasing reading speed with practice?: I am a woefully slow reader. So slow that it takes much of …[View]
24860507>provides the most surface-level commentary on subjects he doesn't really seem to understand…[View]
24870610As a general rule I do not trust philosophers who use complicated and undefined terms in their work.…[View]
24872061The fourth wall, from a certain philosophical perspective, is impossible to avoid. This is because a…[View]
24872860herman meville: >write story about whalers >include racist stereotypes of minorities (pacific …[View]
24872012He's right you know[View]
24872045What does he read?[View]
24869113Write your thoughts: Chillin', killin' edition. The general in which we write our creative…[View]
24869610What can be done about the illiterate foid problem?[View]
24870395If we crush democracy and return to aristocarcy in west how should we train the new rulers?: Was Eur…[View]
24869476We have West Coast books, East Coast books, and Southern books, but are there any books set in the r…[View]
24871979Why is it that some authors plan and refuse to complete their books? I knew a friend of mine who was…[View]
24871589Books for the south Asia feel?[View]
24867040Why did protagonists stop aura farming?[View]
24872226What was the last good book you read and what was it about?[View]
24872227the sirens chapter is an unbearable gimmick, not 2deep4me, just pure shit >midwit: you dont get …[View]
24870399What does he read?[View]
24870243Worth a read?[View]
24872251What is the purpose of this writing style? neither pleasant to the ears nor memorable to the mind as…[View]
24868182Is it a coincidence that the rise of industrialism coaligned with the decline of literature?[View]
24870663For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon: With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourn…[View]
24869097Are writers born or made?: I think I can come up with some good ideas for novels but I suck at writi…[View]
24865623>honor the ballsack[View]
24871886Did Homer really mean allat?[View]
24866818AI Stealing Your IP: There’s no way AI is ever going to steal my published work or copyrighted mater…[View]
24865639Anti-technological polemic: I’ve come to see technology as an increasingly evil force in the world a…[View]
24872253Cultural fatigue: Can't stand language stemming from the right and left wing mediatic emanation…[View]
24861501>In 1963, Oppenheimer was asked by The Christian Century magazine what books shaped his “vocation…[View]
24871980Classic festive or seasonal literature: Anybody got recommendations for these types of books? A book…[View]
24867969When was the last time you studied a novel academically, /lit/?[View]
24865504Most people are unable to express complex ideas clearly: ...or form their thoughts into a coherent s…[View]
24867852/wng/ — Web Novel General: Best cover art edition Stubbed >>24860510 >What is /wng/ - Web N…[View]
24871828How true and relevant is Aristotle's Poetics? >Poetry is superior to history (history is abo…[View]
24871282why is there forces, particles. exclusion principle, half lifes & radiation? why do we have bone…[View]
24866620>You cannot be both a good parent and a good writer. Is it true that having children nukes any ch…[View]
24870852The Trivium: Your thoughts on the Trivium, vis-a-vis the expanded versions, the truncated reading-ri…[View]
24869516Is this actually true in the Greek? Or is it just Americans, who can't into grammar, calling a …[View]
24863905I have to date seen now proof that: A) There is a subconscious B) That it is persistent as opposed t…[View]
24868284ITT: Popular History: Post and discuss any history books that tell a compelling story.[View]
24869224>We all suffer from life. I have always been praised as a man specially favoured by fortune; and …[View]
24870239Sales advice for novice authors: Hi guys, i recently wrote a book and self published on amazon, im n…[View]
24869030I don't get it.[View]
24871468Hi /lit/. Does anyone here know if the hardcover omnibus version of War against the Chtorr books 1 a…[View]
24862922So, what is the value of being a good person?[View]
24860466Does /lit/ like contemporary poetry?[View]
24864357How do you get into Hegel?[View]
24870344Holy fuck.[View]
24865462>god exists because we have a word for that phenomenom >god is a worldwide phenomenom, due to …[View]
24869263which piece of literature can impose a similar feeling to bernhard works? Lack of clear paragraphs i…[View]
24869352Is this Joycean?[View]
24870078friendship in literature: one of the saddest things for me, when reading tolstoy, dostoevsky, flaube…[View]
24868110>finally get around to reading the James Bond novels >the copy of Casino Royale I bought is ce…[View]
24870550Alfred North Whitehead: Discuss. Critiques, thoughts, anything is welcome[View]
24868501What the actual fuck is the appeal of collapsing everything into just One thing? Why is Two so scary…[View]
24868354uncanny fiction: What is the best example of the uncanny in lit? Been looking for years and nothing …[View]
24868181Is 'To kill a mockingbird' worth it?: The premise of the usual 'single man against everyone's p…[View]
24860798books for my 12 yo daughter plz: she's already done with: harry potter artemis fowl narnia a se…[View]
24867845The Crying of Lot 49: I feel like I'm getting edged by this book. The slow buildup of suspense …[View]
24866976>Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we sh…[View]
24868296The 'recommended literature' link in the pinned sticky is down. Unfortunate, this was a great resour…[View]
24870293I am a mouse in a grassbole crouching. But I can hear come whicket and swish the clocklike blade of …[View]
24866281Is every character supposed to be weird and insufferable?[View]
24870258The Pilgrim's Progress: Why doesn't anyone write allegory kino anymore?[View]
24862102Where do i start with baudrillard? Do I need some knowledge on who he was influenced by or can just…[View]
24864919faggot[View]
24865824Which books should one consider reading if you want to have good vocabulary and sound like a proper …[View]
24865701Continental philosophy is literally for retards. Study analytic philosophy. It's scientific and…[View]
24863315How does someone get good at poetry as fas as possible? Ideally within 2 months or a year? >What …[View]
24867252Zen Death Poems Gesshu Soko >Inhale, exhale >Forward, back >Living, dying: >Arrows, l…[View]
24866771I'm not sure I understood the ending. Also what the fuck, I'm so disappointed the protagon…[View]
24868150Why don't guys like these read Hegel?[View]
24869532OOF, I have never seen /lit destroyed so hard. This boards failure to read anything from other count…[View]
24867802was it worth it?[View]
24868286>reading pic related >in the latter half of the book >”I myself am a Jewish atheist” Welp a…[View]
24869035>author implies life or existence is in any way good or even tolerable dropped.…[View]
24869342How is it even in literary communities both in real life and online, even here, I come across a vast…[View]
24864205In a moment of weakness, I found an AI 'smut' writing model that has no limits and doesn't requ…[View]
24869707Snowball > Sanders Napoleon > Trump[View]
24868688>'The First Man in Rome' >multiple men already there before MC arrives…[View]
24869344Which philosophers explore the following question:: How can I justify aiming for eliminating my own …[View]
24861925Great Genes: One of the many ways in which Tolstoy mogs Dostoevsky is the strength of his aristocrat…[View]
24824368Poetry general: Post your own work and critique others.[View]
24869130When you read a book, do you actively imagine the entire scene in your mind's eye with every wr…[View]
24857176Stack / recent purchases: Post your recent cops or anything else you're reading.[View]
24868661Do you like to read short stories?[View]
24868890What causes this psychology? Books on this?[View]
24868438Tolle lege! Tolle lege![View]
24859779PhD in Literature: Is it worth it in 2025?[View]
24869699They hated him because he told them the truth[View]
24866725Why did the Brits kill off the giants? They were hostile invaders, the giants were there first. How …[View]
24869486>just commit sedoku What did Camus mean by this, /lit/?[View]
24864359Is it underrated? Virgil borrowed so much from it and yet no one seems to talk about it[View]
24865150I'm 250 pages in. When does it get good?[View]
24867895HE'S LITERALLY ME.[View]
24869197How do I touch eternity with one hand and life with the other?: Since I was a kid I've been dec…[View]
24866241why do all these books have such soul-crushing gutpunch endings, jesus fucking christ[View]
24867646Can an improvised version of western medieval eduaction help the west to reclaim its glory?: I feel …[View]
24869167One thing that doesn't get talked a lot in this board is style. How did famous writers create a…[View]
24865791Why did this book cause so much seething: Is it a good book? I can't find a summary of the plot…[View]
24868047The Master And His Emissary: anybody here read this? about halfway through the book, really not sure…[View]
24869218I don't find it impressive to be a good writer if you were born rich. Anyone could do that[View]
24866655what are some essential readings in the philosophy of horror?[View]
24868323>and as we leave Donne and Walton on the shores of Metahemeralism, we wave a fond farewell to tho…[View]
24867922The Recognitions: >modern world produces fake art >modern people are fake and don't care …[View]
24868042how come i never see this guy getting posted anymore? what happened to this board?[View]
24864772Write Your Thoughts: prev: >>24858790[View]
24864114>paperback has a dust cover[View]
24869071I'm learning to write jokes. Pls rate. After a lifetime of being a loyal playstation consumer a…[View]
24868949>no kids >no one will continue his legacy its like he didn't read his own book geg…[View]
24867146>We don't know what's in Antarctica, there must be demons >We don't know what…[View]
24861951>Iliad and Odyssey >Aeneid >Theogony >Metamorphoses >Argonautica Is this enough to ge…[View]
24868954Can a group of fans and anti-fans together destroy an author's reputation, and if so, was the a…[View]
24865935What books have the bleakest theories on life and the universe. What are the theories?[View]
24865169>Peter Theil is a deep reader of Strauss, Schmitt and studied under Girard >Alex Karp earned a…[View]
24868620Which authors defined a generation?[View]
24868719Poe vs Schmidt: Is anon right? Poefags, I call upon you to defend your author. (It caused a huge chu…[View]
24863168Are you Hararipilled?: Or do you think his books are trash?[View]
24864304Infinite Jest: Other than these key scenes, what should I look out for? >Hal’s academic concern …[View]
24866846I still don't get what hoi polloi means, it just sounds like a pretentious term for saying LE S…[View]
248680331984: This book is outdated.[View]
24867395Books with this feel.[View]
24860165TOMORROW THE CHARACTER AND THEME REQUIREMENTS FOR NOVEMBER’S LWC WILL BE RELEASED! BELOW IS A GUIDE…[View]
24868378Hi /lit/. What are some books that dispel the myth that primitive hunter gatherer societies were ega…[View]
24867795Literary discussions aside, it's pretty clear some people here treat this as a 'fantasy place' …[View]
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