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Truth be told, "dumb of ass" anon was none other than myself being a bit more blunt than usual about my lack of knowledge outside of a very specific domain. I know, shock and appall at this surprising and dramatic revelation, which isn't surprising or dramatic at all. I've definitely got that spark in my eyes—if I didn't then by now I've smashed wood and rocks together until I ignited it myself—but my brain's wired in a way that makes it a bit of an uphill battle, I suppose. In other words, I'm waging war against my nature as a dumbass. The good fight. There's a reason the sects now known as Gnosticism believed that the climb into the World of Ideas was so arduous. But, this isn't my blog so I'll refrain from turning it into more of a blog post.

I've compiled myself a reading list based on what I've seen you mention, going through archived threads while sick. Any additions you'd recommend?
>Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
>Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
>Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
>Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (Jorge Luis Borges)
>An Examination of The Work of Herbert Quain (Jorge Luis Borges)
>The Library of Babel (Jorge Luis Borges)
>Death and the Compass (Jorge Luis Borges)
>The Golden Bough (James George Frazer)
>Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
>Philosophical Investigations (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
>The World as Will and Representation (Arthur Schopenhauer)

Thanks for the reminder earlier to read your Borges, by the way. My copy of Ficciones arrived today and it's a bit more difficult than it normally would be since I managed to catch yet another cold, but that's life.