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>>16233991Just read an opinion piece in a (non-anglo) paper which argued that Hegel actually isn't as difficult to read as people think.
>>15429179>Authors that are not overrated: me
>>15158513/lit/ is no longer a christian board.
Hey /lit/, I'm fairly new to literature and philosophy I'm wondering where should I start? How much do I have to read until I consider myself to be "well read?" Is there a specific line of books I should follow?
>>14576684>>14576656How complex can James Joyce really be?Also 2nd question that will be ignored by the those who answer the 1stDoes he offer any good ideas or philosophy, or is it just difficult English nonfiction for the sake of being difficult English nonfiction?
August Strindberg - The Red Room
>>13266588daily reminder that both novels are good in their own right and the only people who talk down on them are young people who still believe that being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian is equivalent to having a real personality or real opinions
>>13007019>Don't call them the r-word,Ohhh man I want to break my femur off in your ass so badly niggerrrrr.
>>12843226>The left more strongly identify with the idea of the intellectual.>footnote: the further left of moderate left you go, the dumber you get
>>12803499Good choice.
Have fun understanding Neon Genesis Evangelion without Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, and Hegel faggot.
>mfw I regularly lurk this general on /lit/I have been reading ubik lately its my first dick apart from when I read androids as a teen and didn't really get it