/lit/ - Literature

>>10127747
Really liked it. Even from a brief conversation, I could already get a feel for the characters. I'd actually like to read more.

>>10127771
>>10127784
The whole scene does read of naive and carefree behavior, somewhat a little annoying, kind of like a wedding scene in a chick movie. I'm not sure if that was what you're going for. I would cut down on the shorthand words like 'em. Also I would reconsider making direct references to actual things like Gmail or Facebook.

Here's my short story excerpt
https://pastebin.com/eQcHXEyp

>>8829591
>suicide is bad

I've had this copy and pasted to a text file for future use (when I start getting into philosophy). Would you guys agree with this person? Should Kant be read later on?

"It's no OP's fault. If people are telling him to read these books, then the problem is with them, not with him. The correct approach to philosophy as advocated my most importat universities and professors, is to read INTRODUCTORY BOOKS FIRST.

These books, OP, you are going to understand:

Philosophy: the basics, by Nigel Warburton (general intro)
Justice, by Michael Sandel (on ethics)
Mind: a brief introduction, by John Searle (on the philosophy of mind)
And read a book on critical thinking, which is totally essential, such as Weston's A Rulebook for Arguments.

Also, a great resource is Warburton's podcast Philosophy Bites, full of interviews with philosophers about hundreds of subjects.

By the way, when you decide to read a classic, do use some sort of guide or companion, so that it will be easier for you to understand.


ABOVE ALL, ignore these people on /lit/ who tell you to start by reading Marx and Kant, for Marx and Kant were intellectuals writing for intellectuals, and you are not yet one. You are a beginner, and you should read books written for beginners. And let me tell you: most people who read Marx, Kant, Hegel (and all people who read Deleuze, Derrida, Lacan) do so only to feel superior, and wouldn't be able to have a single proper, honest discussion about their wors, so you shouldn't feel any envy towards them."