/lit/ - Literature

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Marx
Hegel
Jung
Laozi
Matt Christman (of Chapo, check out his vlog its good shit)

>>21476735
>hermes trismegistus
based

>>20937889
Start with Harry Potter.
End with In Search of Lost Time.

>>20772808
You were mastering a game you yourself created, but not even you could understand.

>>20723441
> Therefore
> Hereinafter
> We shall commence
> Thusly
> Atop thyself
> Everywither
> Fuck you obey the law
> Ab ovo
> Ad-lib
> Opaque
> Tête-à-Tête
> At your service

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Samefag

>>20193015
>tfw identify with the Schwarzgerät

Why yes, I listen to audiobooks while I play video games, how could you tell?

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If the collection is short enough, I read it in a day, but I also take note of my favorite poems from the collection, add the entire thing as one of my favorite quotes on goodreads, and reread my favorites on a semi-regular basis.

>Without God, everything is permitted
This should be amended to
>Without God, everything is permitted for the rich and powerful
For normie/poorfag atheists, the reason to not molest children is because, given that you believe this is the only life there is, you don't want to be spending multiple decades in prison and instead maximize the quality of your life as much as possible.
But, if you're rich and powerful, there's a pretty good chance you can molest as many children as you want (Michael Jackson, Epstein Island, etc.) and get away with it. And if there's no God, and no consequences from other humans, there's no reason not to do it.

>>18873644
inflammable

>it's too distracting to focus on music lyrics and written words at the same time
Are brainlets truly this incapable of multitasking?

>>17972624
I only read the introductions if it's a book from Asia, the Middle East, or Africa because I'm already deeply familiar with the culture and historical context of the United States, Europe, and Central/South America.

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>>17065144
>actually, it was condemning prostitution, not homosexuality specifically

>>16893161
a variety of anonymous ancient Hebrews plus some anonymous followers of Christ, all of whom were inspired divinely, contributed to the written text of the bible

>>16877995
>take test
>write down all the word I don't recognize
>get whatever results
>look up what the words were
>take test again
>omg I'm a genius

>>16601187
It is proof that human beings are enlightened by God with immaterial souls that we can find meaning beyond reproduction, whether that be homosexuals, transgenders, asexuals, celibates, or failed heterosexuals. We are more than just biological evolution. Everyone ITT will rage at this post because it was both pro God and pro gay, but it's 100% true.

>>16522354
I think about this a lot but I'm not sure that the "mob" understands what it is they're listening to as "good music." Rather, the financial interests of record companies and producers have influenced what the masses hear and most people don't care enough about music or art to look any deeper into more obscure music. Some of which is objectively better than a mainstream Pop act.

I hesitate to expand much more because this isn't /mu/. But it can probably tie into, perhaps, the current state of literature or poetry as well. In short, people don't know how good they could have it (music (art)) because they simply do not care.

The only solution is to develop a world canon, including massive research efforts to track down and transcribe the oral traditions of various African and Native American cultures, and to teach our children multiple languages starting in kindergarten, everything from dead languages like Latin to languages such as Swahili and Kikuyu.

>>15021007
H.P. Lovecraft and Toni Morrison are equally deserving of being in the western canon.

Money and technical hurdles are what limit the ability of a creator to use a medium.
>>14907600 would be true if this were not the case. Currently however I think the opposite order is the correct order.

The true based opinion is that twitter and awards shows should simply end, period.

With twitter, nuanced conversation of complex topics cannot take place in 140 characters per post and only invites "gotcha" moments like this one.

Instead of awards shows, we should instead look at what reviews from critics actually say about movies, and look at things like individual critics' top ten lists and things like the Sight & Sound Poll, which are formed after significant time has passed.

A good chunk of film critics will praise films from Spike Lee, Ousmane Sembene, Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu, Abbas Kiarostami, etc., etc. Many critics will have had The Farewell and Dolemite is My Name on their top 10 of 2019 lists. Whether or not Do the Right Thing is #76 and Eraserhead is #75 on a top 100 best movies of all time list is useless, what matters is what movies make the cut.

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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

America: The Farewell Tour p- Chris Hedges

The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick

Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein

A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

>>14343736
War is always morally wrong. We don't send soldiers to prison upon returning home from a war because it makes no sense and does not produce the greatest good. The only solution is to create the conditions which prevent war from happening in the first place.

Abortion is always morally wrong, but you are not going to like the solution because it is similar to how we should treat war. It makes little sense to send women who have abortions to jail. Like war, we must create the conditions under which there is no motive to have an abortion. This means birth control, promotion of anal and oral intercourse over vaginal intercourse, and embracing feminist goals such as reducing/eliminating the gender wage gap, making it easier for pregnant women/single mothers to get into college and get their degrees, etc.