/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.14889527]

>Trying to get into Kant, buy used copy of Prolegomena
>Book is full of unbelievably shitty commentary and underlining
>Comments include "uhmmm... huh?" and "wow, bitter old man!"
>Giant dog ears throughout, with the final one being on the last page of the book with giant red text written on it: "THE END"
Who the fuck does this? I think I remember more of their shitty commentary than Kant.

[Anonymous No.14889537]

> >Book is full of unbelievably shitty commentary and underlining
> >Comments include "uhmmm... huh?" and "wow, bitter old man!"

Post some examples. Sounds hilarious.

[Anonymous No.14889556]

>>14889527
You get what you pay for.

[Anonymous No.14889575]

>>14889537
Here is some paraphrasing from memory, since I returned to the reseller on Amazon.
>draws circle around entire page, writes "dunno"
>underlines kant talking about appearances vs things in themself, writes "buddhism would disagree"
>one page is half written over with rambling about alcohol and what looks like song lyrics, with plenty of use of *hicup* as a retarded emote
>when kant was talking about the outer world of senses being in space, they write "what about smell?"

[Anonymous No.14889598]

>>14889575
>"what about smell?"
Kantfags btfo

[Anonymous No.14889602]

>>14889575
>>when kant was talking about the outer world of senses being in space, they write "what about smell?"
Holy shit Kant BTFO

[Anonymous No.14889666]

>>14889575
My sides

[Anonymous No.14889741]

>>14889575
Christ. What was the used "status" listed as? I only buy "Very Good" and up.

[Anonymous No.14889752]

>>14889575
>Kant forgot about smell
it's fucking over

[Anonymous No.14889763]

>>14889527
>Who the fuck does this?
Inconsiderate niggers without the decency to use a pencil at least. The Crayoned copy of Locke I got once is a prized possession, kek

[Anonymous No.14889775]

>>14889527
Forget their commentary man. That shouldn’t hold you back but one time I came across a copy of Tristram Shandy and some pages were literally swirled like a kid went through with a pencil. Honestly though my 200+ girlfriend freed my soul after that

[Anonymous No.14889783]

>>14889575
>what about smell?
I truly regret posting from a machine without my usual reaction images, but be assured, anon, that this post is worthy of the highest acclaim.

[Anonymous No.14889784]

>>14889775
But honestly though besides Mexican milkmaids the prolegomena is fucking worth it. Go on to Schopenhauer but read Pure reason and prolegomena a couple times.

[Anonymous No.14889785]

>>14889575
>what about smell
Kant will literally never recover

[Anonymous No.14889792]

>>14889575
>when kant was talking about the outer world of senses being in space, they write "what about smell?"

[Anonymous No.14890416]

>While most Western thinkers decoupled olfaction and taste from the intellect, this segregation is not universal. For example, Kant considered the pleasures of olfaction “fleeting and transitory,” unworthy of cultivation.

Was this Kant's blindspot? Did he have such disdain for the olfactory experience that he overlooked properly developing a metaphysics of smell?

[Anonymous No.14890620]

>>14889575
>based drunkard BTFOs kant by not taking baths
How will Kantians ever recover?

[Anonymous No.14891244]

>>14890416
>he literally could not imagine the smell
possibly the most autistic man to ever live lads

[Anonymous No.14891270]

>>14889575
im laughing so hard

[Anonymous No.14891369]

>>14889575

[Anonymous No.14891385]

>>14889575
Someone make an image of this for humor threads.

[Anonymous No.14891392]

inane commentary from used books is one of my favorite features from them. A copy of Merwin's translation of Gawain I have was obviously taught in some class to an lgbt advocate because whenever there's a hint of brotherly admiration they underline it, put a smiley, and write "gay!!!" also I read a copy of Sapiens from the library that someone had made just outright, incorrect "corrections" of British spellings and other miscomprehensions in pen, if you can imagine.

It's really terrifying seeing sometimes people put
?s around extremely basic vocabulary and I want to retroactively take whatever book it is out of their hands and tell them they weren't ready.

[Anonymous No.14891465]

>>14889575
>>when kant was talking about the outer world of senses being in space, they write "what about smell?"
Oh my fucking gosh, Kant.

[Anonymous No.14891474]

>>14889527
I love it.
>read library version of Hamsun's hunger
>read a several page frenetic maserpiece of prose detailing his hunger and increasing insanity, some of he wildest and most beautiful words I've ever read
>read commentary at end of passage written in the margin
>"He's real hungry, he should eat something"

[Anonymous No.14891475]

>>14889527
I got a used copy of Joyce's Dubliners years ago, was in great condition, nice hardcover, not a mark throughout. Until I got to "The Dead", and the quiet scene between the two of them after the party. Joyce briefly describes his sexual frustration and in the margins I see the first note of the book in pencil:

"YOU HORNY MOTHERFUCKER"

Absolutely based. They lifted their pencil only once the entire book and god damn did they knock it out of the park.

[Anonymous No.14891480]

>>14889575
>when kant was talking about the outer world of senses being in space, they write "what about smell?"

10/10.

[Anonymous No.14891485]

ITT Kant BTFO by a drunk retard

[Anonymous No.14891494]

>>14889527
Teaching Kant to the masses is a mistake. They will never appreciate it. Plebs should be limited to contemporary textbooks on critical thinking, ethics, etc.

[Anonymous No.14891513]

>>14889575
>when kant was talking about the outer world of senses being in space, they write "what about smell?"

[Anonymous No.14891518]

>>14891369
this refutes the kant

[Anonymous No.14891559]

I would bet everything I owned that a woman owned that book.

[Anonymous No.14891569]

>>14891559
no one would take you on that with 10000:1 odds

[Anonymous No.14891626]

>>14889527
That is why I like Hegel more

[Anonymous No.14891833]

>>14889575

[Anonymous No.14892343]

>>14889575
hahHAHAHAHAHA

[Anonymous No.14892377]

>>14889527
>>14889575
>>14891385