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[Anonymous No.20017862]

>the reader no doubt agrees that...

[Anonymous No.20017873]

>of course

[Anonymous No.20018110]

>The evidence will show

[Anonymous No.20018132]

>be that as it may

[Anonymous No.20019013]

bump

[Anonymous No.20019063]

>>20017862
>though this point is counterintuitive, the contrary is self-defeating

[Anonymouṡ No.20019064]

>>20017862

>it need hardly be said that —

[Anonymous No.20019078]

>>20017862
>to risk stating the obvious,

[Anonymouṡ No.20019119]

>>20017862

>as the perceptive reader will doubtless be aware...

[Anonymous No.20019129]

>>20017862
>therefore the reader is compelled to agree that

[Anonymous No.20019736]

>>20017862
>as i have proven elsewhere

[Anonymous No.20020012]

>To avoid beating off to a dead horse

[Anonymous No.20020643]

>after looking at the data, the experts have found

[Anonymous No.20020660]

>Perchance.

[Anonymous No.20020684]

>>20017862
>there is no need to expound on the fact that ...

[Anonymous No.20020705]

> It is self-evident that

[Anonymous No.20020711]

>The proof will be left as an exercise

[Anonymous No.20020755]

>>20020711
based mathchad

[Anonymous No.20020764]

>I could write volumes on the subject
>doesn’t

[Anonymous No.20020770]

>>20020711
I hate this so much when it's supposed to be an introduction book.

[Anonymous No.20020778]

> the body of evidence is too large to be included in this short paper.

[Anonymous No.20020783]

>>20020764
Alright this one did it, I'm dead

[Anonymous No.20020793]

>We can thus witness how

[Anonymous No.20020810]

>>20020764
not even doing it right and you're using the worst sleek n tears model

[Anonymous No.20020821]

>It begs the question..

[Anonymous No.20020925]

bump. need more.

[Anonymous No.20021090]

>As we have already established…

[Anonymous No.20021101]

>This page was intentionally left blank

[Anonymous No.20021109]

>As will soon be made apparent…

[Anonymous No.20021151]

>Let us not overlook the fact that…

[Anonymous No.20021183]

>It may be argued that…
>Though it appears to be a sound argument on the surface, further examination will reveal that…

[Anonymous No.20021211]

>This is the Book in which there is no doubt…

[Anonymous No.20021359]

>>20021211
>*doubts it*

[Anonymous No.20021407]

>>20017862
I was reading a book about Bach's life and his works, at many points in the book the author wrote:

>Now I shall suggest the reader to put the book down, and comfortably listen to Bach's BWV 501.

Or something along those lines. It's pretty elegant and I have never seen it in any other book before

[Anonymous No.20021477]

>We hope it may serve to give the reader some conception of this work before he reads it

[Anonymous No.20021652]

>>20021407
Which book or author? Sounds like a comfy experience and I would like to give it a try

[Anonymous No.20021760]

>>20021101
kek

[Anonymous No.20021764]

>>20021407
that is good, I like hand‐holdy books

[Anonymous No.20021993]

ebig thread bois

[Anonymous No.20022163]

>>20021407
Kino

[Anonymous No.20022246]

>Only a fucking retard would disagree with me

[Anonymous No.20022255]

>No one, I hope, believes that

[Anonymous No.20022265]

>Apropos of nothing

[Anonymous No.20022283]

MALEBRANCHE WHY YOU FUC

[Anonymous No.20022308]

>The book is demanding in places. You should definitely not take on too much at a time. I suggest the following seven-day program, if you’re up for it. Alternatively you could do the first n days for any n > 2. Day 4 can be skipped without loss of continuity. Otherwise each day depends on the ones before it.

[Anonymous No.20022347]

>The translations are my own.

[Anonymous No.20022383]

>Logically speaking,

[Anonymous No.20022499]

>>20022246
Kek

[Anonymous No.20022628]

>author starts speaking Latin for reasons inconceivable
>no translation in the footnotes

[Anonymous No.20022702]

>>20022628
Bacon ass nibba

[Anonymous No.20022877]

>>20017862
who is dis?

[Anonymous No.20022889]

>A cash prize of $1000 will be awarded to the first reader who can disprove this to my satisfaction

[Anonymous No.20023267]

>>20022889
Haha

[Anonymous No.20023348]

>>20021652
>>20021764
>>20022163

Evening in the Palace of Reason
by James Gaines

[Anonymous No.20023765]

>opens book
>see introduction
>Immediately skip to first Chapter
>never even acknowledge introduction even when re-reading book.

[Anonymous No.20023971]

>>20017862
>this issue is beyond the scope of our paper

[Anonymous No.20024233]

>>20021211
>>20021359
kek

[Anonymous No.20024289]

> Reflect for but a moment, and it becomes clear that...

[Anonymous No.20024414]

>Although this author has never expressed any views regarding the topic I am discussing, I can without a doubt infer from his body of work that his opinion on this matter must go as follows:

[Anonymous No.20024437]

>>20021101
>This book should not be simply read, but used as an exercise. Practice on this page, reflect on what you learned.

[Anonymous No.20024468]

>of course this is known to even the most simplistic reader

[Anonymous No.20024611]

>>20017862
>let us begin with the naïve objection

[Anonymous No.20026080]

>>20017862
>the answer to this most pertinent question shall be explored in my a coming work, found in all (honest) retailers for the reasonable price of $40.99. For now, I would suggest readers purchase...

[Anonymous No.20026188]

>Astute readers will notice

[Anonymous No.20026200]

>The reader may not currently understand the reason for this and perhaps never will.

[Anonymous No.20026352]

>The careful reader will notice that...
>I don't notice it

[Anonymous No.20026559]

>>20022628
Kek

[Anonymous No.20026689]

All of these really are extremely Chad, self-assured things to put in your book. How come nobody writes like this any more? This sort of thing seems to have died out around the 1970s.

[Anonymous No.20026760]

>>20026689
This is from 2017 lol

[Anonymous No.20026826]

>>20026352
>No doubt the reader has started formulating the objection that...
>I was looking up words every paragraph and struggling just to follow

[Anonymous No.20026872]

>>20026689
Every artist nowadays is either a self-deprecating, self-“aware” wimp or an egomaniac who thinks they’re great because they don’t actually know or care about the history of their art form and just like the status of an artist. We don’t have great artists anymore; the ones who put the work in all end up constantly apologizing through their work, begging the audience to know that they’re aware that they’re “standing on the shoulders of giants” and that nothing they can do will ever be better than the greats they were inspired by, and the ones who aren’t modest aren’t actually any good.
This is a problem in all art, but I see it the worst in modern cinema. Orson Welles wasn’t afraid to tell anybody he was great, because he was great, and he knew that because he was knowledgeable about all those who came before him, and knew where he stood after them. How did he get to stand there? By being great. By knowing that he could. How did he know that he could? Because he knew that he knew what he was doing, and before he knew what he was doing, he believed that he had the capability to know, and he did what he could to get to that point. He wasn’t an egomaniac and he wasn’t self-aware, he was confident, he didn’t think, he knew.
My only hope is to see a new generation of artists with this attitude, artists who believe in themselves and know the history but aren’t trapped underneath it or don’t want to simply destroy it. A generation of orson Welles who are so assured in their every move that they don’t need to worry about what other people think of them. Artists who know they’re great, because they are great.

[Anonymous No.20026875]

>First, anyone can see that...
fuck dude why are you gonna do me like that

[Anonymous No.20026888]

>>20026760
>By the time you finish this book, you'll see that it actually makes no sense.

[Anonymous No.20026914]

>I have already defined [thing you need to know] in other works….

[Anonymous No.20027771]

>Reply to this post or your mother will die in her sleep tonight.

[Anonymous No.20027808]

>>20026760
I think he's right

[Anonymous No.20027814]

>>20017862

[Anonymous No.20027820]

>in fact of course

[Anonymous No.20027833]

>>20027820
WTF, that first paragraph is properly set aside by line breaks. That's introductory information, not part of the story proper.

[Anonymous No.20027848]

>>20027814
>retarded professor cannot grasp the Kantian ethics of Mario

[Anonymouṡ No.20028118]

>>20017862

>it would be a brave man indeed who would argue with the assertion that —

[Anonymous No.20028267]

>>20020711
>back of the book only has the answer to a third of the exercises
>6th edition which changed barely anything but the writer wants more money
>$150
I hate most math textbooks so much it's unreal

[Anonymous No.20028807]

>>20027820
beautiful piece

[Anonymous No.20028913]

>It would be inconceivable that any reader, except those most naive and destitute of well founded sense and reason, would hesitate to immediately agree with the following proposition

[Anonymous No.20029228]

>>20027808
Yes he is, the book made me less hateful of others desu

[Anonymous No.20029245]

>>20029228
It cuts both ways, if you accept this then you can no longer throw away bad traits of a group as "just a cultural situation that they can shake off".

[Anonymous No.20029757]

>>20027771
Reply

[Anonymous No.20029812]

>author refers to himself as "I" instead of "We"
>author refers to the reader as "You" instead of "the reader"

[Anonymous No.20029818]

>>20017862
>It is self-evident that...

[Anonymous No.20029820]

>by extension,
>by virtue of the fact that...

[Anonymous No.20029830]

>[Here the manuscript breaks off.]

[Anonymous No.20029872]

>>20029830
best one yet

[Anonymous No.20029909]

>I consider my statement to be self evident
>>20019119
Kek, this is one of the best
>>20027771
Fuck off

[Anonymous No.20029914]

>QED

[Anonymous No.20029958]

>>20022628
>introduction to a Latin translation
>entire paragraphs in German and Attic Greek

I do like how older books sometimes include lengthy quotes in archaic French, you DO read that right?

[Anonymous No.20030051]

>>20017862
Best thread on this board.

[Anonymous No.20030075]

>It is trivial to show

[Anonymous No.20030087]

>>20027814
My fucking sides

[Anonymous No.20030138]

>>20019064
You mean it hardly needs to be said? illiterate retard

[Anonymous No.20030142]

>The attentive reader will of course recall this from chapter three

[Anonymous No.20030144]

>>20020684
>expound
This is not a word

[Anonymous No.20030152]

>>20030144
???

[Anonymous No.20030158]

>>20030144
Yes it is, I literally expounded your mom last night

[Anonymous No.20030164]

>>20030144

[Anonymous No.20030169]

>>20030152
>>20030158
>>20030164
Well it's a word but he used it incorrectly so same thing

[Anonymous No.20030171]

>>20030169
cope

[Anonymous No.20030175]

>>20030169
He most certainly did and you are in fact of course a huge faggot. Perchance

[Anonymous No.20030184]

>>20020660
You can't just say 'Perchance'.

[Anonymous No.20030192]

>>20030169
I tip the collected precipitation within my codpiece atop your bonnet in conciliation.

[Anonymous No.20030209]

>>20030192
>In english, doc

[Anonymous No.20030274]

>>20019063
>>20019736
>>20024414
>>20026200
I really like these ones in particular

[Anonymous No.20030292]

Keeley's "War Before Civilization" is kind of funny like this. he says random Chad statements in the text and end notes

[Anonymous No.20030495]

>Although the reader might find this result intuitive, obvious even, it is nonetheless fundamental to developing the topic further. However, it might surprise the reader that this result is not strictly necessary. That is, it is a convenient choice among many equally fundamental but harder to understand alternatives.

[Anonymous No.20030629]

>>20017862
>English

[Anonymous No.20030642]

>>20026760
>>20029245
Yeah. Without context, I honestly can't tell if the author is facist or anti-facist

[Anonymous No.20030668]

>Everything I have said so far is obvious and has been stated elsewhere many times, but that doesn't matter.

[Anonymous No.20030690]

>>20029812
>author refers to himself as "I" instead of "We"
This is why peasants shouldn't write

[Anonymous No.20030778]

>>20027771
Ffs

[Anonymous No.20031161]

>>20017862
>This is evident from premises 13 and 87

[Anonymous No.20031214]

>>20027814
that onions teacher owns a turtle 100%

[Anonymous No.20031242]

>>20027820
the shining vibes

[Anonymous No.20031250]

>>20029830
>author perished before writing the end of the chapter

[Anonymous No.20031568]

>you will eat the bugs
>you will ride in the TRANSit-po
>you will undergo genetic therapy for behavior modification
>you will live in a solarpunk commune

[Anonymous No.20031736]

>The only good character in all gook entertainment is Android 18. Besides her all anime is useless chink propaganda.

[Anonymous No.20032424]

>in the final analysis

[Anonymous No.20032491]

>>20017862

[Anonymous No.20032504]

>>20032491
fucking based. sources are for KEKS and S(O)Ys

[Anonymous No.20032538]

>source: divine gnostic revelation

[Anonymous No.20032558]

>this work is self-published posthumously

[Anonymous No.20032589]

>>20029812
>author refers to himself
I stop reading

[Anonymous No.20032639]

>regardless of the naysayers

[Anonymous No.20032701]

>veritable

[Anonymous No.20032705]

>>20029245
>>20030642
The argument can, quite easily, be made that both xenophobia and acceptance are logically defendable viewpoints. Would one not seem foolish, then, to argue against an explanation encompassing both?

[Anonymous No.20032708]

>>20027771
Wow

[Anonymous No.20032741]

>>20027771
so funny

[Anonymous No.20032752]

>>20032741
>>20032708
>>20030778
>>20029909
>>20029757
People like you should be banned

[Anonymous No.20032778]

>>20029830
Best one in the thread

[Anonymous No.20032813]

>This is no place for the detailed proof of this thesis

[Anonymous No.20032842]

>just as X, so too Y

[Anonymous No.20032865]

>>20027771
insane

[Anonymous No.20032920]

>(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)

[Anonymous No.20032932]

>>20027771
BASTARD

[Anonymouṡ No.20033393]

>FOOTNOTE — Although, at present, empirical results have failed to accord with my theory's predictions, I am confident that in time the discrepancy will be shown to be the result of experimental error.

[Anonymouṡ No.20033398]

>FOOTNOTE — Although, up to the date of writing, empirical results have failed to match the predictions of my theory, I am confident that in time the discrepancy will be shown to be the result of experimental error.

[Anonymous No.20033400]

>>20033393
>>20033398
was this really necessary

[Anonymouṡ No.20033417]

>>20033400
Yes. The first one had a subtle grammatical error.

[Anonymous No.20033463]

>>20026872
>And therefore, my friend, you will agree that greatness is some form of knowledge?

[Anonymous No.20033666]

>>20019736
Lmao this is a staple of C.S. Peirce, the father of semiotics, and pragmatism. He has over 80,000 pages of unpublished insane rambling manuscript drafts that very frequently declares incredibly complex conclusions with a flippant remark afterwards asserting "I've already proven this somewhere else, where I cannot recall, so I'm not going to do so here" or he'll just straight up write "as is plainly self evident" with the hilarious fact being that we're only now able to demonstrate through with any certainty through high powered computers that his ideas are actually true.

[Anonymous No.20033687]

>>20026872
>a self-deprecating, self-“aware” wimp
literally me

[Anonymous No.20033689]

>>20033666
Thanks Satan

[Anonymous No.20034016]

>>20020012
kek

[Anonymous No.20034049]

>>20021407
very comfy

[Anonymous No.20035028]

[Anonymous No.20035067]

>The translator gives word, in this preface, of his endeavour to produce a more compelling and adequate translation than previous attempts

[Anonymous No.20035098]

>we shall assume without proof the following property
>and we shall derive another notions from it

[Anonymous No.20035159]

>>20031568
i hate that smug cunt

[Anonymous No.20035863]

epc thread

[Anonymous No.20035865]

>Imprimatur

[Anonymous No.20035974]

>Henceforth, the readers are encouraged to have their mind as open as possible before continuing to the following chapter

[Anonymous No.20036014]

>In most circumstances it would generally be considered unwise to conflate is for ought, though, insofar as the subject at hand is concerned, we won’t be adhering to such premises dogmatically.

[Anonymous No.20036085]

>>20033417

[Anonymous No.20036145]

>Gnawing at the edges, touching secondary points of my message, that he didn't give a satisfactory answer, limiting himself to beating his chest while belching superiority, attributing ideas that I don't have that were invented by him with the finality of impugning them while singing victory in his imaginary debate.

[Anonymous No.20036174]

>though it may be difficult to understand from your current perspective...

[Anonymous No.20036202]

>>20017873
Gigachad is a proud commie from east germany, his ancestors were killing nazis not becoming them

[Anonymous No.20036245]

>modern readers may find it to be offensive, but this is something our ancestors were used to believe

[Anonymous No.20036272]

>>20032705
that male anime character is just like me

[Anonymous No.20036277]

>If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as 'unsold and destroyed' to the publisher and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this 'stripped book.'

[Anonymous No.20036279]

I don't think anons from other boards stumbling across this would find a single one of these posts funny.

[Anonymous No.20036305]

>>20036279
>anons from other boards
Who cares about them?

[Anonymous No.20036310]

i haven't found a thread with this amount of gigachad pics before

[Anonymous No.20036319]

>He (or she)

[Anonymous No.20036342]

>>20027771
Perchance.

[Anonymous No.20036361]

>>20026872
That's pretty insightful, anon. Reminds me of something the Last Psychiatrist once said. He described a frat party as a place where "betas compete with fake alphas for sex." That's exactly how it is with our generation of artists. They are all obsessed with being seen as artists, and none of them are obsessed with creating great art.

[Anonymous No.20036374]

>>20033687

Bruce Lee:

Don’t speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body doesn’t know the difference.

If you don't want to be self-deprecating, the first step is to stop deprecating yourself. Get on your own team. Think: here are my assets, what can I do with them? Can I grow them? How far?

Growth mindset is a cliché but it works pretty damn well.

[Anonymous No.20036385]

>>20027814
Anon, fucking thank you. I am having a godawful month but this was the first real laugh I've had in a while.

[Anonymous No.20036443]

“Speak English!” said the Eaglet. “I don’t know the meaning of half those long words, and, what’s more, I don’t believe you do either!”

[Anonymous No.20036515]

>>20036279
I usually do not browse this board (a friend shared it to me) and I find the posts hilarious.People outside of /lit/ read books.

[Anonymous No.20036530]

>>20027771
FUCK OFF MY MOM IS 71

[Anonymous No.20036580]

>>20026872
i wonder if this is why i make far better points posting on imageboards than in any other medium.
on imageboards there's no need to care about looking arrogant. indeed, you can have a lot of fun playing up your arrogance. but the moment an identity is linked to the argument, self-awareness starts to set in and the magic is lost.

[Anonymous No.20036646]

>>20036277
SOVL

[Anonymous No.20037112]

>>20027771
chud

[Anonymous No.20037623]

>>20033666
Where's the best place to actually access his works?

[Anonymous No.20037729]

>>20027771
fuck

[Anonymous No.20037815]

>>20027771
Faggot

[Anonymous No.20037834]

>>20027771
Nigger

[Anonymous No.20037857]

Veritas est adaequatio rei et intellectus,
ideo lector comprehendat...

[Anonymous No.20037858]

>It was a dark and stormy night...

[Anonymous No.20037920]

>But, in order that the reader may have a better understanding of the subject, it will be well, before entering on it, to take a general survey of the political and social institutions of the races who occupied the land at the time of its discovery.

[Anonymous No.20037968]

>>20030495
too wordy, try again

[Anonymous No.20037979]

>>20030051
>best thread on this board
>most of it is recycled or otherwise unimaginative posts and gigachad images
you're still right, though

[Anonymous No.20038040]

>>20027814
i cant stop laughing

[Anonymous No.20038046]

>>20030690
>>20029812
Whats the issue with that?

[Anonymous No.20038393]

>>20027771
Bruh

[Anonymous No.20038619]

>>20027771
ugh

[Anonymous No.20038650]

I have never responded to a reply to this post or your mother will die in her sleep tonight post. At this point I believe that if I do reply she will in fact die. And I love my mom.

[Anonymous No.20038669]

>>20038046
When we use "we" to refer to the one with the author's opinions and observations, it gaslights the reader into accepting it as universal truth instead of anything merely subjective.

[Anonymous No.20038670]

>>20033398
This might be the boldest one of all

[Anonymous No.20038710]

>The editor and translators have attempted to complete the citation, but in some cases this has proven impossible.
>At times Baudrillard cites French translations of English or American works which are
unavailable in the United States.
>At other times Baudrillard's quotations have not been located anywhere in the text he cites.

[Anonymous No.20038744]

>The inherent necessisty of this proof is at once apparent from this,

[Anonymous No.20038764]

>>20027771
...

[Anonymous No.20038785]

>>20020660
>>20030184
>You can't just say "Perchance"!

[Anonymous No.20038890]

>⠠⠞⠓⠑ ⠚⠕⠅⠑ ⠊⠎ ⠞⠓⠁⠞ ⠞

[Anonymous No.20038902]

>>20023765
does anybody on here even read introductions? just give me the fucking original text as it was meant to be read.
it's the worst for shakespeare's works where 70% of the text is some asshole telling me what i should take away from any given passage

[Anonymous No.20038937]

>Because the pleasures of reading are inseparable from the surprises, secrets and revelations that all narratives contain, we strongly advise you to enjoy this book before turning to the Introduction.

[Anonymous No.20039273]

>>20038890
kek

[Anonymous No.20039580]

>>20036202
gigachad is not real

[Anonymous No.20039584]

>>20039580
FAKE NEWS

[Anonymous No.20039594]

>>20039584
>I APOLOGISE

[Anonymous No.20039658]

>Man, you see, is not a person, but an ideal, a spook.

[Anonymous No.20039698]

>>20027771
fuck you

[Anonymous No.20039703]

>One may incorrectly conclude

[Anonymous No.20039706]

>Before continuing, let us address a common objection

[Anonymous No.20039707]

>>20039584
Gigachad is a heavily photoshopped Russian man

[Anonymous No.20039710]

>>20038937
Sweet

[Anonymous No.20039725]

>>20039584
the guy is unironically a chad

[Anonymous No.20039752]

>>20017862
>>20020711
>>20020764
>>20026352
>>20026826
>>20030142
>>20035098
>>20035865
>>20038890
Fucking damn it, i love u fags

[Anonymous No.20039776]

>>20038890
Lmao

[Anonymous No.20040082]

>>20037623
The library.

[Anonymous No.20040662]

>>20032491

[Anonymous No.20041503]

>phenomenologically speaking

[Anonymous No.20041919]

>sardonically

[Anonymous No.20042249]

>>20036279
Here on my bi-annual pilgrimage from /ck/, this thread is great. But >>20036305 is right, something something it's an utterly miserable life to preoccupy oneself with the thoughts of others or however that quote goes

[Anonymous No.20042301]

>This was once revealed to me in a dream

[Anonymous No.20042319]

>>20027771
fucking hel

[Anonymous No.20042808]

>>20036279
On the contrary, as a frequent wanderer, these threads are often the most highly entertaining on any board I visit.

[Anonymous No.20042990]

>>20027771
dumbass

[Anonymous No.20043957]

>>20026888
Checked and
>for most readers it practically goes without saying
criminally underrated

[Anonymous No.20043974]

>>20027771
Reply to yourself

[Anonymous No.20043990]

>>20017862
>as we read in the bible *makes up a verse*

[Anonymous No.20044400]

>>20017862
>As it was unveiled to me in a vision, [...]

[Anonymous No.20044849]

>It's so obvious but it must be stated

[Anonymous No.20044868]

>To be sure,

[Anonymous No.20044989]

>If this isn't immediately obvious to the reader, they are advised to close this book at once

[Anonymous No.20045069]

>The reader may be disposed to suspect that this is merely a mathematician’s fancy, and that no such case would be likely ever to occur. But he may be assured that such occurrences are far from being rare. In order to satisfy him that this state of things does occur, I will mention an incontestable instance of it; — incontestable, at least, by any fair mind competent to deal with the problem.

[Anonymous No.20045199]

>>20027771
reply

[Anonymous No.20045206]

>Half the book is untranslated Greek and Latin

[Anonymous No.20045319]

>This statement is incorrect, see my article...

[Anonymous No.20045384]

>I advise prospective readers to drop the book to the floor and read the chapter that faces upwards. That shall be a much better way to go through the book than sequentially.

[Anonymous No.20045542]

>>20027771
H

[Anonymouṡ No.20045652]

A NOTE TO THE READER

It will quickly become apparent that in this work I have dispensed with the practice, hitherto universal in the field, of proving my results as I proceed. Occasionally, where a particularly appealing demonstration of correctness occurs to me, I may offer it; or where fruitful lines of enquiry regarding such a demonstration suggest themselves, I may jot them down for any reader who cares to pursue them. I do not, however, feel myself under any obligation to satisfy the pedantic, appease the intransigent or provide the pusillanimous with the safety-net of certainty. Let the sedulous apes of academia undertake such a task: I have more important matters in hand.

Like a man upon the shore of a vast and uncharted continent, I make my way into the forests of the interior. And you? Will you hang back, fearful for want of map and compass? Or will you trust your safety to the rifle of my intellect and the cutlass of your own, and — turn the page?

[Anonymous No.20045792]

The world is my representation: this is a truth valid with reference to every living and knowing being, although man alone can bring it into reflective, abstract consciousness. If he really does so, philosophical discernment has dawned on him.
>walks out

[Anonymous No.20046007]

>>20045652
please tell me this is from a real book, I am hooked

[Anonymous No.20046335]

>>20036272
just like me

[Anonymous No.20046599]

>>20039725
"I'm just like you, maybe a little bigger"

[Anonymous No.20046709]

>>20045652
Holy fuck, that last question gave me chills
Should be a preface to a book about some heretical/astronomical/hidden truth, or somesuch that powerful a note should not be wasted on mundane knowledge

[Anonymous No.20046960]

>but if ye cannot - and of of a surety ye cannot

[Anonymous No.20046976]

>>20027771
Fug

[Anonymous No.20046986]

>>20032558
Top kek

[Anonymous No.20046995]

>if you read my book and couldn't complete all the exercises, you've learned nothing and have wasted your time

[Anonymous No.20046998]

>>20027771
aaaaa

[Anonymous No.20047011]

>>20027771
fuck

[Anonymous No.20047306]

>>20045652
stealing this

[Anonymous No.20047336]

>>20026872
True. We ought to set some new trends. Mozart and the other great composers as far as I recall weren't modest at all, some looked down on normies during their time

[Anonymous No.20047450]

>>20027771
wher is immunity dog when you need him

[Anonymous No.20047474]

>>20027771

[Anonymous No.20047506]

>>20022628
>author uses french phrases, sometimes entire sentences
>no fucking translations

I actually passed a B1 french course because this kept happening in books I read.

[Anonymous No.20047689]

>>20027771
Who are you quoting?

[Anonymous No.20047768]

>>20027771
magical thinking got me actin' strange

[Anonymous No.20047781]

>>20027771
Ok. FINE.

[Anonymous No.20047787]

>>20023765
I always skip the introductions, then come back to them after finishing if I care about the book, which I usually do. I feel it taints the reading experience to know of the author's life/meaning of the book beforehand. Doesn't really apply when reading another work of the same author though, just the first one.

[Anonymous No.20047901]

>>20019063
i don understand this one (might have to do with the fact that english isn't my main language)

[Anonymous No.20047966]

>And but so

[Anonymous No.20047972]

>>20027814
>why are we saying this
>we

[Anonymous No.20047993]

>>20027771
Fucking nigger

[Anonymous No.20048027]

>“Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” - Nietzsche

[Anonymous No.20048033]

>>20045652
Kino

[Anonymous No.20048034]

>>20027771
Fucking bitch

[Anonymous No.20048409]

>>20027771
I haven't laughed this hard in a long time

[Anonymous No.20048596]

>>20045652
i dont know if this was original of from somewhere else but im gonna steal the fuck out of it

[Anonymous No.20048796]

>>20048409
brilliant move

[Anonymous No.20048826]

>>20045652
kino

[Anonymous No.20048892]

>>20027771
Ugh

[Anonymous No.20048972]

>>20027771
Why do I keep falling for this?

[Anonymous No.20049267]

>I'm one of the few people who've written more books than they've read.

[Anonymous No.20049854]

>>20027771
>When me mum's dead but I still reply

[Anonymous No.20051538]

>any federal agents reading can attest to the fact

[Anonymous No.20051710]

>The arising evidence contrary to my statement is proven false because evidence is a matter of relations and I too can utilize it to reaffirm my own instead.

[Anonymous No.20052075]

>>20037623
I secundae this question. I ordered a collection of his works from a grubby rare book dealer, only for them to refund my order 2+ months later saying “sorry we don’t have it”

[Anonymous No.20052083]

>>20027814
starkek

[Anonymous No.20052102]

>>20027771
asshole

[Anonymous No.20052119]

>>20027771
fuck you