The fuck did I just read? I expected a horror story about a cool monster.

How has atheism, as a worldview or societal phenomenon, been argued to negatively impact humanity, and what specific books or academic works explore these criticisms and potential adverse consequences...

>Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most >Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth,The >Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life. books with this aura?

Why did he do it?

what are some yalit from the 21st century that are actually good

I prefer to read physical books, and can't figure out where to start with Wodehouse's stories. I know his Jeeves stories are what he is most famous for, but is there any specific published work I shou...

Is On The Road any good? I don't drive and I'm not American so I'm not sure how much I'd get out of it. I've also become incredibly disillusioned with the whole 50s 60s 70s so called counter culture j...

I am an atheist and i want to learn about the history and beliefs of neo-platonists where do i start? plotinist porphyry iamchlchus(introduced theurgy to neoplatonism) these were the first three ph...

What do the colours mean on this chart? I am asking Literetards for help

I put forth Lost Horizon by James Hilton. It being forgotten is ironic because this is the nove that invented and popularized Shangri-La, a forgotten Edenic paradise in the Tibetan mountains where no ...

I'm starting to think reading Sorrows of Young Werther after breaking up with my gf wasn't such a good idea. I wrote her a poetic email and she blocked my contact. I'm starting to thinking thoughts...

When Dumbledore was destroying the Horcruxes did Voldemort know who was the one destroying them?

Just as Arnold J. Toynbee predicted >Hindu civilization: merged >Far East civilization: merged Only the merger of Islamic civilization remains, and then the Western civilization is saved.

Lit about how the will of a single man can change the world?

Was Adorno right about the culture industry, particularly in the field of literature?

Speculative cognition is the intuitive result of dialectic which in turn can be given a name and then itself in turn be used dialectically to further science. Speculation in its unexpressed intuitive ...

>/lit/ says Peterson bad, whore daughter, Jewish handlers, crybaby, junkie, etc >read Maps of Meaning >incredibly well written theological analysis of cognitive mechanisms behind meaning, and their so...

Whats the appeal? I got so bored of the whole Thurn and Taxis conspiracy thing, I just wanted more stories of Oedipa getting into shenanigans with the Paranoids

How do I get people to read my work?

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What have you read recently? Do you read in the park?

Why haven't you written it yet?

"The foundation of Fichte's system is intellectual intuition, pure thinking of itself, pure selfconsciousness, Ego=Ego, I am... For the philosopher, this pure consciousness originates because he abstr...

>I am forgotten How is it that the definitive novel of the millennial generation has failed to secure a genuine legacy for itself, both here and in wider public consciousness?

here is my poem please tell me what you think : Blue, white, and green, this land continued spin, And I write this here now to the ones I’ve met within. You came, and every moment subtly bent, As time...

"Moonlight" edition A general for readers and authors involved or interested in the growing phenomenon of 'web novels', serialized English fiction posted to websites such as: >Royalroad, Webnovel, Sc...

Did the Greeks lack media literacy in criticizing Homer?

https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/922346 They were a sample of English majors and predominantly white. They were given dictionaries and online resources to look words or concepts up they couldn’t und...

>claims to be a “traditionalist” >only reads authors who lived AFTER the Industrial Revolution

How did the Greeks reconcile the fact that Odysseus' virtue for which he's rewarded in Iliad, in imitating Athena, is deception?

Recommended reading charts. (Look here before asking for vague recs) https://mega.nz/folder/kj5hWI6J#0cyw0-ZdvZKOJW3fPI6RfQ/folder/4rAmSZxb >Archive: https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subje...

Why don't you write a masterpiece for the sake of it?

picrel for me. This book was wonderful, I loved the narrator's voice and the turns of phrase. The weirdness and body horror is always great. I'd highly recommend it. Highlight line for me was "I was ...

Are you even allowed to write like this?

>Baby; worn.

The kid >Takes part in the violence but not really >Helps people in need but not really >Is only reactive, never proactive >Dismisses eloquent arguments with total indifference ('you ain't nothin' and...

I'm considering getting picrel. Thoughts?

Is this a good introduction? Do I need a lot of background? What other recommendations do you have on the topic?

What's his best?

Spoil your novel. I don't care what it's about. Just tell me how it ends.

I have a really important question. Really. So when they scan in/digitise books: why do they keep these blank pages? I understand that it would feel strange deliberately leaving them out, but why is t...

Little ginger bitch...

Any books that will make you dumber?

how one calms down from hyperrational, high RPM hyperkinetic mental state after reading or studying?

He's right -- Life is about power, for good or bad, and Plato is a tranny that's still causing white cattle to commit ethnic suicide to this day, even if through Christianity or atheist morals.

Iliad >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aeneid > Odyssey

>ActI:Presents society of a unified world ruled by one Man with no name who owns everything and everyone, all is done for him nothing else matters, puts in the premises for philosophical thought, hes ...

Thoughts on panpsychism? Also do you think Hitler would have agreed with it?

I still read 1600 pgs a day. I'm better than all of you

Who do you guys consider to have cool or flashy prose? Someone modern, different, a bit challenging, and clever, with a strong flair for metaphor? I'm trying to read something cool, but I can't even t...

What are the difference between audiobook listening or reading? Do they have the same benefits? I feel like there'd be a bigger chance to become at master of rhetoric by making my inner voice read the...

How do you even cope with Aristotle being a plotfag? "The plot, then, is the first principle, and, as it were, the soul of a tragedy; Character holds the second place." (Poetics, Chapter 6, 1450a38–...

what are some actually good essay collections

he did literally nothing wrong

Can Buddhist emptiness (śūnyatā) offer a way to transcend Western nihilism?

>your favorite thinker's favorite thinker

Are there Old Testament prophecies that Christians believe are fulfilled by Jesus’ resurrection, and how are these referenced in the New Testament?

>tfw no book reader wife

>Certainly no one will suspect I, Slimeworm McLiarsnake, of betrayal and poisoned words

>be me >use Wikipedia >see Bible quote >edit to KJV

Is there such a thing as an epistolary biography?

I must confess I know nothing about modern sculpture nor about art in general. Do you think the book Modern Sculpture: A Concise History by Herbert Read is a good start for a person like me? I'm also ...

>remains unrefuted

I'm looking for books about warrior aristocracy and their mindset. Stuff Nietzsche talks about but more of it.

Oh boy it's summer, I can't wait to go in the garden and read my bo- > kids fucking screaming at the top of their lungs > Dogs constantly barking > AHHHHHHH AHHHHH > BARK BARK BARK AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

>buy a Penguin Classic (used of course) >immediately tear out the introduction and throw it in the trash

>shiiiiet don't it be crazy you can finna remember shit because some shit triggers a memory shiiiiiiet >for 4000 pages It's a meme to call this shit good right

It's actually insane how this story manages to arouse such starkly different sentiments in people depending on who reads it. Or maybe it just reveals how many supposedly good people are genuine psycho...

Say whatever you want of boomers and their deconstruction, this shit was the shit

Have you ever been inspired to read a book by someone online?

>"Fantastic book" >1 star what's her problem?

>Empirically real >Transcendentally ideal

I don't know why this knowledge isn't taught often, but I want you all to know these indisputable, latent truths so that you can deconstruct narratives on the deepest level. Pay close attention; this ...

wtf can you even do if you can't make it as an author or an academic? just slave away 40, 50 hours a week and have no time for lit?

Help me make a complete list of diabled/injured writers. >Homer, Milton, Borges, Joyce—Blind >Cervantes—Limp arm >Camões—Lost an eye >Sartre—Exotropia >O'Connor—Lupus

Is this the only book written from the POV of a Sex Trafficker (he was only charged with pimping related offences but today he would be charged with sex trafficking offences)?

Check out my new toys!

Anything that truly captures the loneliness I'm feeling? I've read the Moviegoer which came close but didn't quite go far enough; what should I read next? Didn't enjoy White Nights. Apologies if somet...

Christianity has proven itself to be not just inadequate for addressing our modern spiritual crisis, but actively complicit in creating it. The very foundations of Western nihilism and atheism can be ...

On this day, 54 years ago, American poet Jim Morrison passed away

>"For without God, there is just emptiness and the tedium of everyday existence. With God, there is no room for tedium, because God fills your soul." These are last words that came to me just now in ...

Are zombies the least /lit/ genre? Is this the only noteworthy zombie book?

>use all my might >read 20 minutes >2 hour break watching incendiary political/philosophy youtube videos or 4chan >read 20 minutes

Japanese /lit/ recs, please. No normie shit. Doesn’t matter if not translated.

Have you ever met a famous writer?

Is it just me or is this kind of basic bitch is all Hemingway kind of mundane nowadays? Is this "Seinfeld isn't funny" in action?

What’s a good novel of his? I liked City and the City but dropped Kraken. Where should I go next?

I made it to the seventh (eighth) novel and I still want to give up. Encourage me not to.

>Staying within his familiar eastern/central Punjab’s rural locale, where most of his earlier short stories reside, Ali Akbar Natiq’s debut novel Naulakhi Kothi is like a broad sweeping statement on t...

Stop jerking about Übermensch theory for a second and read about the men who actually lived a life of ultimate spiritual sovereignty. This is a tradition built on a radical, uncompromising spiritual ...

What are the best books for an Existentialist with Aspergers? (bonus points for science fiction)

"Enlightenment" editon Previous: >>24506419 /wg/ AUTHORS & FLASH FICTION: https://pastebin.com/ruwQj7xQ RESOURCES & RECOMMENDATIONS: https://pastebin.com/nFxdiQvC Please limit excerpts to one post....

Im innovating in ways you niggas can't even comprehend

This was by far the most autisically based >roombas powered by cat brains, and that’s the least of the biomechanical horrors promoted by the text >advocating for literal genocide (as in, testing peopl...

>everyone has a job >everyone has a house >everyone knows what is expected of them and indeed has been raised to be happy with their lot >no "grindset mindset" required >society is harmonious >no c...

Is it KINO?

I'm starting a PhD soon with a focus on Japanese literature, and I'm seriously considering specializing in the eastern tradition of eremitic writing — tracing it from its Chinese origins through medie...

>Aphrodite, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia once looked down into the clear-obscure of earth, and, weary of the ever-bright but cold Olympus, yearned to enter in beneath the clouds of our world, where ...

Are there post-modern (or liberal/analytic) responses the this, or similar analyses by guys like David Bentley Hart and D.C. Schindler? I started with post-modernism and sort of worked my way back. T...

Only about 100 pages in but I wasn’t expecting so much, for lack of a better word, comedy. There are some genuinely funny moments so far.

Hi book people. I'm looking for a good compilation of works by Søren Kierkegaard. You know how shopping for books is these days, there are so many shoddily produced barely legible goods posted by jeet...

I used to think that reading made people smarter and more openminded but this board is as dumb as any other board here. How is this possible?

We are getting old bros... who will carry the mantle?

How can I improve my writing skills? I want to write reviews on movies/books I've consumed or just thoughts inside my head overall but I always end up with sloppy brain dump. I don't know how to do it...

Should I re-read this kino or read something else?

I just found out about the bohemian subculture, and wouldn't the average 4chan user be a bohemian? >impoverished >artistic >lives outside of society's morals and beliefs But then why is the average ...

how old were you when you realized that Kant was just a typical indirect realist, and that not only the german idealists, but also all subsequent philosophers completely misunderstood him?

This guy destroyed my hope of proving the afterlife using philosophy.

I am a person that can only read a book that matches the current mood and season. Currently reading A Sport and a Pastime, but almost finished. What are (You) reading during the summer? What is you...

The psychology of rings meme

How do i get started on semiotics? (Pic is actually unrelated)

What's a good book to read on a trip? Last one I did was One Hundred Years of Solitude, the jet lag fucked my head with that one Looking for something else, not too long

Karl Marx married a woman by the name of Westphalen. How is symbolism bullshit again?

Christianity has proven itself to be not just inadequate for addressing our modern spiritual crisis, but actively complicit in creating it. The very foundations of Western nihilism and atheism can be ...

I fucking suck at drawing covers, i thought it someway it got a soulful style to the, but fucking no all my covers look awful, and iI don't actually had anyone's actual feedback about my stories

Christianity has proven itself to be not just inadequate for addressing our modern spiritual crisis, but actively complicit in creating it. The very foundations of Western nihilism and atheism can be ...

My dad is basically a sick little HIV needle. Very sick and poisonous and dirty and injects his sickness into others. Gross. And he looks like his cum is corrosive like some industrial chemical that c...

On his deathbed, Napoleon I set aside seventy-seven works, totaling four hundred volumes, for his son the King of Rome. >History. 42 titles for 215 volumes Compendium of Greek and Roman History, tran...

Will low IQ atheists ever recover?

What did you think about it I really liked it

Actual unedited singular sentence from this shitty book: >They crossed before the sun and vanished one by one and reappeared again and they were black in the sun and they rode out of that vanished se...

I'm tired of going into a book store and every book either being female gooner material or LGBT/woman/PoC liberal preaching. I simply do not relate to/care about these topics. I've read a good backlo...

Would you rather: >a).Have the ability to instantly manifest any modern (published in the past century) book whenever you want to (maximum twice per book) >b).Recieve five books from the future that y...