Are there any books which talk about symmetry and explain why it is apparently ubiquitous in nature?

I found my favorite new booktuber I don't know what she says, but I can't look away

If sacred texts are believed to be the "word of God," how do we reconcile the diverse and sometimes contradictory interpretations and narratives found within different religious scriptures?

Dante isn't like Homer, Virgil, or Milton, because his poem wasn't about heroes and wars and shit.

Post great Bizantine (V-XI centuries) literature, from between late antiquity and early middle ages

ive just discovered that lib-gen is apparently down (will it come back?) just wondering where you guys are going for ebooks these days? specifically im looking for the two books old weird america by g...

>Remains to be refuted How did he do it?

>check fantasy or scifi setting (Warcraft, Halo, Warhammer, Star Wars, Dune, etc.) >check the main story, pretty cool setting and world-building >check the past eras: ULTRA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY that ma...

It’s quite insane that the three greatest authors of all time all were products of the same era. I doubt humanity will ever see writers this great ever again.

This was genuinely incredible, didn't know the Turks had it in them.

What was his fucking problem?

Is it wrong philosophically/methodologically/ethically to read this book by a khhv virgin like me?

A stellar novel and perhaps the best written fantasy in terms of style and poetic prose.

I just can’t do ebooks. I use a remarkable and loaded a bunch on there and I keep reaching for physical books. I feel like going to technology for pen and paper is such a mistake.

Which philosopher has the best physiognomy?

Is this a bot? Every time I scroll down I bump into one of these mindless iterations. There is no way some contemporary as trivial as Peterson warrants a pseudo-general for himself on /lit/

What do you think of our literature? Do you like it?

I have created a riddle based on the Borges’ story the cult of the Phoenix. This one symbol is ubiquitous and you likely are familiar with it while not giving it much thought. This symbol is very powe...

Let m’ask you sumthin /lit/, should I get the Fagles or Peter Green translations?

SHE LIVES WITH A BROKEN MAN A CRACKED POLYSTYRENE MAN

Is he worth reading?

Who was right?

Are they /lit/?

In the 2015 movie The End of the Tour about interview between David Lipsky and David Foster Wallace after the 1996 publication of Infinite Jest, DFW stays in the room number 1094. I find it infuriatin...

Working my way through the horus heresy on audible in order, I'm currently on book 25 Mark of Calth, the last one Betrayer was amazing and also one of the most disturbing Sci fi horrors I've read. Wh...

>As a beginner writer I can confirm this >Addicted to stimulants in forms of nicotine, caffeine >Can't write without a drink or some unhealthy distraction >Depressed and lifeless and unkept >Readers ...

>The average reading speed for adults is approximately 238 words per minute (wpm) when reading silently and 183 wpm when reading aloud There is no way you niggers read this fast, this is just speedrun...

There is a tremendous violent eruption approaching Hatred and light will spew out everywhere over all the earth Less than 3 days now

Were Mole and Rat gay?

Does reading more (like 4+ hours a day) have greater benefits or is there noticeable diminishing returns after a while?

Jeez, Greene, settle down

I fucking love /lit/, I can learn so much stuff from the knowledgeable gents on here.

You cannot give me a single poem that would not work better in prose. And do not get me started on the "modernist" poets, like Eliot, who seemed content to write prose and hit the return key at random...

What does /lit/ think about Baudrillard?

Is male reading crisis real? Even if you normalize by ignoring the smut?

you simian, frottological groidform.. you rapscallion... groidic enemy of the west aberration

Evil demon child.

What do you think of Gnosticism?

Do you like it?

What are some good musician biographies are actually good? Keith Richard's autobiography is incredible. It sets the standard

It was a pretty moving read, offered some perspective, was a cool look into a time long gone but was otherwise unremarkable and had no real point. Granted, this was the first memoir I've ever read - b...

Fact: This is /lit/ Up there with Lomax's 'Mr. Jelly Roll'

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...

bros be real with me, is it true?

All agree our current linguistic devices are too impotent to capture the spirit of our age. Commas are too pert, semi-colons too pompous, en and em-dashes too short, full stops too brutal; it is time ...

What is it about emotionally open and non-traditional male characters that resonates with women writers and readers?

He's back, new video on Thomas Hobbes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLHf4RF2IHo

Emily Wilson says they are. What does that mean?

I don't get Kubla Khan It's just describing an opulent acreage, then just ends

favorite novel by Sinclair Lewis?

> this first test determines whether or not you're an NPC haha I just started this book and I like it already

Books for this feel?

Still writes better than most people on this board. His novels might be page turning slop, but it keeps the publishing industry afloat. The only critics who hate him (S.T. Joshi) hate him over style a...

Will The Secret History join the canon?

Atomic Habits was good, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck was tacky millennial garbage, and the surprising recommendation I got from here, the Enchiridion by Epictetus, has been monumentally helpful...

What's the most insufferable piece of zoomie newspeak you've been exposed to?

this story was massively fucked up compared to the other goosebumps books

>lefties are... LE BAD so this is the 9000 IQ genius you were talking about?

any books (fiction or non fiction) depicting our bleak future with AI?

are there any self help books that are actually any good? or is the genre inherently slop for finance fags and therapy chicks? discuss/drop recs

>the badge of African supremacy My sides

Why isn't he mentioned in general discussions about the Nazis?

>country is 100% white >no grooming gangs raping children >women are not sluts >everyone is employed >autists like parsons get a wife and family this was considered a "dystopia" in 1948

Who's the strongest Vampire in literature?

what are some good philosophers who combine philosophy with fringe science? also general x/occult/fringe/ufo/magic thread

any good (non fiction) books about self-harm? specially about the effect it has on one's brain

best pro-tranny books?

Do you read experimental literature? What are some experimental books you've read?

>One of the most vivid poems in existence >No one mentions it here It’s simply amazing and I feel like I’m seeing the Lamia, this beautiful man-eating beast, as I read it She was a gordian shape of ...

>be Stephen King >coked out of my skull >playing Mambo No. 5 on loop >nose bleeding, fingers flying >write *Misery* in a blur of paranoia and trumpet solos >barely remember any of it >bestseller >peop...

What does the "cave" symbolize? What aspects of human existence or reality does it represent?

What is the core idea behind the Theory of Forms? Plato posits that the physical world we perceive through our senses is imperfect and constantly changing, while ultimate reality consists of eternal, ...

Muh "have faith" I think its more of a doubt actually, you doubt your rationality >know whatever is after this life is either nothing or everything >so why would any of this matter at all >it doesnt...

moby d'ick

any recs?

How do Gnostics view Pagans?

what are some books that you really really want people to read?

Honestly sounds a bit like WittGod before WittGod. Am I wrong? Im surprised to hear that I dont think Wittgenstein even read any Nietzsche

What's the most powerful Christian book you've read that isn't part of the Bible or Church Fathers' writings?

I’m trying work on my writing and finish a fucking manuscript, but frankly I can’t even do day to day tasks without getting distracted anymore. My life and brains are an oozing pile of shit, and I can...

this thread is for poetrie. one condition, if you please: if you post, write just like me. we could talk til we are dead and get nowhere fast -- instead, demonstrate that you know things: show us all ...

What to read as a socialist in 2025?

Post your waifu /a/! >posts character Post your waifu /v/! >posts character Post your waifu /tv/! >posts character Post your waifu /lit/! >posts author Is male sexuality obligate-visual or are author...

It would seem that logical for humans to hate war and only be disgusted by it, since everyone seem to know that it is evil and source of human misery. Yet, we love it, we read about it, watch it and p...

d'ick next to d'ick

im streaming the 1981 BBC audio drama, which is, by fact, the best and most accurate adaptation of LOTR. starring Michael Hordern as Gandalf and Ian Holm (later bilbo) as Frodo. it's FANTASTIC come...

"Progression fantasy" 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, We...

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Vol. I: Write a short story contained within a single running sentence Rules: I: Must contain a single full stop, which will be the final character. All other punctuational, grammatical, and narr...

the seastone chair edition ASOIAF wiki: https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Main_Page Blog: https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/ Old blog: https://grrm.livejournal.com/ So Spake Martin (interviews)...

Books for this feel?

Marxism is not materialist: It completely rejects the idea of genetics and that is why it rejects biological essentialism, race realism, genetic determinism, instead replacing it with the idea that on...

"People Pleasers" edition Previous: >>24494139 /wg/ AUTHORS & FLASH FICTION: https://pastebin.com/ruwQj7xQ RESOURCES & RECOMMENDATIONS: https://pastebin.com/nFxdiQvC Please limit excerpts to one po...

What are the best books to wear?

Vauban Books are republishing The Camp of the Saints by Jean Raspail. Should I pick it up? Looks pretty interesting. https://itascabooks.com/products/the-camp-of-the-saints-2

moby 'ick

The way that Emily Dickinson's private personality seems through her letters and anecdotes makes her seem like an absolute bombshell (i dont mean visually, i mean in the persona she weaves and wraps h...

are dinosaurs real? I'm leaning towards no

Please post the short story. It isn't included in The Early Stories and I can't find it online. Thanks

I just realized that Jake still has his testicles, so he has no dick and he must masturbate. Genuinely going to reread this book under light of that knowledge.

so basically my friend is a american grocery bagger, he had a schizo episode and decided to drop out from school and be a poet. so he yeah, they pestering to review his poetry and im like huh? I dont...

The writer's writer, held in high regard by such as Gaiman, M. Swanwick, P. Oswalt, and S. Delany, but I didn't come here for their opinion on them, I came here for yours. If you're like me, you only ...

I agree with Socrates we should cut out all the poetry that describes Achilles as a whiny bitch after Patroclus dies

I'm unrionically reading alice in wonderland and after that I'll read looking through the glass

reading gave me a hunchback

The only version on Youtube is a dub from Greek TV so I found this in the Wayback Machine. Downloadable links below. Act 1: https://web.archive.org/web/2oe_/http://wayback-fakeurl.archive.org/yt/40dUZ...

What other philosophers should I read to understand Canadians? I have Marshall McLuhan, Harold Innis and John Ralston Saul books, and know of George Grant.

Best translation? And no, this is not a religious debate thread. Wear your fedoras in a different thread. Just wanna discuss translations

This fag is fucking retarded. >hurrr durrr capitalism sucks but its most productive, there is no freedom and humanity in capitalism + democracy so we must obviously in america blindly and carelessly ...

Does anybody remember this book This was my literature when I was a kid

>I had been happy, if the general camp, >Pioners and all, had tasted her sweet body, >So I had nothing known. Was Othello being a little too specific here?

is it all built upon the worship of materialism and hatred for anything metaphysical or i just misunderstood it?

I won't achieve anything in my life if I don't have a woman by my side to read with and help me publish my work to bring joy into the lives of others.

yall aint fucking ready

Any other works that are tantamount to british and american societies of the 1800s? Do you think its a good book?

IT'S UP https://youtu.be/URWFdmLRt0U?si=GcmYo3SC1Zymgc6Y

Opinions on the works of Quan Millz?

Felt bad for what happened to the dude but not as much after reading through his writings. He is such a pompous prick midwit talking about things of which he knows nothing about, misrepresenting the o...

Did he win?

Why bother reading /lit/, when you have the greatest works of all time at hand? (Plato, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, etc) It is akin to pulling a lever that delivers a randomised type of excrement in the ...

Don't know if this doesn't belong here or not, but this game is as close as I think it gets to a game being actual literature. What it lacks in kinda meh game mechanics, it comes up in spades with the...

Has anybody read Thomas Nagel? I’m interested in his idealism and his ethical approach. Where should I start?

This is literally the vibe that 99% of you pseudointillectual cocksuckers give off here 24/7 365.

At 1400 pages, is this really worth reading? Don't see /lit/ talk about it much