For Aquinas, the ultimate purpose of human life is union with God. He calls this our final end or beatitude (happiness). But how can creatures so small, finite, and material be united to the infinite,...

Post underrated writers from your cunt.

>book is an artisic warning about the dangers of AI

Why doesn't he want people to read Darconville's Cat? He prevents it from going back in print.

Thoughts? I never see this series discussed much, enjoyed it as a teen.

>italicizing foreign words

I've never accomplished anything (other than grade school). How do I become a polymath?

You can support the Catholic Church by buying an Orthodox Study Bible, at least in Australia.

Is this a good list?

If you care so much about prose, why not just take it a step further and read poetry?

Is it ignorant of me to disregard any philosopher that never had kids or even a wife? Because if you fail the very basics of human life then what good are your supposed theories and essays?

There's just something I can't put my finger on about this book. No it's not Clarke's pederasty. It's the transhumanism. It's kinda evil in an enlightened, Luciferian way. It's cool. What are /lit/'s ...

>the most ordinary story you can imagine >midway through mc comes into posession of le mysterious book >goes crazy >end >repeat few times what is this shit?

>blue ball the reader with promise of cool alien stuff >they go into Rama and then leave wow epic why did Arthur and Asimov suck att writing aliens?

Presbyterian elder told me to not bother with Hegel, or philosophy in general, and to instead focus on logic, argumentation, rhetoric, critical thinking and what have you.. He said something like that...

Anybody read The Technological Republic by Alex Karp, founder of Palantir? Is it comfy?

To what extent are Forms independent entities, and how might their supposed existence create metaphysical problems (e.g. the “Third Man” argument)? Could there be an infinite regress of Forms? What s...

5 years later is COTC still the GOAT?

Recommend or nah?

Books that help you understand women

Tips to read faster?

>try to become an intellectual for 3 days >wake up with this intense feeling of disgust. it's too pretentious i can't.

His writing style can be too much sometimes but it works really well when it strikes right.

Not sure what the context was for the recommendation, but it was through /lit/. Just wanted to say thank you. What a wonderful book. Heartbreaking.

What is the best non-Jewed Bible translation?

I sit in utter awe of King Lear. Nothing even comes close to it. >Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; >Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, >And the strong lance of justi...

>The mares that carry me as far as my (their?) spirit might reach >Were conducting [me]; when leading (carrying) me they put me onto a many-voiced road >Of a goddess (daimōn), who through all cities b...

Why was Nirgal such a cuck?

At what point did you put aside the distraction of fanciful poetry and escapist novels and instead take up Philosophy?

>BTFOs Nietzscheans and post-moderns with philosophy whose beauty recalls Ferdinand Ulrich (but without being so incredibly difficult). >20 years later BTFOs secular materialists He's really been doin...

Queen Thugshaker is officially the new Queen of /lit/

'ick and 'oby

Are you Machiavellian? Statistically, you're not. But let's pretend. Most people are too emotional to play the game, too mentally handicapped to see the board, or both. This server has been made for ...

>muh my whores are actually pure girls from inside sir >inserts siberia and jail in every work >writes all his female characters as hysterics on verge of madness >muh without god you will turn schizo ...

>the following are likely hard sells: zombies or zombie-wannabes (seriously, I’m not kidding) sexy vampires, wanton werewolves, wicked witches, or demonic children stories about rapists, murderers, c...

How do we gain knowledge of Forms? If Forms are not perceptible by the senses, how can humans come to know them? (This often leads to discussions of recollection/anamnesis, reason, and the dialectic).

I've always wanted to be a creative ever since I was young. I've day dreamed about being one and tried working my ass off trying to write ever since I was around 12. My parents tried pushing me toward...

Why do people recommend this garbage book? All it does is describes 4 arbitrary archetypes then tells you to "integrate" them into your life by pretend to talk to a council of 4 people exemplifying th...

>There is deep down in a man's heart so much uneasiness that it is not in the power of any God—nor of any woman—to allay it. Is Bataille right?

>The strongest man is never strong enough to be always master, unless he transforms his power into right, and obedience into duty. Hence the right of the strongest—a right in appearance assumed in iro...

In what ways did Marxist attempts at egalitarianism often result in new forms of inequality or widespread poverty?

Considering Aquinas's philosophy, how does his concept of God as "actus purus" (pure actuality or pure act) imply that God possesses no potentiality or unfulfilled possibilities, thereby being perfect...

If we trace a continuum between Christianity and Satanism, are the ethics of, say, someone like Evola or Nietzsche somewhere in the middle? Or are they different qualitatively?

did I get filter because I know too much about chess? (not that I know much)

Lets discuss banned books, have you ever read banned books before? How much of these verboten books that you ever read in your entire life?

The trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey leaked online yesterday Matt Damon is playing Odysseus??? Chris, I know you like using the same people in every movie, but I don't see the guy from Good...

>The nimble dove, as it cuts through the air in free flight, feeling its resistance, might imagine that it would fare much better in a vacuum.

After reading Deleuze and fully comprehending his work, you arrive at Catholicism. Reading List: 1. Nietzsche and Philosophy 2. Difference and Repetition 3. The Logic of Sense 4. Anti-Oedipus

If only daddyless zoomers knew, once upon a time, there was a chad popular mytho-religious synthesizer who didn't abuse benzos, marry a whore wife, have a whore daughter, and whore himself out slobber...

I’m so sick of the anti war pussy shit. I want some hardcore pro war literature like the Iliad and Bronze Age Mindset. Give me your best, guys

Could someone explain Fichte's impetus (Anstoss) to me? I know there are a few Reason enjoyers on this board.

Is there a good philosophy book on fear? I really enjoyed Kierkegaard's Sickness unto Death, I'm looking for something similar on specifically fear just a dialectical journey through it, that will may...

Obviously, you don’t need to say who you are, and there’s no way to confirm anons claiming to be Stephen King shitposting, but I’m curious if the mainstream industry - tradpub, MSM journos, or lit aca...

Does anyone else notice that the weird trend of people reactionary and unnecessarily close-minded and harsh towards certain storytelling elements, tropes or concepts? One of the biggest ones that I ca...

What book is this from?

>druthers

Does Brandon Sanderson deserve the hype?

WOW WUTHERING HEIGHTS IS SO FUCKING BORING

Visual and musical artists are happy to break the mold and occasionally embarrass themselves exploring new delivery vehicles for their art. But serious authors are terrified of ridicule taking even a...

>european epic >muslim invokes "macon" and "trigavaunt"

It took me a little to adjust the bizarre world, but now that i have, i'm thoroughly enjoying it. It's of course intelligent, smart, insightful, prophetic yadda yadda but more importantly the family i...

>Nooooooo, you can't abduct young men and drug them and brainwash them to become your personal army of assassins because... you just can't, OK?!

Do you like Goethe or is he overrated? In Germany he's regarded as the greatest author who has ever written in the German language.

what the fuck

What is a Platonic Form? (Define its key characteristics: perfect, eternal, unchanging, non-physical, archetypal, single, universal).

What are some books that completely dismantle and BTFO communism?

so it has been reported that ditty was reading this in court before his verdict was read do u think that's how he got so successful?

What did I thunk?

How many Lilliputian women would it have taken to give Gulliver a blowjob?

Considering the historical track record of states attempting to implement Marxist economic and social principles, which frequently led to centrally planned inefficiencies, authoritarian governance, an...

moby d'ick

I only read because I aspire to be beautiful. Post the most sublime book you got, bros. I'm talking transcendental beauty.

Who else noticed his books are kino as hell?

Hi! I'm Taylor, an MPhil candidate and early career researcher working in the Department of English, Creative Writing, & Film. Broadly, my research engages with narrative and media ecology: My Master...

The more I read about god the more I seem to understand that language fails to capture the eternal, and only silence, utter silence, can perfectly describe him.

The best living writer. Only jealous goyim would say otherwise.

Swami T makes good videos about advaita vedanta. He has short one off lessons as well as long running lecture series that enable a deeper dive into the various concepts associated with the religion. ...

Is this book good? Is he a good writer?

>'Do you know how I managed?' Napoleon later recalled of this period of his life. 'By never entering a café or going into society; by eating dry bread, and brushing my own clothes so that they might l...

Why no love for Kipling?

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...

What the fuck was his problem?

The Great Hall of the People thrummed with righteous fury. Red banners, emblazoned with the sacred words of the Great Helmsman, draped the walls like flames of revolution. The air was thick with the s...

I want YOU to think about thinking.

What would it be about?

>prose in American literature has been going downhill since the 50s >prose can be evocative and lucid; using nonsensical metaphors with the excuse of evoking feelings in the reader is poor writing (An...

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.