Literature #97

Why do lazy people hate hard working people and the system that rewards hard working people?
AYO HOL UP.....*declares war on rome*......YOU SAYUN...WE WUZ.......SUM FINNA.....KAAAAAAAAAANGZ?...
Philosophy graduate studies
Gay Science
Into the trash
Are Penguin Classic's spines really shit?
Who here /fell for the STEM meme/?
/crit/ - General Writing Critique
ITT: Awesome-looking authors
Post Veeky Forums pics
Thinks he's well-read
Can you justify the Principle of Causality (all change is produced by a cause) as universal without falling to a...
Age
Is there any literature that even comes close to top tier music? I think know, but feel free to prove me wrong...
Can there be inherent meaning without God?
Oedipus
We should send her some books to read in jail. Anyone down? What should we send her?
Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk
I saw twelfth night at the globe theatre today
I have created a new understanding of human nature that has incredibly important applications
Is Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Murakami any good? The synopsis is interesting...
ITT: High school English curriculum reading that was actually good
What actually happens in hell? What exactly IS hell?
You know how there are white nationalist authors, are there any nationalist authors from an asian perspective(korean...
How much do you read per day? Excluding articles and social media, only long-form texts
Other great Veeky Forums lectures on youtube?
Was Odysseus a "Mary Sue"?
What is your literary life plan?
So...
What are the funniest things you ever read on Veeky Forums?
What kind of literature does your dad like?
How many of y'all actually DON'T think you're secretly the next literary genius of the age but nobody pays attention to...
Pessimism is just a refuge for loveless virgi-
How the FUCK do you pronounce his name?
So...
Can we get a comfy fake rupi poem thread going. I'll start us off
That first scene in the train; the straight-forward, earnest, naivety - how can i learn to act like that?
Redpill me on Aleister Crowley
Which books trigger believers?
Was Raskolnikov the original average Veeky Forums man?
The voice of our generation
Who is the Veeky Forums David Lynch?
Quit your soul-destroying job
Book store thread
STOP
What are the most important fiction books one should read in his life?
Descartes recounts that he mocked friends of his who once showed up at his home at 11:00am in the morning and was...
In your personal opinion
At the airport
How do I into Alan Moore, and who else would Veeky Forums recommend like him?
When did you realize that Marxism was the end point of philosophy?
What does Veeky Forums think about jordan b peterson?
Opinions on harry potter: the books, fans, and author
Is there any merit to Deleuze?
I just recently finished Dubliners and the whole time i was really looking forward to reading The Dead as I'd heard it...
Who is the Houellebecq of the Left?
Author spends 4 paragraphs describing the scenery
Notes has the most psychological depth. Prove me wrong
The ultimate showdown:
X is shit (bad)
What kinds of books do your parents and siblings read, Veeky Forums?
Hi. Just wanted to share some thoughts
Which books trigger atheists?
English Major Feels
When did you realize this edgelord was the most intelligent person in the history of mankind?
Hey Veeky Forums
Does art cease to exist when the artist performs his craft no longer for himself but for others?
Okay, I may be missing something, but I honestly can't get this guy's appeal. Is the paradoxical nature of him...
Catholicism
A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!
Lit help me out
Are Constance Garnett's translations of Dostoevsky any good?
QTDDTOT
Is this book as insightful as /pol/ tells me it is?
What is it called when you base the merits of an ideology on the utility it provides? For example...
ITT: greatest opening sentences
Veeky Forums lyrics
This is William Shakespeare, one of the greatest writers in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist...
I need to change, i need to find purpose in life, no i think i have a purpose, what i need is to stop being a lazy cunt...
What is some good french literature?
Greek mythology was interesting and all, but what was Agamemnon's tax policy? Bad worldbuilding, desu
ITT: books that piss off liberals
The girl I'm talking to absolutely loves David Foster Wallace and he might be her favorite author...
Do you turn off your phone/tv/whatever when you read? Also /comfy/ thread please
Mervyn Peake
Is this book difficult? I certainly think it is, but I want to know what real readers think...
What are some good books to read to improve my prose?
How do I into Derrida?
Is a 40 hours a week, non-intellectual job compatible with reading and writing?
Do you have a wishlist of hard to find or expensive books you want, which you might have some day...
Who are the most forgotten literally figures of your country Veeky Forums?
What are the first ten books you'd suggest to a novice reader
Veeky Forumserary confessions thread. It's that time again. Repent and maybe Hindu Allah will forgive you
This is embarrassing and I'm aware of it
Has a book ever triggered an existential crisis in you? The works of pic related really messed me up
Finally someone puts Peterson in his place
Can anyone tell me precisely what merit Joyce had as a writer? I'm not seeing it
Top 5 favorite books
Ulysses earned more votes than Moby Dick
When we read, another person thinks for us: we merely repeat his mental process. It is the same as the pupil...
There is literally no one in my fucking life besides Veeky Forums that I can discuss books with and I can't even really...
AMA
What the fuck even is Gnosticism?
Which 5 philosophical books would you bring with you to a desert island
ITT literary "villains" who did literally nothing wrong
Edward Said's Orientalism
When Bloom goes, who will defend the canon?
What are the best books on race?
Was Hunter S. Thompson a good writer in your eyes?
What passages from literature or important historical documents should I memorise in order to enrich myself?
I don't get it
What am I in for?
Infinite Jest
How hard would Moby Dick be for someone who just started reading?
Why did she end the Bell Jar is a positive note? Was that other girl supposed to represent her?
Write what's on your mind
How do you read books so quickly
Unironically, why don't nihilists kill themselves
Something we cannot see protects us from something we do not understand. The thing we cannot see is culture...
How much time do you spend on Veeky Forums, user? Be honest
Greates Prose-stylists of the English Language
Veeky Forums NYC Cringe Con
Here's the reading list for Junot Diaz's course at MIT. What do you think...
My Catholic Dad asked me to read the hitchikers guide and now I'm an athiest
Holy
Esoteric occult books
Read any good nonfiction lately, Veeky Forums?
New England is the most Veeky Forums part of the country. Prove me wrong, faggots. Foreigners need not reply
Name 1 (ONE) good female writer
Which version of the Bible did you read?
Yes I have read Infinite Jest it wa
Post a picture, and other anons recommend a book
What a bunch of pretentious schlock
What does Veeky Forums think of Thomas Ligotti?
How do we combat the tyranny of P&V translations?
So who is the greatest american philosopher ever
Tfw too stupid to understand Jordan Peterson
Language learning
/sffg/ - The Science Fiction and Fantasy General
That book you never could finish, despite really wanting to enjoy it. What's her name?
I really liked this... What should I read next? Any other books similar to this?
Best ultracheap writing laptop?
I want military sci-fi, lots of it
I just started The Iliad, my dudes...
I ditched Veeky Forums for Veeky Forums and /pol/. Help me, I want to frequent Veeky Forums again
What do I read to focus on the mind-body problem? From my search for good literature so far...
Who was in the wrong here?
Recent Purchases
Why did Jesus pray?
>>9717137
Practice stoicism irl
Give me ONE (1) book that is an essential read
Would you read this? I think of all right-wing "skeptics" I would prefer to read Sargon's book
What am I in for? Are President Trump's other books any good?
Why do people gets triggered if you even mention something that resembles right wing and conservative thoughs?
Anyone got a pdf of his new tizz?
A Medieval Fantasy novel doesn't talk about Taxes or other realistic things like A Song of Ice and Fire
Be a professional NHL player while getting a PhD in mathematics at MIT
Is findom the most Veeky Forums fetish?
Why does Veeky Forums take the Gulag Archipelago any more seriously than any of the tens of thousands of accounts from...
MILLENNIAL POET SHOWDOWN
What's the Youjouhan shinwa taikei of books? Not counting the original novels
Why do you browse Veeky Forums, user? What do you gain from here...
Heidegger believed the Western world to be on a trajectory headed for total war...
Who is the angriest writer you can think of?
What book makes the best case for atheism, and what book makes the best case for faith...
Post your reading lists
Reading Guides/Infographics
Veeky Forums approved anime
Whatever happened to memoir-chan Veeky Forums?
Can we say that, from a Buddhist and stoic point of view...
In undergrad for English. I never want to leave this ivory tower. Thoughts on grad school/career in academia...
Hey Veeky Forums...
In Dante's Inferno
/moldbug/ general
What am I in for bros?
Why is this good?
Tfw no author gf
ITT
Please explain something, Veeky Forums
Explain this book
/ag/ - Autodidact General - Foundations Edition
Can you build a movement on nihilism?
Psychology
Veeky Forums art thread
The Iliad
Light hearted Veeky Forums
"You will never represent, Raphael, a young girl's erotic dream...
ITT: Share your most pretentious literary opinions
How do I give myself a university level education in philosophy?
ITT we write like Rupi Kaur
What has inspired your love for reading?
Stop reading bad books
Ludwig Wittgenstein on Darwinism
He's only read one book by his "favorite author"
There are writers who were really good at documenting tumultuous, ever-changing periods
Catholic Literature General
Start with the Greeks
Habits
/sqt/ - Stupid Questions Thread
ITT: Post an image, and others recommend a book based on the image you posted
CRITIQUE REDHAT
What do people think of The Trilogy? Or Beckett at all for that matter? Favourite play of his? Favourite prose?
I am a math intellectual who reads literature
So im fairly young and im very intrested in human behaviour and the mind...
What are some works of literature that were written to glorify God?
2017 is already halfway over, friends. What have you read?
What was the last book you gave up without finishing? Picrelated for me. It would not end
Why was he the only writer that could describe the misery of the working class...
Favorite Book Thread
Where does Rupi Kaur rank among the greatest modern poets?
Was Anyone Else Disapointed By This One?
Let's making pretending to have read writers easier for eachother
Ask a self-published shillster anything
If you start with the Greeks, what do you end with?
Books that need to be made:
Describe a writer's prose style and other anons try to guess it. Fiction or Nonfiction
Never learned how to study
Itt: stack thread: hardcover edition
Depressing that this board is dead as fuck. Can't discuss shit, no memes, no nothing. More dead than /x/...
What is your opinion on Alain de Botton and The School of Life?
Public Education vs Autodidactism
Redpill me on this, and Dan Brown in general
Theres an exhibition here at the institute of art in chicago and it says that pic related is the new canon...
Any other blackpilled literature?
Just read pic related
Why is political propaganda so shit nowadays...
Philosophy
What the fuck did I just read?
Fucking normie pseuds
Post your Veeky Forums studies
About to read the pic related (KJV)
I'm attempting to write a novel, this is the very beginning, what are your thoughts?
Who is the best waifu of Greek mythology?
Who is the last living WoC author you've read?
Non-fiction thread
Every single word that comes out of Jordan Peterson's mouth is so full of weight and meaning that by comparison...
I'm a PhD candidate whose been at it for like 7 years now...
"I hate irony!"
Why do Veeky Forumsizens tell people to go back to video games, anime, manga, and TV?
What books can I read to cement my politics?
How did many enlightenment thinkers justify their racism
Give me your essential 4
Age
Www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/apr/25/why-shakespeare-is-italian
Plato's Republic
Let's start a new Veeky Forums chart thread
Any good books with the main characters being narcissists or psychos ?
GOODREADS THREAD
Can we have a horrible book covers please? My folder needs reloading
Can we all finally just admit that prose is just poetry for brainlets...
The men in my life who love Wallace also love legions of stylistically similar male writers I’m not interested in...
So what the FUCK did he mean by this?
Anyone else here a psychopath? I was diagnosed with ASPD last week, recommended me some books about us...
What are the dangers of making my protagonist and antagonist too similar?
Acquiring Audiobooks
Who is your favorite transgender writer?
What is Veeky Forums's opinion on Everyman's Library?
Why do people romanticize the working class? They're largely stupid, illiterate, malleable, bigoted, and religious
Out of curiosity, who were the biggest cucks in literary history? Post fictional/semifictional characters or authors...
I like to read novels and philosophy
Hi lit my tablet was obliterated by my 3 year old son, and now im pondering on buying an ereader. Does anyone have one...
Can you recommend some good right wing French philosophers?
Good books about Artificial intelligence?
What does Veeky Forums think of Light Novels?
"The global ridicule in which the works of Foucault, Lacan, Derrida and Deleuze had suddenly foundered...
Hey Veeky Forums
There are more woman than men in the world
What are some great books about walking?
What does Veeky Forums think of Anne of Green Gables?
What the shit
Favorite book
Why do Atheists read if there's no life after death?
What influence has Nietzsche had on you?
Chinese literature
Autodidactism
What is essential reading for other Veeky Forums boards...
Leftist Veeky Forums
/sffg/ - Science Fiction & Fantasy General
Kafkaesque
Radical Right Literature?
Why were all the popular authors of the 20th century either a veteran or mentally ill?
I'm a chapter into this and I don't feel any less autistic yet. At what point does this book start helping?
Icarus
So, Veeky Forums, I have an unironic challenge for you today:
Love in Literature
Atlantis was real?
People call him the ultimate anti-traditionalist
Hey guys I wrote a bunch of super short flash fiction (25 word 'novels') and I decided to share them with you. Enjoy!
Do you think anime and video games will change the way novels are written?
Can Veeky Forums redpill me on the goodreads website...
Tfw when in high school I was reading Carl Jung, Schopenhauer, Nietchze, Kant, and Hegel
“Now these [battles] too are over...
Is it pronounced cough-kuh or calf-kuh?
Why write a large engrossing novel to tell people to stop being engrossed in entertainment?
Don't know what to do with my life. Should I take a few classes in Latin at my university...
Ayn Rand and George Orwell
Greatest bros in literature. I'll start
What's your great story that you've never written?
What are essential reads in political philosophy?
Word that covers finances + job?
I just finished this and I can't figure out how you've all convinced yourselves that this isn't a children's book...
Ywn join Celine and his cat in a series of comedic misadventures across Nazi-occupied Europe
Journey to the West is to China as ________ is to ________
Reading
Writing a book
ITT: Dystopias better than 1984/BNW
Discuss his body of work
I
What are some hidden gem horror genre books?
When writing
Anyone else read this?
Best war novels? They can be any war in human history, so long as they're dank af
Age
/lgbt/ Veeky Forums
In 1977, he was among the intellectuals, with Foucault and Althusser...
If he edited the prose, never killed people, and published his manifesto as a satire of the modern age...
Are podcasts Veeky Forums?
I would love to write love songs that will please all girls
Metamorphoses and other Classics
What do I need to read to become a decent Veeky Forumsfag and talk philosophy shop and junk...
Original ideas from Veeky Forumsizens
ITT: Writers who are literally you
What's wrong with Materialism?
Have you ever stopped to think about the meaning of dreams...
How do you imagine your soul?
Anglos and foreign languages
I need a friend who can hold conversations on Malick, Schelling, Hegel, Kant, Fichte, Spinoza, Plato, Aristotle...
It's been 1300 years and that lazy fuck STILL hasn't given us the 4th part! I swear i'm going to die before it comes...
Go to your bookshelf
Dude, you know a great way to get over your writer's slump?
I just read the epic of gilgamesh today, went in knowing nothing about it...
Do you think it ever upset him that he could never match up to Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard?
Can free will be reconciled with Providence?
William T. Vollmann thread
I've been told I shouldn't read sad and depressing books because of my depression diagnosis and start reading some...
Hegel's Ontology
I only read penguin classics ;]
I'm new to reading kinda
Is there anyone today like Thoreau? Is it even possible for someone to be like him today?
What do i have to read to become properly "cultured'?
Itt: Bookshelf Thread
Mrs Dalloway (1925)
Thoughts on Sam Harris as a writer/author?
What is the literary zeitgeist of our age...
Seriously, is this shit a fucking meme? I am 30% of the way through. What the fuck is your problem Veeky Forums?
Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with...
I've never ordered books en masse from Amazon, just singular copies now and then...
Easy mode: If Orwell was writing today - what would he focus on?
Why haven't you accepted idealism and God?