/lit/ - Literature

>>12692953
>Euclid's Elements
>Pythagoras

>>12383870
it's almost as if listening to the half-baked third-hand opinions of a bunch of shit flinging monkeys who have never picked up a work of analytic philosophy in their lives is no substitute to actually *reading*

who would have thought such a thing could be?

>>12223413
>thinks he's above 1984 and BNW
>unironically recommends existentialism 101: high school edition

hilarious

>2008
>David Foster Wallace "dies"

>2008
>the global economy collapses

>>10428691
>reads marcus aurelius once and only once

>the prologue is 2000 pages

>>9534067
>reads

>easy research paper assigned
>worth over a third of my final grade
>have always relied on style to make up for occasional dearth of substance in less interesting subjects
>have never gotten less than an A on a paper
>do it the night before with the utmost confidence in my ability to pump out another A paper
>get a 77 for not following instructions

I just want to blow my brains out. I am deeply ashamed and will never recover

>>8809919
Chomsky did nothing wrong. The reason why you spend so much time wanking over his politics is because you're too much of a brainlet to understand his linguistics

>>8623451
Why do anything? Why live?

Because it's enjoyable and allows you to engage with stimulating ideas. If that's not your cup of tea then don't read

>>8545608
>i don't understand something
>therefore it has no meaning

t. brainlets