/lit/ - Literature

Books that will make me accept my death more easily?

>>19238629
We're already there my guy

>>18443355
Checked.
That's kinda disappointing.
Should I get it? And should I even pay attention to Junger?

>>16769856
>If you don’t know them that’s your problem.
Ok

>>15793637
>Author colonizes the reader

I want to become a really good and persuasive speaker, what should I do?

Lads do you have any modern writers you consider masterful? Been working away at the canon and really loving it, but it saddens me to think there are no current timeless works being produced

>/lit/ says, "start with the Greeks"
>I say okay and buy The Republic by Plato
>Book says, "Dogs are good philosophers"
>I look up from my book and see my dog shit on my floor
>I return book after my dog's euthanization

>anon says that defending a tradition he dislikes in the humanities/social sciences is like defending flat earth/creationism/some other dumb scientific analogy
is there a bigger display of midwittery?

What are some biographies about really adventurous lives that I can read to forget how boring mine is?

>he doesn't take extensive notes about what he reads, making a point to write down his favorite parts, and schedule a review of his notes according to the principles of spaced repetition
Enjoy remembering 1 book out of each 50 you read, pleb.

>>14881457
>This excerpt I read out of context because I didn't read the entire book convinced me socialism is bad
>Therefore, Orwell opposed socialism and this book is opposed to socialism

>>14751623
>he can

Any books that critique the idea that art can change and transform society?

>>14702256
>Spend one night in bed
>wake up exhausted

>>14268302
1-4. Irrelevant.

>>14172316
Rip Memerson. Doesn't even consider the question. Confirmed pseud

>>14155709

> JK Rowling devout Christian

>>14152799
>OP asks for books that counter veganism to round out his view
>the entire thread is full of vegans coping and arguing
I think that is a pretty good reason to not go vegan, OP

>>13942052
I wish /pol/ and tweeters would leave.

I was thinking of reading Lacan but a post in some thread basically claimed he was a cult leader and another post (pro-lacan one) said his work was too vague to be either wrong or right, so does anyone have any proof that Lacan was a fraud? Or that he wasn't?

Who's responsible for capitalism Adam Smith or the School of Salamanca?

>>13731474
>the reader tells the protagonist he might be insane