/lit/ - Literature

>>5132521
>>5132524

alright everybody, thank you for all of the good responses.

>>5103487
>I can already tell your book is shite from a few pixels

I agree, but I believe that the saying goes "...from some of the pixels", not "a few pixels".

>>5103495
>There's a reason the words young and philosopher don't go together.

what's that?

>that "academic stuff" is where philosophy is and shall remain.

OK, since quite a few anons have responded to my mention of academic philosophy, here's a remark about that:

All I meant in my first post is that most contemporary philosophy books I see published are written by academics. The difference between what I've written and what they've written is that I do not make mention of the history of philosophy, nor do I critique particular works of philosophy.

Now, some of you have decided to read a bit further into my mention of academic philosophy, and have already begun defending it. That's all good and well, but I did not intend offense against your study.

>>5103497
sure thing. I've posted it here before. some lurkers have called and written me. let me know what you think of it.

http://www.humanactionnetwork.com/ethix-.html

>>5103502
>depending on what you consider to be you

I...

no, just kidding, I caught your meaning. well, I'm not a PhD, and back in college I did meet some good professors who wrote and published philosophy. their work was the sort of thing I mentioned before-- analysis of the history of philosophy, critique of contemporary philosophy.

>>5103602
this one really caught on around /lit/ these days.

>>5103627
if my original post seemed to you that I loathe academic philosophy, then I have failed. I'm not trying to implicate academic philosophy here. I'm not trying to turn this into another thread about analytics vs. continentals or STEM vs. letters or whatever.

>>5103659
check out the link to my book, Ethix!

it's primarily nonfiction. it's a book about ethics-- character, conversation, action, sure... but it's also a narrative of a pirate, of interpreting an ancient mystery, of diving into divinely inspired romance, of falling into existential crisis... of self-cultivation, self-sufficiency, and conversation; in a word, it's a discovery that's been in the making for years now.

>>5103662
agreed. but Penguin does publish philosophy beyond their Classics series. who published Paul Johnson's book*?

(*I do not endorse this book. I haven't read it-- I merely mention it as an example.)

>>5103711
>The young never write anything worth reading

who are Keats, Rimbaud, Raphael...

>>5103628
>...unless you can market it as some sort of self-help book I suppose.

yeah, this is probably how I'll have to pitch it, though I'm seriously considering just printing the damned thing myself.

if you see the text, you know that the formatting is unacceptable to any publisher (centered text, small caps, running borders)... so I'm thinking that I might do a scroll. (some have requested to buy a paper version.)

well, I can't pretend to any professionalism, but I have written a book.

it didn't take too much bravery. all it took was an eye for writing, and a whole lot of reading. once I had read enough, and thought enough, I knew that it was time to put the thing in its place.

that was in May, and I finished writing in June.

you should check out my book, Ethix! it's a philosophy book about character, conversation, and action, sure-- but it's also a narrative of a pirate, of interpreting an ancient mystery, of diving into divinely inspired romance, of falling into existential crisis... of self-cultivation, self-sufficiency, and conversation; in a word, it's a discovery that's been in the making for years now, and writing it was just a process of remembrance.

I've posted it here before, and it has been generally well-received. some brave Anons have even put in phone calls to discuss the book.

here's a link:

http://www.humanactionnetwork.com/ethix-.html

P.S. inb4 shill or new tripfag-- the book is yours, free of charge, and I don't use this cursed tripcode outside of posts about the book.

>>5067103

I guess I got a gripe with analytic philosophy around the same time I spurned autism.

>>5029638

http://www.humanactionnetwork.com/mobi-ethix-.html

Tell me whether this loads properly.

The whole text relies pretty heavily on formatting (including hidden clues), so all black text on a white background will be... not without its charm.