/lit/ - Literature

>>23257464
Perception itself is non-physical. Your very experience of reading this very post should disprove materialism/physicalism for you entirely. This doesn't mean there is a god or an afterlife, however.

>>22546267
>Would it be okay if I cut them out altogether?

Perhaps, but remember the interesting ideas you have for them so that you can put them somewhere else. You don't have to cut out everything. Good luck, anon.

>>22537263
While I cannot help you, I wish I could, and I wish you well, hoping that you will succeed, anon.

A work of art does not need to be perfect in order for it to be enjoyed as if it were so.

The intellect on its own does not confer truth or wisdom, as it will rationalize a lie just as well as it would deduce one as such and it will not know the difference. The way towards truth and wisdom is through the cultivation of particular virtues of character, such as the humility to admit when you are wrong, and the courage to consider unwanted truths. Every single philosopher and even every scientist must be aware of these simple things, I believe, otherwise there will be a detrimental effect on society.

>>22495382
I'm reading it right now, but I'm not yet halfway through yet. It's very good and is very different from anything else I've read in a very valuable way. However, one must remember that the book was written by a woman for other women. And as such the eponymous Genji commits rape multiple times and literally cucks his own father.