/lit/ - Literature

>>21721820
>You can't prove a negative.

>murder is…le evil!
Refuted by open individualism.

If you take the assumption that all experiences belong to the same universal self of consciousness itself, then murder is morally irrelevant as it neither causes suffering nor takes away positive experience. If you are all lives, then why do you care if you are murdered in some of them? This is the ultimate golden rule. Arguing against murder is about as logical as arguing that every woman should give birth to as many babies as she possibly can in her lifetime.

What's a fun book to read?

>>14657175

>>11921755

>>9472487

>friend recommends me a book
>4.5 stars on goodreads
>author bio:
>Hey, folks. I'm just a middle-aged American guy, writing fanfics for fun after a long day at the bit mine.

>Likes: Heroes who actually go out and solve their problems instead of sitting around whining about them. Especially if they have to use their brains and do some badass level grinding along the way.

>Dislikes: Clueless idiot heroes who survive on pure luck and the bad guy's mistakes. Gritty urban fantasy heroines who cause most of their own problems, and then constantly bitch at the male love interest who has to save them. Whiny little beta-boy 'heroes' who let the girls beat them up, and then wonder why the princess doesn't appreciate their awesome sensitive wonderfulness.

I want to shove this guy into a locker, and I'm a compsci major.

>>9065889
But whats's the difference? You mentioned serial novelists who are mostly focused on plot development anyways (not underrate the philosophical explorations of Eliot, which I find to be brilliant at times). So, of course you wouldn't have to "stoop so low." Generally speaking those pieces were developed for the popular rags anyways. Effectively, you've played into the irony of this greentext, and have assumed the role of the non-thinker solely by admitting you do in fact rely on a system designed to aid high schoolers too jaded or retarded to do the actual work of reading. And, in all honesty, you're even dumber than you think. The target audience Sparknotes was designed for (grade school kids) can't be to blame. After all, high school isn't for the reading of serious literature (how can those little fucks appreciate the works anyways) whereas you should possess the mental faculties to train your mind to comprehend this stuff not just on the superficial level of plot, but on the critical level. Otherwise, I don't even know why you bother with reading Shakespeare. There's plenty of good, entertaining literature that doesn't require you to rely on a second hand source for even the most sacrificial level of engagement. Either that, or you're a high schooler.

Bearing in mind I'm 18, I've gone from being pretty left to a disillusioned conservative like most teenagers (hopefully) become after their edgy years

>>8599726

>>8566888

>>7925416

>he thinks it's fake
>tfw only frequent high IQ boards

>>6984855
>misogyny is a thing