/lit/ - Literature

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>>11893190
>And he explicitly defines it as an evil substance in the Koran.

>>11744537
>let me lecture you about a thinker I never read

>>11436304
>Durr what if magic

Ok dude, assume shit for no reason

>>11430484
>you're not supposed to try to immitate jesus

>>11234402
>a referrent is its object

>>11184799
>He isn't upset that they were having sex with people. he was upset that they were having sex with the suitors.

>that thirty year old boomer who keeps bringing up Jordan Peterson talking points in tutorials

Literally why are these old folks still in college

>>11158936

>>10214460
This is on par with saying "Plato isn't platonism"

>>10193899
>Serious question: does any thinker attract more more

>>10160478
>Plato's Crito Phaedo Apology

I need to believe this is not a lie

>postmodernists and relativists say that there are no universal truths and everything is dependant
>How can 1+1=2 be dependant on culture, historical period or interpretation?
>No matter where, when or in what state of mind does the operation of 1+1 differ in result
>MFW retard relativists cannot even fucking do the most basic operation in mathematics

>>10137562
>to convey what images and themes you are trying to express
>ten sentences full of archaic terms that were unused for the last 100 years, professional jargon that 50 people on earth are familiar with and ad-hoc authorial neologisms

Did he solve literature?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI
Any legitimate criticisms of this?

Post your /lit/ dreams
>One day be able to read Ulysses in the original Irish
>Finally read some of Pynchon's interviews
>Become as famous as someone like Kafka
>Meet David Foster Wallace

>>9733743
Yeah, unfortunately the circumstances don't allow me to play games anymore
>>9733747
>>9733752
I've barely had time to play video games and today, my gaming pc broke. I reaaaally don't feel like replacing it. It's just a money sink for 2 hours a week worth of entertainment
>>9733739
this looks like a post-addiction book :o
>>9733748
I don't have much preference, my tastes ranges from poetry to millennial literature. (oh boy, i'm going to be crucified just to mention millenium.)

>>9579240

What are some decent YouTube channels and podcasts which discuss literature (I'm looking specifically for Shakespeare discussions, but literature in general works)

>>9493178
>>9493173
>>9493138
Mfw you brainlets will never know what it's like to have an IQ above 170 and you will never feel the euphoria of a masterpiece falling out of your pen in two days with no need for editing.

>>9360875
>Try your damnedest to write as little as possible

>>8180481
Got me there.

>>8059832
>Reading underworld right now, people say it's a clusterfuck, albeit I disagree