/lit/ - Literature

>>18321842
is this what Nietzsche meant when he talked about how the Overman isn't limited by the conventions of his time.

Is donating to the library still a display of altruism and generosity if you used it often before?

What happens when you take a more hedonistic, utilitarian, or pleasure-seeking philosophy and replace "pleasure" with "fun"? They each seem equally worthy of occupying that position but they don't seem like the same thing. What changes, or just what's the difference between the words for you?

>>15489285
what does putting people on the moon do?

>>15458154
I honestly wonder how different the world would be if humans reproduced asexually.

Is Vedantasara by Sadananda to Advaita Vedanta what Elements of Theology by Proclus is to Neoplatonism?

>>12545827
>The Pope isn't Catholic

Define good literature.

A Scottish-descended hermit has his isolated homestead in the marsh unwantedly housing a number of wounded Confederate soldiers and displaced civilians. When he leaves to confront the man behind the order, he's told that he and his home will be left alone if he can bring the officer a southern belle who has never been let outside of her plantation house. At the start of his journey out of the marsh he discovers a runaway slave who he pities, and lets accompany him on the trip.

Think a mix of Don Quixote and Mark Twain.

>>11267419
>it's in the interest of capitalists to breed sympathy for anti-capitalism.
how many Ds of chess we talking here?

/lit/ I need insight and recommendations.
What makes a work of fiction magical to you? What makes it enthralling to the point you find yourself thinking about it often?

What books have moved you this way, fiction only. I need new material for my comics and animation but don't know what fiction is really worth reading. I made the mistake of reading anthem as a result of my ignorance on the matter. Hopefully your experience can help me, and save me a lot of time. It would be truly appreciated.

>top 100 books
I don't get what these lists are implying. If you need to read 100 books, odds are you probably aren't getting anything out of them. you could probably do just fine reading 5 or 6, as well as enjoying other forms of media, such as the internet, movies and anime. I can understand 100 years ago, the appeal of books, especially if you lived in isolation. That's not to say pretty much any valuable lesson contained in these stories hasn't, allegorically speaking, been rehashed and seen in media throughout your life, and that you simply haven't picked up on it. The answer of course is to then be mindful and aggressively seek out the kernels of wisdom all around us instead of looking for them only in books. In that sense, there is no real reason to read all of those books except for novelties sake.

/rant

>>10699373
Rollin'

i always wondered why movie sequels are numbered while book sequels arent

Are songs poems? And song lyrics literature?

So,we can agree Blood meridian is a good book?
Right?

should we not have to take blame/responsibility for our actions if we don't have free will?

Are there any good refutations to the Problem of Evil?

Is the hero, by necessity, a collectivist figure?

Is Hume's Fork itself a matter of fact or a relation of ideas?

Why would OP even bring up Lolita in the same post where he tells us he tutors a precocious 13 year old girl?

Hmmm

Do you think literature and reading today is more popular than centuries back?

How do I get into professional proofreading? I already have a degree in English, but I've recently realized I know nothing about proofreading or tracking changes in a Word document. Any advice on where to start learning this stuff?

I sit back and read like cat in the hat
21 savage the cat with the mac
21 savage not boys in the hood
but ill pull up on you and shoot your ass in the back

what did he mean by this?