/lit/ - Literature

>>11343316
>>“The body without organs is not a dead body but a living body all the more alive and teeming once it has blown apart the organism and its organization

haha, the mummified corpse unravels. confirmed for duplicate. read passion

>>11161590
You remind me of one of those guys at work who always needs to be complimented and praised to do his job. That need for validation is worthless. And you're only weak if you don't figure out what you need from her to feel equally cared for and then ask for it. If she denies it and you're upset, then you leave and find another one.

Your attachment to woman is not a problem, but your ability to speak, to be open and vulnerable in order to get your desires met is a problem.

Just go for a run or a walk, and then come back and lay down the law. Try not to get addicted to angry sex though, cause it makes fighting way more enticing.

>>11111135
Thanks. There's enough here to last me a day of unpacking.
>the idea of reason's total self-transparency
as in I hold these truths to be self evident?
>into essence-talk
am I not allowed to say that there is a there there?

Ye shall understand (my dear friends) that amongst the excellent acts of the King Salami, one above all hath the pre-eminence. It was the erection and institution of an Order or Society, which we call Salami's House; the noblest foundation (as we think) that ever was upon the earth; and the lanthorn of this kingdom. It is dedicated to the study of the works and creatures of God. Some think it beareth the founder's name a little corrupted, as if it should be Solomon Gundy's House. But the records write it as it is spoken. So as I take it to be denominate of the king of the Hebrews, which is famous with you, and no stranger to us....
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But hear me now, and I will tell you what I know. You shall understand that there is not under the heavens so chaste a nation as this; nor so free from all pollution or foulness. It is the virgin of the world. I remember I have read in one of your European books, of an holy hermit amongst you that desired to see the Spirit of Fornication; and there appeared to him a little foul ugly Aethiop. But if he had desired to see the Spirit of Chastity, it would have appeared to him in the likeness of a fair beautiful Cherubim. For there is nothing amongst mortal men more fair and admirable, than the chaste minds of this people. Know therefore, that with them there are no stews, no dissolute houses, no courtesans, nor anything of that kind.

>>11052514
Fuck passion. Duty and dedication are skills to learn. Learn to be dutiful by accepting some responsibility and do it with dedication so that when the time comes that you want to quit or when you think you don't need to do it anymore, you can recognise and explore that separate voice that allows you give up a task. If it is only a feeling, if you're are too tired, remain dedicated enough to the whatever task you choose and change your life around doing that task with as much energy as possible.

All that seems like too much, but it can be as simple as a chore you do for another person or yourself like taking your friends or family's dog for a walk, or building or maintaining something within your room, like your computer or chair.

Especially doing things for others will help solidify the experience of being dutiful because we're all receptive to validation. The fact that you learn to be dedicated to anything in time will pay off on whatever you become passionate about something later.

That you have no passion now doesn't mean you wont be filled with passion later in life, and if you think you know yourself so well to know you'll always be without passion, you should spend more time working for others' passions - it's how most zombies get their brains and eat it too.

>>11008013
Roberto Unger's mother read him The Republic at night time.