/lit/ - Literature

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>>11610512
It's about a child that basically on trial set in a fantasy world. I dunno it's mainly in my head and it's pretty whacky.

>>10745765
The House on The Borderland.

Someone rec'd on here and so far I'm enjoying it. The imagery is damn bizarre but fantastically eerie.

>>9689093
>teacher/student v independent learning

Just a thought here, culturally speaking: how much of our own valorization of the principle of non-contradiction derive from the West's preference *in general* for independent learning v the teacher/student or guru dimension one finds in the East?

The principle of non-contradiction is also a *cultural* priority, no? Non-contradiction means both philosophical integrity but it also means harmoniousness among philosophers. Which goes first - the abstract idea, or the context in which the abstraction takes place? Which takes priority? There's no real way to say, there's just tendencies and preferences. Of course, it is said, that the East is not as "novel" or "inventive," technological innovation, globalization, all this...
>said by dumbasses
>well that's true

The Logocentric West is *restless* and does not like to be told what to do - even by the fates and by the gods. it's possible that some people innately prefer the adversarial relationship to the other kind. Maybe we like our dragons scary and others like their dragons kind for mysterious reasons.
>or maybe you're just invoking some meme stereotypes and you should quit flappin' yer gums
>yes, this is true, inner self
>werewolves. on the moon. now. with bazookas

I know I keep saying this is my last post for the day but I mean it this time.
>probably
>thread is just too interesting
>clean your room bucko
>ok