/lit/ - Literature

>>19712868

>>18803498
>philosopher
He was literally just a crackhead hobo nigger

>>17451245
>Translator's Introduction
Skip. Literally every single one says the same thing: translation is hard and some words don't mean what you think.
>Introduction by a scholar
Read a few pages to detect bullshit; read or skip accordingly.
>Preface by author
Read
>Preface to 5th edition
Skip
>Dedication
Skip
>Notes on the text
Skip
>Biographical chronology
Skim
>Further reading
Skim for interesting references
>Endnotes
Read until they get annoying and then skip

>Actual book
Skip and read Wikipedia instead

>>17099507
>Not him, but viruses are not considered alive
Scientists disagree.
Do you need proof that cat is not a furniture
Shit example, all though you could argue that furniture is a parasitc meme.

What redflags do you look out for when deciding whether to read a book?

What's the best, most comprehensive English grammar, the grammar equivalent of the OED?

>Parmenides
>Plato
>Aristotle
>Plotinus
I've read these dudes and they totally resonate with me, man. Who should I read next?

>>16665908
Is he also the densest then

>>16619835
Thanks, Anon. Maybe I'll read a short story before bed

Who are the most pitiful protagonists in literature?

Do you have an autistic obsession with any particular authors?

>>16190571
He's your son, he will already have turbo autism

>>16165067
>>16165103
IF TRUE then the mere fact she held this conversation with you despite your massively offputting texts and then confirmed herself to be schizo means she was willing enough to put up with your shit and anybody else's shit, all packaged with the flair of fashionable loopiness. Do you realize what you're giving up on?

>>15839268
>illiterate dumbfuck has no arguments
read more my friend :)

>>15627211
All rape is sex. Think about that next time you tell someone to "have sex"

is this real?

Any books for this feel?