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Anonymous Thu Sep 16 23:42:32 2010 No.1133984 [Reply] [Original]

Can someone recommend me some books that deal with nihilism, boredom, and the meaninglessness of life? I just read The Stranger and I'm looking for something similar. (not so much existentialism but outright characters in states of nihilism itself)

I hope you know what i mean

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 16 23:45:32 2010 No.1133993 burroughs maybe?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 16 23:47:32 2010 No.1133996 Either "Haunted" or "Invisible Monsters" I'd google Invisible Monsters first

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 16 23:48:32 2010 No.1134001 Waiting for Godot

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 16 23:48:32 2010 No.1134000 The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa Hunger by Knut Hamsun

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 16 23:50:32 2010 No.1134007 Why is it that anytime someone says nihilism people always mention Chuck Palahniuk. People who mention Chuck don't understand what nihilism means.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 16 23:51:32 2010 No.1134008 >>1134007 coolstorybro.jpg

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 16 23:51:32 2010 No.1134010 Homo Faber

>>	STLFag !IeX.oK0HUk Thu Sep 16 23:53:32 2010 No.1134014 I know it's not quite what you're looking for, but The Myth of Sisyphus really is worth a read. It was life-changing for me.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 16 23:54:32 2010 No.1134019 >>1134010 >>1134000 Were you looking off of this list? http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jun/16/top10s.boredom That list looks like what you're looking for OP.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 16 23:55:32 2010 No.1134022 >>1134007 Why do you say that his work has a nihilistic overtone to it, especially Fight Club.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 16 23:56:32 2010 No.1134025 File: 14 KB, 309x475, 31PT38DH3CL._SL500_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Read this book and you'll stop feeling like such a wretched little beta. LET THE PASSION FOR TRUTH CONSUME YOUR SOUL.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:01:32 2010 No.1134040 >>1134025 I see what you did there.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:03:32 2010 No.1134043 >>1133984 Demian, by Hesse Crime & Punishment Journey to the End of the Night

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:03:32 2010 No.1134044 File: 47 KB, 500x500, bertrand_russell_image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1134040 Tried to help a bro out? I'm puzzled. Did I do something in addition to that?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:09:32 2010 No.1134064 Can you give me some background on Demian? Wikipedia is unhelpful as to how it is nihilistic in nature.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:11:32 2010 No.1134070 File: 20 KB, 256x352, bertrand-russell-4.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1134064 A wretched little beta gets depressed, does badly in school, then he falls over and dies or some shit. It's probably right up your alley.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:13:32 2010 No.1134075 EEEEE EEE EEEE

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:13:32 2010 No.1134080 >>1134075 Uncalled for.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:14:32 2010 No.1134084 File: 38 KB, 428x270, ECioran.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Hobble your broken old ass home, Russell. Pic is related to your quest, OP. Start with "A Short History of Decay".

Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:18:32 2010 No.1134100
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>>1134084
>Cioran denounced systematic thought and abstract speculation in favor of indulgence in personal reflection and passionate lyricism
>indulgence
>indulgence
>sigh

I agree with this recommendation. The OP will probably quite enjoy this fellow's work.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:22:32 2010 No.1134111 File: 21 KB, 382x593, nausea.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Read this yet?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:24:32 2010 No.1134113 File: 13 KB, 200x274, RussellBertrand.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1134111 >French philosophy

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:31:32 2010 No.1134126 >>1134113 Any Russian philosophy?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:35:32 2010 No.1134142 File: 18 KB, 200x320, fathersandsons.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:38:32 2010 No.1134158 File: 37 KB, 414x646, 9780061990038_0_Cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:39:32 2010 No.1134161 >Hunger by Knut Hamsun >Cioran >The Nausea >Waiting for Godot (anything by Beckett actually) >Journey to the End of the Night Listen to those suggestions OP.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:40:32 2010 No.1134163 Demons by Dostoevsky

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:47:32 2010 No.1134185 >>1134100 Why do you sigh about indulgence?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 00:54:32 2010 No.1134204 File: 33 KB, 446x251, bertrand-russell_07_446.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1134185 Because it's silly, and less likely to lead to true propositions than systematic thought (which is what the Romanian in question abandoned).

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 01:05:32 2010 No.1134232 Sup Aetheric

Anonymous Fri Sep 17 01:09:32 2010 No.1134247
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I have been struggling with a problem for the past five hours or so.

The answer I have settled on appears to be compatible with mid-late Wittgenstein.

I'm going to finish the paper, and then go and drink rather a lot of gin. I will then cry.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 01:30:32 2010 No.1134291 >>1134247 I want to read Bertrand Russel. wat do

Anonymous Fri Sep 17 01:38:32 2010 No.1134311

>>1134291
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/r#a355
http://www.ditext.com/russell/rus9.html
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4016383/The_Philosophy_of_Logical_Atomism_-_Bertrand_Russell.pdf
http://books.google.ca/books?id=Fpb-9eRqjsYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=philosophy+of+logical+at
omism&hl=en&ei=mv6STKatNYu0ngej0I2iBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2
&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

He wrote a lot of shit; I think reading philosophy of logical atomism first would be best.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 01:41:32 2010 No.1134314 Sartre's Nausea is probably up your alley, OP. If you want a philosophical work, try Baudrillard's Simulations.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 01:41:32 2010 No.1134315 File: 19 KB, 572x349, dsfaafs.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1134311 Thank you sir.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 01:59:32 2010 No.1134351 OP here thanks for all the suggestions

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 03:41:32 2010 No.1134517 David Foster Wallace's forthcoming novel, "The Pale King" deals almost entirely with boredom. It's coming out from Little, Brown and Company in 2011.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 17 03:43:32 2010 No.1134526 >>1134001 Oh man. Beckett. Mindfuck. Also, "Journey to the End of the Night" by Celine. Watch a man completely lose himself.

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