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11979056

Anonymous Tue Oct 23 21:47:34 2018 No.11979056 [Reply] [Original]

>Open book
>>Foreword
>>Preface
>>Introduction
>Throw book in trash

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 23 21:50:34 2018 No.11979067 you can always skip them and, after reading the book whole, judge whether their existence is justified by the overall character (not quality) of the work, as in whether it's too arcane, historically important or novel, etc.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 23 21:52:35 2018 No.11979076 >>11979056 Did you forget to take your Ritalin?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 23 22:38:21 2018 No.11979263 File: 404 KB, 1900x1140, Hegel_by_Schlesinger-ski-1900X1140px[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11979056 You're making a mistake buddy

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 23 22:43:46 2018 No.11979289 File: 250 KB, 830x1355, A6288256-1655-4AE8-AEE7-314F1D7C7221.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11979056 >tfw the forward/preface/introduction are better than the actual book

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 23 22:44:17 2018 No.11979291 >>11979056 Good post.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 23 22:50:46 2018 No.11979312 >>11979056 I like multiple forwards so long as they are short.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 23 23:01:36 2018 No.11979361 >>11979056 >Preface is 125 pages long

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 23 23:03:59 2018 No.11979376 >>11979263 Is'n't Hege's preface all about why prefaces blow?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 24 00:46:47 2018 No.11979727 File: 92 KB, 540x568, D58DC82E-16C3-4334-BA24-1FD1000793CE.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11979056 >notes >etymology