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Picked all these up for only $7.00.

>> No.12970251

>>12970216
Save for the Toilets book it's a nice selection.

>> No.12970381

>>12970251
Toilets?

>> No.12970397

>>12970381
Anagram of ts eliot, anon is being funny

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>>12970216

>> No.12971377

>>12970216
lrn2rotate

>> No.12971929
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>>12970216
1$ each
Bought them this morning at my library's monthly book sale. It's a shame they were sold individually rather then as a whole set.

>> No.12972054

>>12971929
That Greek tragedians book. I want it. Nice selections m8.

>> No.12972121

>>12972054
Thanks, I've been meaning to do a deep dive into the Greek tragedies

>> No.12973940

>>12971929
What condition are they in? I saw some at a thrift store for around that much but the pages weree pretty tanned.

>> No.12974766

>>12973940
A bit dusty. Besides that, no tanning and in great condition.

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>> No.12975771

>>12974857
ugh

>> No.12975785

>>12974857
Ironically good
Sincerely not good

>> No.12975807

>>12971929
Lucky! My library rarely has anything better than trash paperbacks and only runs the sale from 8-11AM, which is a bitch with my work schedule.

>> No.12975885

>>12971929
what the fuck man, how lucky can you be

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>> No.12976608
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"The History of Hungarian Literature"
Got it for free, though the last two volumes are missing.

>> No.12976703

>>12974857
How is that translation of Devils?

>> No.12977219

bumb

>> No.12977227

>>12977219
how new are you

>> No.12977235

>>12974857
cringe and fashpilled

>> No.12977242

>>12976475
pretty good except for haberpseud
pseudermas
hapseudmas
jurgen "dialectical immigrant rape gangs" habermas

>> No.12978220

bump

>> No.12979058

>>12977227
Bumb

>> No.12979803
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12979803

everything ITT is literal dogshit

>> No.12979931

>>12979803
everyone has seen that image posted like 20 times before, who are you trying to fool with this shit bait

>> No.12979940

>>12979931
newfag

>> No.12979949

>>12979940
no u

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>>12979803
>Milo
>Rand
>meme self-help
yikes

>> No.12980869

>>12977242
unfortunately, even if he is a pseud, he's an important and influential writer in politics and sociology so one has to read him.

>> No.12980901

>>12976703
Not him but I have the same edition and found the translation enjoyable. Katz is probably my favorite Dosto translator after Magarshack

>> No.12980926

>>12979803
Other than The Prince this is some of the most obvious bait imaginable

>> No.12980934

>>12970216
Surprisingly this is a really good stack, especially for $7. Great job, OP!

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>>12970216
How did you get those all for so cheap? The cheapest books I can find are from Thriftbooks and those are at least 4$ a book and I thought that was a good deal. You got seven books at less than a dollar each? How do you all do it?

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>> No.12981170

>>12981015
not him but ive gotten more for less at thirftstores in california. go to the right one and you can find the entire western canon for about $3.50

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>>12979803

>> No.12981230

from previous thread, I'm >>12973563
>>12970216
nice Mitchell
>>12974857
nice Demian, but doesn't make up for
>P&V Dostoevsky
>Why Nations Fail
>Culture of Critique
>KJV
cringe
>>12979803
literal dogshit
>>12981164
nice Demosthenes, but the fact that someone named their book "Factfullness" really raises some flags

>> No.12981239

>>12979803
i actually cringed jesus christ
>post-truth era
>subtle art of not giving a FRICK
>death of europe
>milo
>bell curve
its the perfect storm of retardation

>> No.12981252

>>12981239
>not bringing up Ayn Rand
you didn't understand why the pic is cringe

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>>12971929
This is the full set

>> No.12981346

>>12981252
if i see someone reading ayn rand im not going to cringe because its fair to actually read the book before criticizing it, like plenty of great thinkers have read ayn rand

however no great thinker has read "Weaponized *LIES*: How to Think Critically in the *Post-Truth* Era". if someone is reading that or milo they 100% have already fallen straight into the rabbit hole

>> No.12981363

>>12981346
fair point, but the fact that the comment says that everything else is bad implies that the poster thinks everything in the pic, including Rand, is good

>> No.12981371

>>12981239
you fell for that retard's bait. Good job, anon.

>> No.12981391

>>12981371
i saw someone imply it was reposted, but unless someone actually bought all those books just to troll then one man's bait is another man's retardation

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12981408

rate me you liberal brainlets

>> No.12981413

>>12981408
One generation behind.

>> No.12981423

>>12981408
all that halo is the cringiest part. halo sucks ass unless you are literally 12 years old in like 2006 with a friend

>> No.12981437

>>12981408
I know this is a repost, but it still confuses the everloving shit out of me
>anti-Trump books AND books by Trump
>Barbarians AND SJW's Always Lie AND Embracing Masculinity AND several Vox Day books
>all that Halo shit
>what appears to be every WWE game
it's like a neolib bugman who wandered onto /fit/ and /pol/ and is no longer sure what to do with his life

>> No.12982520

>>12970726
Dude I gotta say; as much as one can doubt the validity of Solznietsyn's narrative surrounding the soviets generally - speaking more directly to the Archipelago- his fiction is suburb. Really glad I was aware enough to treat myself to the first circle when I did. A great gift. You'll enjoy it I suspect.

>> No.12982523

>>12976475
What are you trying to say with this stack anon?

What is it trying to say to me? What am I trying to say through it?

>> No.12982559
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Am I memey enough

>> No.12982620

>>12982520
I've already read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and Cancer Ward, so I'm quite looking forward to both Archipelago and In the First Circle.

>> No.12983173

>>12982559
Blood Meridian is good.

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>>12982523
native advertisement for Plus-Sized Elf Vol 2 which releases on the 30th of April (just 8 days away!)

>> No.12983453

>>12982559
How is Roadside Picnic? I'm still waiting for my copy to arrive.

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>> No.12983605

>>12983594
You're either very rich or very poor

>> No.12984436

>>12981437
people change but the objects they have from their past can stay in their possession and they can use this for funny pictures that imply they were all from the same time

>> No.12986201

>>12976475
Wish I had enough scheckels to buy physical manga.
Man, if I were born rich, I'd be a completely different person alltogether.

>> No.12986633

>>12976475
Eucalyptus is one of the greatest works of the 20th century. Kleenex is an unrealized genius.

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>>12970216
I wonder where the fucking Goodwill shill is that says why we ought to be paying $5 a fucking used book.
He isn't happy about this thread. That's for damned sure.

>> No.12986654

>>12976475
I haven't read anything of Eucalyptus, what would you recommend?

>> No.12986657

>>12986651
this guy
>>/lit/thread/S12481565#p12481620

>> No.12986719

>>12981330
Nice collection if that's yours. I'm trying to buy the whole collection incrementally as they turn up at my library's book sales.

>> No.12987134

>>12986654
>Eucalyptus was a prominent Greek pre-socratic philosopher. In his philosophy, described in Kleenex, there are three principles: the Inhale, the Sneeze, and the Blow.[1] His teacher was Irritatus Sinus, who was of the Eleatic tradition.

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>>12986654
>>12987134
>eucalyptus
nigga thats a plant

>> No.12987202

>>12987139
lol

>> No.12987328

>>12981164
Hah, someone said "nice Demosthenes" even though that's a terrible translation.

>> No.12987334

>>12971929
The entire set sells on amazon for 1.7k be thankful

>> No.12987337

>>12971929
Jesus Christ. Damn. Lucky you, man.
Goddamn.

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My local library has a little corner where they have things for sale all the time (and usually one major sale a year). I picked these up for ~$9.00 not long ago.

>> No.12988467

>>12981423
FUUUCCK YOU

Halo 2 is one of the best experiences you can have in entertainment.

>> No.12989067

>>12987383
nice.

>> No.12989104

>>12971929
I bought the whole set in college for $300. It was kind of an impulse buy and a bit stupid, but all of the books were in their original plastic except Plato and I didn't need a textbook for the rest of college because I was a philosophy major.

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added a couple thrift finds this week, want to find out if Marx supports suicide

>> No.12990570

>>12982559

Something Wicked This Way Comes is one of my favourites

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This is my stack for an essay I'm MA. What do we think boys?

>> No.12990854

>>12990829
Doesn't matter if you read Hegel or not, you won't learn Hegel

>> No.12990869

>>12990829
You in Art History? What's your specialization?

>> No.12990893

>>12986651
>>12986657
This wasn't the last time those two had run-ins.

>> No.12990940

>>12990854
Very true. The simplification of every paragraph found at the end of this version of Phenomenology is a life saver. The two other Hegel books are actually in Romanian (which I can't read). Doesn't make it any less understandable though.

>>12990869
Contemporary Art Theory is the official name of my MA. I'm specializing in Geopoetics and Spatial Biopolitics. Although I am also taking some courses in curating and a course called 'Sex, Gender, Species'.

>> No.12990943

>>12970216

David Mitchell doesn't get enough love around here. His books are cozy.

>> No.12991469

>>12987334
>>12987337
>>12975807
>>12975885
Thanks anons. It's about the only lucky thing that's happened to me lately.
>>12989104
Which books were the most important to your philosophy education? Are there any important ones I'm missing (besides Plato, I already bought that one at a previous sale). I've been trying to learn philosophy on my own lately

>> No.12991486

>>12990829
Why not just use the campus library?

>> No.12991604

>>12991486
Can't notate, plus I like letting friends borrow books etc

>> No.12991633

>>12987328
What would you recommend?

>> No.12991680

>>12970216
Absalom, Absalom! is the best american book of the twentieth century.

>> No.12991681

>>12991604
sounds like you want to start a library