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getting started reading
what should i read to seem more intellectual

>> No.14499958

>>14499956
Start with the Greeks.

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>> No.14500871

>>14499956
anything by houellebecq

>> No.14500888

>>14499956
>seem more intellectual
Accept whatever defines one's being an "intellectual" is ultimately subjective, variable and be content that you are intelligent anyway on the basis of your own knowledge and, of course, your pursuit of further knowledge.

>> No.14500889

>>14499965
In fact, it is a very funny book.

>> No.14500907

>>14499956
>seem more intellectual
"The Ignorant Schoolmaster" is about how people talk about books they've never actually read. Ironically, I haven't read it myself.

>> No.14502126

>>14499956
just shitpost here and absorb pointless facts through osmosis

>> No.14502171

>>14500907
someone make this into a banner

>> No.14502198

>>14499956
learn a lagnuage if you want to larp an an intellectual desu