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18220821 No.18220821 [Reply] [Original]

are there any books that are actually detrimental to your life if you read them?

>> No.18220839

Should I actually read this? I'm already reading two books and I opened the first few pages to cathr and so far all it is is boo hoo wah wah wah in order to understand my point you must be willing to let go of logic thanks
Does it actually get good? "It offers new points" isn't a reason for continuing. Pessimists literally have infinity facts and reasons for why life sucks but I'm not going to listen to any of them if they keep up their little antics.

>> No.18220846

>>18220839
To put this into few words, the book comes off as if you must already be a pessimist in order to gain anything from reading it. Will I gain anything/have my perspective changed if I'm something else?

>> No.18220855

>>18220839
Just read it

>> No.18220862

The main reason I haven't this book is cause it seems like, if my understanding of what it is is correct, I would just be nodding in agreement the whole time without gaining anything actually helpful from it. I think for nothing else than bookkeeping sake and recording of human perspective someone had to write this book eventually, i'm glad it wasn't me though.

>> No.18220869

>>18220862
havent read*

>> No.18220871

>>18220839
>you have to let go of logic
He doesn't say this

>> No.18220872

>>18220821
The denial of death
I juat got out of nihilism before reading that shit and now im back at it again

>> No.18220877

>>18220862
Trust me, you will find new and interesting perspectives, facts, literary criticism, anecdotes and so on in the book. Try it out. It's a good read despite what Ligotti's bad faith critics on here like to claim.

>> No.18220907

>>18220821
every book I have ever read has been detrimental to my life

>> No.18220923

>>18220877
I think its only just a matter of time before I do read it, and i'm glad to know from what you said there is more to find in it than my preconceived notions.

>> No.18220969

>>18220821
culture of critique
infinite jest
anything by ayn rand

>> No.18220992

How did he go from making Artikulation to this?

>> No.18221040

>>18220821
Anything by Baudrillard

>> No.18221113

>>18220839
this book makes fun of your type quite a lot. don't read it if you're that sensitive, otherwise you'll just attribute to ruining discourse on /lit/ with another stupid thread saying essentially nothing, like 90% of people on this board who have allegedly read it.

>> No.18221288

>>18220821
juliette by marquis de sade will rub in your face in your own peon status