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just graduated (degree in philosophy) and I've finally been focusing on books for fun instead of academia! recently read Antwerp by Roberto Bolaño and it was great
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Right now I'm reading In Our Time by Hemingway. I'm not a huge Hemingway person, he certainly has it good points, but I find those rarely. A lot of people give me a hard time about it. I'm currently doing a iTunesU course on Faulkner, Hemingway and Fitzgerald to keep my mind active until I can get back in school. Hope it works! Anyone else read this?Comment
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Funny, I was going to start the same course today.Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
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Novalis:
And some stuff on higher dimensional category theory (perhaps the most abstract portion of mathematics). For anyone wondering what in the hell higher dimensional category theory is, here's an impressionistic explanation for non-mathematicians: http://cheng.staff.shef.ac.uk/misc/4000.pdf"He described this initial impetus as like discovering that they both were looking at the same intriguing specific tropical fish, with attempts to understand it leading to a huge ferocious formalism he characterizes as a shark that leapt out of the tank."Comment
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Novalis, the wonder kid of german romanticism, is a fascinating experience to read. It's philosophy as poetry, or vice versa.
And thanks for the pdf. I'll try to read it.The morning is not enough.Comment
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I'm by the way reading the diaries of Witold Gombrowicz. They're really funny. And you just got to love his omnipotence.The morning is not enough.Comment
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BrilliantFashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
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The sensation that he is describing my own interior life is so vivid, I come away feeling it was only oversight that prevented me writing this stuff myself. A flattering delusion because I think this is a real work of art, which will survive us and make our world immortal.Comment
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On such a black forum, I vote this as the theme-poem:Originally posted by destroymebaby View Post
"He described this initial impetus as like discovering that they both were looking at the same intriguing specific tropical fish, with attempts to understand it leading to a huge ferocious formalism he characterizes as a shark that leapt out of the tank."Comment
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as is The Room - definitely check that out if you get chance. HSJ is an amazing author.Originally posted by Faust View Post
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It was hyped here in Sweden (where the author lives with his family), as well as heavily criticized, mainly because of his political views (he wasn't orthodox enough when it came to Swedish feminism). I went into the books with big enthusiasm, but a somewhat skew conception. The critics made me expect more. But I'll save my judgement to later. I haven't really gotten through all parts yet.Originally posted by dontbecruel View Post
The sensation that he is describing my own interior life is so vivid, I come away feeling it was only oversight that prevented me writing this stuff myself. A flattering delusion because I think this is a real work of art, which will survive us and make our world immortal.The morning is not enough.Comment
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Will do - thanks!Originally posted by viv1984viv View PostFashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
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"Things you own, end up owning you." --- Tyler Durden [FightClub 1999]Comment
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YOU READ IT!!!!!!!!!Originally posted by Faust View Post
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read The Room, Requiem, The Demon...every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantageComment
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I'm on the motherfucker.Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
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