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  • Feb 12, 2020

    Anything by Rene Girard specifically the scapegoat and violence and the sacred

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    Frog

    how is nausea compared to camus' stuff?

    I think the general consensus is that Sartre is the traditional philosopher, with mastery in a technical sense. Camus is a beautiful writer with philosophy laced within his work.

    Their actual lives reflect their work too — Camus is the philosophical Chad; tall, mysterious, handsome — at one point he had two separate girlfriends who knew of the other. Sartre was the unattractive nerd who wrote heavy handed but rewarding philosophy. Camus sought to not be tarred as an ‘existentialist’ and preferred the focus to be on his prose which was woven with mythology and general literature technique.

    Both are phenomenal writers, but Camus is definitely my preferred of the two.

    Edit: Just realised I just went on a bit of a ramble and didn’t actually answer, lol. Nausea is great. It’s extremely harrowing though — if you’re in a state of existential susceptibility it may really impact you. As above, there’s not quite the charm of Camus’ Mersault, but it’s a page turner nonetheless!

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    Grenouille

    I think the general consensus is that Sartre is the traditional philosopher, with mastery in a technical sense. Camus is a beautiful writer with philosophy laced within his work.

    Their actual lives reflect their work too — Camus is the philosophical Chad; tall, mysterious, handsome — at one point he had two separate girlfriends who knew of the other. Sartre was the unattractive nerd who wrote heavy handed but rewarding philosophy. Camus sought to not be tarred as an ‘existentialist’ and preferred the focus to be on his prose which was woven with mythology and general literature technique.

    Both are phenomenal writers, but Camus is definitely my preferred of the two.

    Edit: Just realised I just went on a bit of a ramble and didn’t actually answer, lol. Nausea is great. It’s extremely harrowing though — if you’re in a state of existential susceptibility it may really impact you. As above, there’s not quite the charm of Camus’ Mersault, but it’s a page turner nonetheless!

    i never really thought of the stranger as an existential piece of work despite everyone always saying it was this existential masterpiece (still love it). sounds like i should give nausea a shot though, thanks

  • Feb 21, 2020
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    Any recommendations on first philosophy books? I really like ideas about our meaning of life etc... also I want to study philosophy next year. What books should I have read by then (and also maybe make me decide that philosophy is something I want to study or not :))

  • Feb 27, 2020
    moveonup

    “In societies dominated by modern conditions of production, life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has receded into a representation."

    I just watched his film version lol, it's full of t*** and wasn't that easy (but also not That hard) to follow. Should maybe try to compare with the book

  • Feb 27, 2020

    Walter Benjamin ❤️

  • Feb 27, 2020
    moveonup

    also understanding media by marshall mcluhan

    90% utter nonsense, 10% incredibly accurate and incredible

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    Mar 3, 2020

    I've always been interested in stoic philosophy but never really could get stuck in to any of the recommended s*** from Aurelius, Epictetus, etc.

    But I found a book over the weekend called A Handbook For New Stoics with 52 week by week lessons and exercises for you to practice. I'm only on like day two right now lmfao but so far I'm liking it. Will do my best to stick with it the whole year.

    Cuz like you can read all you want and learn every ounce of theory you can but until you practice putting it into action in your daily life it's all useless. So I'm hoping these guided/prompted lessons can help me actually bring things into reality.

  • Mar 4, 2020
    Henrik Larsson

    Any recommendations on first philosophy books? I really like ideas about our meaning of life etc... also I want to study philosophy next year. What books should I have read by then (and also maybe make me decide that philosophy is something I want to study or not :))

    This is a hard question... You just need to look into topics that interest you and go from there.

  • Mar 4, 2020

    Simulacra and Simulation
    Minima Moralia
    One Thousand Plateaus
    Fear and Trembling

  • Mar 8, 2020
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    aurelius- meditations
    kant- prolegomena to any future metaphysics
    seneca- on the shortness of life
    camus- most of his stuff

  • Mar 11, 2020
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    Thugger

    I don’t have a favourite but I have a least favourite and it’s René Descartes Mediations. I hate Descartes, dudes a certified hack

    yeah f*** descartes still... hate that dumb f***

  • Mar 11, 2020

    I’m reading Carlos Casteneda - Teachings of Don Juan: Yaqui Way of Knowledge ... Really good book

  • Mar 13, 2020
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    Grenouille

    The Fall - Albert Camus
    The Plague - Albert Camus
    Nausea - Jean Paul Sartre

    I hope you're reading these in French. Their translated version are horrendous.

  • Mar 13, 2020

    De Beauvoir - Ethics of Ambiguity

  • Mar 22, 2020

    george berkeley - a treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge

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    Nice, gonna take a look into this one

  • Mar 24, 2020

    Notes from the underground isn't really philosophy but it gave me a lot of self awareness

  • Apr 1, 2020

    I’ve never really been able to get into philosophy books.

    Taking this at face value though, I love The Philosophy of Andy Warhol. Incredibly entertaining and it still feels ahead of its time.

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    SOul AMAZIN

    Zarathustra by Nietzsche

    how is it in comparison to BGE? just read BGE, thinking about reading Zarathustra next

  • Apr 2, 2020
    moveonup

    “In societies dominated by modern conditions of production, life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has receded into a representation."

    it was good but i like Baudrillard better

  • Apr 2, 2020
    Grenouille

    The Fall - Albert Camus
    The Plague - Albert Camus
    Nausea - Jean Paul Sartre

    The Plague is pretty relevant right now. I’d recommend everyone picks it up and gives it a read.

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    STUFF

    I hope you're reading these in French. Their translated version are horrendous.

    Would u even advise getting them if someone can't read French