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I know horsing around was popular but to support his life style for 20 years im not sure

I have read a lot of Plato and some Aristole, but I am a big fan of Dostoevsky. I want to read more about faith and existentialism, so I want to pick up some Kierkegaard.

Is there anything that I should read to get a very good grasp of him ? Other than Hegel since that is a massive obstacle to overcome. Any advice ?

I decided to pick up Moby Dick as it uses such beautiful prose, but other than saying, " Wow, this is good prose," I don't know how to extract that talent.

I am 19 and balding, and I am wondering if it stops? My uncle and dad did ? Who else has this happened too

I am noticing that my facial hair has grown more since I am getting older. Since I am 19 will it speed up the process and if so by how much? What is your guys personal experience ?

I am planning to read 2 chapters a day and then research them like crazy. I've read NCFOM and The Road, and I have tried to read Blood Meridian twice, but I think now is the time.

I don't want any spoilers other than what has happened in the chapter and the chapters before. Can anybody please help

The event starts at 3am but a lot of the card looks weak other than the paddy fight and McGreggor fight. Does anybody know what time those are so I can sleep in a bit ?

I played a lot of 7s in high school, but my school is horrible. I joined a team in uni, and I have never been more lost. I play as a forward ( I've never done so in my life ), and I am extremely lost. I don't want to be a star player, just reliable, and get the job done

Every time I want to get a philosophy book ( Aristole or Aquinas ), I need to pay R500 for a low quality book.

I'd love to learn more about them

I am now 250 pages in, and I have an obsession. But I have a couple of questions. What books to read after ^1. Further, what's the best way to watch his interviews ? I am going on a 4 hour road trip tomorrow and want to download some. Also, are there any other spoiler free YouTube videos?

Also, the book is slowly making sense. Should I reread it after a while or read 10 pages a day with other books ?

Thank you so much in advance

1.) I have Delillos falling man and I'm going to order Consider the lobster and white snow. I chose Delillo since DFW loved his works a lot. I also plan on getting the Pale king later

I want to read Pynchon and im going to start with Inherent Vice as it seems to be his most easy work. Im also planning on going up in difficulty until I reach GR. Can you guys give a nice reading order for that ?

I'm only 140 pages in, and it takes me a while to get through even 10 pages, but I'm loving this so far. I have a rough idea of what's going on. I'll spoil up to where I am, but please don't spoil anything past page 140. You've been warned.

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I tried reading The Sound and the Fury and it was so difficult I gave up. I figured it would be on the same level as As I Lay Dying, but I was wrong. Infinite Jest is supposed to be insanely difficult too, but it's not impossible. I love the characters and what they're going through. In just 140 pages, it already feels like there have been 10 books inside this one book. And I'm not reading it just to say I finished it, I genuinely love it. Hal is an amazing character. And the chapter with the woman in the mental ward after her third attempt (I've forgotten her name) hit me with so much emotion. The chapter with the addicts, where one of them overdoses, wrecked me too. I went in expecting another book that's poorly written but trying to seem profound and different, and instead I actually understood it, and it landed. It reminds me of The Idiot, where the Prince has a medical condition and the writing itself gets broken up to match^2. Same kind of thing here.

I'm excited for the other 850 pages.

Also, sorry for any bad English, it's my second language, and I know this post is rough^1. It's not meant to be an analysis, just a rant about what I love about this book. This also has me wanting to read Pynchon now. I'm into modern books these days. I don't only want to read 100+ year old classics anymore.

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1.)Warning i know this is blasphemous but I used AI to clear up some Grammer and make it more readable for you guys so it doesn't seem impossible to read

2.) The Idiot (pre-reform Russian: Идіотъ; post-reform Russian: Идиот, romanized: Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1868–1869.One of my lesser favorite Dostoevsky books.

I am reading Infinite jest and about to start Nichomachean ethics. Does anybody else do this and do you guys have any tips for seperating them?

I had a read along for The Idiot and it helped alot. Does anybody have a link ? Also does it spoil the book

I am about to jump in and want to know if I should have a doc or something that tracks plot points , character or other things that might make it more easy to read. Have any of you guys done this. Thank you in advance

I plan to read this book twice so I just need a core grasp of the main ideas of On first and Last things. I am not a Nietzsche Scholar or well read on philosophy but here is a essay I made :

An essay to see if I understand : 

The core part of this chapter is what happens if we take an actual look into what we believe and that is specifically metaphysics. The conclusion is they come from error , misunderstanding and humans search for comfort , easy answers and our evolution as man.

A big debate in philosophy is how things come from their opposites eg Truth out of error. Nietzsche says theyre not opposites but the higher things grew from the lower things. Truth grew out of error and the good things out of the bad things

He then attacks philosophers saying their biggest error is not taking History into account. They see humans as uncahing and that the data they have (The last 4 thousand years) is also not enough to conclude human nature. Humans are always evolving and always have and philosophers assume they people they are observing as the true human not taking into account religion, culture , politics , ect. True philosphy must accept that there is no eternal truths about man as he is always changing 

Then he goes to critique Metaphysics. An idea that behind this world we gave there is something deeper and a more true reality such as Platos forms and religion. Nietzsche says that it isnt impossible but it isnt important. We can not truly know this for certain but we cant base everything we know off a chance of something existing and belief of these werent logical but rather driven by fear , passions and error. This is the same for logic and dreams. Humans choose what is most comforting and what is good for us not what is true. He uses dreams as example. He believed dreams took us back to our primitive stages where we believe what is happening. Logical thinking is a recent development and in the padt we choose what was most comforting or easy to believe 

Next he speaks about an age of comparison where we can kill the old harmful ideas and progress with the new good and useful ideas.

It ends with a problem once you've seen the errors in religion, metaphysics , culture , etc what keeps you from going on as a person? Nietzsche imagines a free spirit a person who lets go of these and find through knowledge a new way to live or something worth living for. They watch human live as a play and live life with some curiosity or detachment. Also he finds that philosophy isnt a cure to this loss but can help dissolve the needs we have fed with religion or metaphysics. This scientific and historical philosophy can harm people and it is harmful to just jump to it and art can help bridge the gap we feel 

I havent read much Nietzsche but from what I have heard he sounds perfect for me. So much so I am studying PPE( Politics , Philosophy and Economics). I have a copy of Human all too Human and im getting Nichomachean ethics soon and I want to read both at once.

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I am intrested in Aristotle and other Philosphers but Nietzsche was the whole reason I wanted to get into philosophy. So my plan is spend an hour every day on Nietzsche and really focus on 3 to 6 aphorismims( depending on lenght ) deeply and then go on with my other philosophical books. Am I sitting myself up for failure and if so how do I avoid this ?

I am studying philosophy because as a teen I read him and gave up but have always wanted to read him.

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I bought Nicomachean ethics to read fully but it is coming the 22nd and along with reading Artistole I want to very slowly read Nietzsche. I have Human all too Human and Beyond good and evil.

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I have read a decent amount of plato and basically had a whole semester covering him but j havent covered other giants such as Kant , Hegel , Spinoza , Descartes ect.

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Should I wait and read more philosophy or just dive into Nietzsche?

Last year I read until time skip and just stopped but I remember I really enjoyed it. Yesterday my friend told me he is watching it and he is addicted and I thought about it. I realized I did not read it to enjoy it but rather I read it to finish it and sped through it so fast I don't remember most of it sadly. What are ways to enjoy the manga the most ? Or am I just overthinking it