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couleur
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I read into Lacans lectures once and thought it was a major pain to read. Maybe I just wasnt into it enough.
"Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. Dare to know! (Sapere aude.) "Have the courage to use your own understanding," is therefore the motto of the enlightenment."
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| Posted: Wed, 21st May 2014 15:45 Post subject: |
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Just started the first of The Dresden Files (audiobooks, read by James Marsters), seems good so far.
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Jun 2014 19:36 Post subject: |
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| Saner wrote: | | 3E74 wrote: | right now im reading, The Wind Through the Keyhole, by Stephen King..
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Is that any good?, I have not read it yet, I had a Dark tower binge a year ago and couldn't be arsed with that one.
I am reading the Odd Thomas set, I liked the movie so I figured I would read them  |
Read it  its alright, nowt special though.
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I saw things like that in here and in other "woman problems" topics so...... Am I the only one that thinks some authorities needs to be alerted about Saner and him possibly being a rapist and/or kidnapper ? |
Saner is not being serious. Unless its the subject of Santa! |
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Jun 2014 19:37 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 22nd Jun 2014 16:32 Post subject: |
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50 shares of gray 
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Saner
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| Posted: Sun, 22nd Jun 2014 19:02 Post subject: |
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| garus wrote: | | Mister Mercedes by Stephen King. Quite good. |
that's on my holiday reading list
Glad to hear its decent
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I saw things like that in here and in other "woman problems" topics so...... Am I the only one that thinks some authorities needs to be alerted about Saner and him possibly being a rapist and/or kidnapper ? |
Saner is not being serious. Unless its the subject of Santa! |
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| Posted: Sun, 22nd Jun 2014 21:43 Post subject: |
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Just finished All the light we cannot see, by Anthony Doerr. Good book, some similarities to the book thief.
Trying to finish GoT #3 -.-"
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| Posted: Thu, 26th Jun 2014 20:36 Post subject: |
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Just came back from the seaside. Read:
The Trial by Kafka (meh, i liked parts of it, but it really shows he didn't finish it)
For whom the bell tolls by Hemingway (meh, just meh)
Metamorphoses 1-3 by Ovid (great, have to get the others)
Brothers Karamazov again (fucking amazing)
and i started reading Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche since after reading Thus spoke Zaratustra quite a while back, it left a whole lot unexplained...to me at least... (a friend who studied philosophy said i should read Beyond since it actually tries to explain some of his points and the whole Will to Power crap).
| couleur wrote: | | I read into Lacans lectures once and thought it was a major pain to read. Maybe I just wasnt into it enough. |
Don't bother. He's unreadable, unless you're studying it and have someone to explain his concepts to you, not to mention you better know Freud inside and out. I gave up, i just couldn't be bothered to basically study him. I bought the Cambridge companion to Lacan where i hope they will give me a general overview.
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| Posted: Thu, 26th Jun 2014 20:52 Post subject: |
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You mean the Interpretation of Dreams? Eh that's fine to read. Lacan is nearly impossible, at least in English (since not all his lectures are translated), but since i don't speak French the other option is closed to me.
Everytime i see Žižek in the street i have an urge to go up to him and make him explain Lacan's concept of the "real" to me....
EDIT: Oh yeah and is A Farewell to Arms any better from Hemingway?
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Waargh
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| Posted: Thu, 26th Jun 2014 22:17 Post subject: |
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| xxax wrote: | | EDIT: Oh yeah and is A Farewell to Arms any better from Hemingway? |
Really liked it. And make sure to check out Hem's A Moveable Feast
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couleur
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| Posted: Fri, 27th Jun 2014 00:12 Post subject: |
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| xxax wrote: | Just came back from the seaside. Read:
The Trial by Kafka (meh, i liked parts of it, but it really shows he didn't finish it)
For whom the bell tolls by Hemingway (meh, just meh)
Metamorphoses 1-3 by Ovid (great, have to get the others)
Brothers Karamazov again (fucking amazing)
and i started reading Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche since after reading Thus spoke Zaratustra quite a while back, it left a whole lot unexplained...to me at least... (a friend who studied philosophy said i should read Beyond since it actually tries to explain some of his points and the whole Will to Power crap). |
I had the luck to have had a pretty good seminair (course?) about Zarathustra by a pretty good commentator of his work in Freiburg. Its an amazing book, but it requires an enormous knowledge of classic works to understand (a well written introduction can do wonders). My favourite Nietzsche is "The gay science". (damn you modern language for having distorted the use of that word.)
Also, Brothers Karamazov... loved it. It has been quite a while since I last read some real book. I have Crime and Punishment ready to be read in the next vacation.
| xxax wrote: | | Don't bother. He's unreadable, unless you're studying it and have someone to explain his concepts to you, not to mention you better know Freud inside and out. I gave up, i just couldn't be bothered to basically study him. I bought the Cambridge companion to Lacan where i hope they will give me a general overview. |
Well I've just read the lecture about "Psychoanalysis and cybernetics or the nature of language" as I'm (still) working on this 100p work about 'Bergsons (and by extension Deleuzes) concept of the virtual compared to the modern use of the word' and I'm going to do a little sidenote about AI etc. (I have huge difficulties getting this done besides everyday work/life. Its not like it was when I was still studying.) Its still a pain to read and I'm not going to deep with it.
"Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. Dare to know! (Sapere aude.) "Have the courage to use your own understanding," is therefore the motto of the enlightenment."
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| Posted: Fri, 27th Jun 2014 12:46 Post subject: |
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can anyone recommend a good prison/prison break book?
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| Posted: Fri, 27th Jun 2014 16:29 Post subject: |
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Did anyone here read any of David Gemmell's books? I never heard of him, apparently his book Legend is supposed to be a classic in the fantasy genre. I thought I knew all the classics. WHat's confusing me are the reviews. Simply put they all distill to "nothing in his books is special, chars are archetypes, stories are cliche, but his works are awesome". Huh? WTF does that mean?
The second book of Raven's Shadow comes July 1st btw. I can't wait since the first book was one of the most refreshing fantasies I've read.
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| Posted: Fri, 27th Jun 2014 17:48 Post subject: |
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Thanks for the suggestions guys.
I actually had no idea Pappilon was a book! I really loved the movie.
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| Posted: Fri, 4th Jul 2014 13:30 Post subject: |
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Currently reading Michio Kaku - The Future of the Mind. Cool book from a physicist about current developments in science about understanding, scanning, manipulating and maybe emulating the mind. Cool stuff, there is lots of info in there about current projects (2012-2013) that successfully use brain-reading devices to control robot limbs and using it for computer input, things almost like telepathy... very interesting. Some researchers even managed to insert new memories into a mouses brain.
Here's hoping for the next 20 years!
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Just a reminder to those who liked "Raven's Shadow: Blood Song" - sequel (Tower Lord) is out.
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| Posted: Fri, 4th Jul 2014 17:37 Post subject: |
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i like reading a lot but i will never get used to ebooks. nothing beats a paper book honestly. you can use it to prepare a joint, put it on your head to hide from the sun, you can throw it to your wife, perfect tool to smash mosquitos, you can read it in deserts and jungles, and it makes you look interesting when someone walks into your living room with one hell of a book shelf...
nope, ebooks, never will get used to it and be honest, books are damn cheap and if you buy it used it's unbelievable cheap...
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| Posted: Fri, 4th Jul 2014 17:38 Post subject: |
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[quote="couleur"]
I had the luck to have had a pretty good seminair (course?) about Zarathustra by a pretty good commentator of his work in Freiburg. Its an amazing book, but it requires an enormous knowledge of classic works to understand (a well written introduction can do wonders). My favourite Nietzsche is "The gay science". (damn you modern language for having distorted the use of that word.)
Also, Brothers Karamazov... loved it. It has been quite a while since I last read some real book. I have Crime and Punishment ready to be read in the next
Yeah i'm thinking about getting some kind of commentary to go with it.
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Well I've just read the lecture about "Psychoanalysis and cybernetics or the nature of language" as I'm (still) working on this 100p work about 'Bergsons (and by extension Deleuzes) concept of the virtual compared to the modern use of the word' and I'm going to do a little sidenote about AI etc. (I have huge difficulties getting this done besides everyday work/life. Its not like it was when I was still studying.) Its still a pain to read and I'm not going to deep with it. |
Maybe it because you're reading his specific thoughts on a certain issue, it may be easier. But i read a lot of Freud, Jung, Rank, Adler and some Reich (had a psychoanalysis urge) then i started Lacan and i just couldn't get started. I'm kinda pissed off he didn't write a book or something. There's no start, the lectures just go into specifics right away. But i'll admit i gave up quite quickly, but till this day it is still the most unreadable thing i ever tried to read.
Oh and i have had Bergson on my to do list for quite some time... Have to check him out, what i read about him seems really interesting.
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| skx7 wrote: | i like reading a lot but i will never get used to ebooks. nothing beats a paper book honestly. you can use it to prepare a joint, put it on your head to hide from the sun, you can throw it to your wife, perfect tool to smash mosquitos, you can read it in deserts and jungles, and it makes you look interesting when someone walks into your living room with one hell of a book shelf...
nope, ebooks, never will get used to it and be honest, books are damn cheap and if you buy it used it's unbelievable cheap... |
Have you tried e-ink ebooks? 99% of people I know that said the exact same thing as you couldn't use PDAs and tablets as ebook readers, but loved e-ink ones.
I loved my Sony PRS-500 and now I use Kindle Paperwhite because it has great lighting.
Today I didn't even need to use my AK. I gotta say it was a good day. (c) - Ice Cube
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Can't buy it anywhere (yes I'm willing to buy an ebook 
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