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    The quicksilver and quirky THE FLIGHT OF ICARUS -...

    The quicksilver and quirky THE FLIGHT OF ICARUS - Raymond Queneau . . .
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    Perhaps literary originality is out there - yet...

    Perhaps literary originality is out there - yet no publisher can see it, no agent understands it, and no reader knows it's there (or even desires it!) - perhaps ;]
    I dunno, the best a writer can...
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    Yeah, real, no realer than anything else. I've...

    Yeah, real, no realer than anything else. I've read my fair share of philosophy, all told none of it added much to my life, to my mind, not really, at least I don't think so - (maybe I'm...
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    I like that. I concur. The way I see it is...

    I like that. I concur.

    The way I see it is this : there's more truth and reality in a crow's beady eye than there is in any philosophical work. Stick with the real I say. Let's just look and...
  5. Oh! Ah! Arghhhhhh! Parish the tort!!

    Oh! Ah! Arghhhhhh! Parish the tort!!
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    My post was about Austrian novelist Thomas...

    My post was about Austrian novelist Thomas Bernhard. I didn't mention Fitzgerald. I haven't read any Fitzgerald. -- I'd suggest Nabokov as a supreme stylist. If you havent already, check out his most...
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    Thomas Bernhard has a very distinctive writing...

    Thomas Bernhard has a very distinctive writing style. -- You know when you have a problem and you talk to yourself and you go over the problem over and over again in your mind ... that's what his...
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    It seems to me that human beings are fixated with...

    It seems to me that human beings are fixated with conflict. To relax we read novels which without story-lines of conflict wouldn’t hold our attention. For entertainment we play computer games which...
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    "How many books have ever been published in all...

    "How many books have ever been published in all of modern history? According to Google’s advanced algorithms, the answer is nearly 130 million books, or 129,864,880, to be exact."

    Having read them...
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    I'm actually Tiger Woods. I'd like to say more...

    I'm actually Tiger Woods. I'd like to say more but I've got to have sex again.
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    The night-town section in James Joyce's Ulysses...

    The night-town section in James Joyce's Ulysses is a bit of crazy closet drama. I keep meaning to read Peer Gynt. I think I might like closet dramas even though I havent really read any as such.
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    Yeah, thanks, :iagree: Nietzsche's genius and...

    Yeah, thanks, :iagree: Nietzsche's genius and foibles are fascinating from a psychological point of view: I think a lot can be learned by just following and thinking about the intense processes of...
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    Philosophy means "love of wisdom", and the wisest...

    Philosophy means "love of wisdom", and the wisest thing one should attempt to do is think for oneself. Perhaps a good place to start would be with a little book of universal philosophy like The...
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    I don’t mind the idea of God at all, as long as it remains just that - an idea. I can never understand why humankind has taken the notion of God so seriously. It would be brilliant if God had...
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    http://shewalkssoftly.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/...

    http://shewalkssoftly.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/english-are-they-human-renier.jpg?w=250&h=380
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    Or a talking horse.

    Or a talking horse.
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    People say suicide is a permanent solution to a...

    People say suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem, but if there’s life after death then it’s a temporary solution to a permanent problem, in that the suicide will either reincarnate...
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    Point taken. Although when I was 16 I was too...

    Point taken. Although when I was 16 I was too busy smoking and drinking and doing dumb stuff, I wasn't pondering which surrealist novels I should be reading....
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    http://sarahbbc.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/invita...

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    I agree. I'm not a fan of *minimalistic music*....

    I agree. I'm not a fan of *minimalistic music*. Philip Glass is another composer who at first I thought yeah I like it, then after a short while I realised that I didn't. Repetition seems to play a...
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    "Man loves company, even if it is only that of a...

    "Man loves company, even if it is only that of a smouldering candle."
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    I love solitude. I sometimes think I could spend...

    I love solitude. I sometimes think I could spend the rest of my days in it. I don’t know at what point feelings of genuine loneliness would creep in, if they would at all. Mr Endon wrote: Loneliness...
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    I've nothing against philosophy in novels, but...

    I've nothing against philosophy in novels, but when the author uses the novel form as a vehicle to expound his or her philosophical and political convictions, that gets my goat.
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPWHkK-_a_A&ob=av2n

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPWHkK-_a_A&ob=av2n
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    If only the master of the universe would tell us...

    If only the master of the universe would tell us what percentage of reality is beyond human intelligence, then we could decide which worldview is the best way forward. If he, the master of the...
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