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I just finished reading the new Penguin Classics edition. I went into this volume without any previous experience with Proust and read it in three days. It is a remarkable book, elegantly written,...

I agree with "choke". It is weird but at the same time fascinating. I have heard good things about "Survivor" and have been planning on reading "Invisible Monsters". Maybe you can read that one...

Wow this thread is getting interesting. I dont have time for a long post so here is a short poem from Nietzsche:

"Judgements of the Weary"

They hate the sun, find steep the grade,
And love...

If you are curious about Nietzsche's death of God, I can only recommend that you go out and buy "The Gay Science". Taking the "God is dead" qoute out of context is dangerous. Much of book 3 of...

I am and will always be a fan of Nietzsche. I think he had the ability to judge society and the forethrought to see the form it would take in the future. It is no secret that Nietzsche has his...

Although I think "The Grand Inguisitor" is a brilliant chapter. I do not recommend reading it detached from the entire "Brothers Karamazov". You will miss too much if it is seperated. I think you...

Hey man, Glad to be back. I have been in and out of town lately and have not had much time to post. I plan on frequenting the boards more often and am looking forward to some good topics to talk...

I just finished this book a few days ago. I ended up reading a translation by James Falen. It is similiar to the Nabakov translation but preserves the original onegin stanzas. On a side, I do not...

put all your other books away for the new year and read dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov (that doesn't mean only read its The Grand Inquistor chapter! )


I could not agree more. It is surely...

Since we are talking about the transition from book to movie, I was curious if anybody has seen the movie for Patrick Suskind's "Perfume". The book is great and I must say the movie looks beautiful....

"Humans are nothing special at all. We search for the meaning of life, and think we know it. Here's what the meaning of life is. Sex, reproduction, passing on our genes. That's why we exits. That's...

It is truly a very imaginative movie. I especially love the connections that remain hidden the first time you watch the movie. It certainly deserves to be watched multiple times. This movie really...

Aside from the obvious logical fallacies, there is no sound argument whatsoever other than the personal inability to research scientific facts, evolutionary trends, genetic information and many of...

Sure, I think he is a great writer. Remember, many authors who are famous now were scarcely read in their time.

Here is a link to several of H.P. Lovecraft's stories.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:H._P._Lovecraft

It is available through the following site:

http://www.horrormasters.com/Themes/Blackwood.htm

Gotcha! I agree with you.

How about "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood. It is a great halloween read and short.

I will quit scoffing at such weak arguments when they are successfully defended. Why should I not view people who hold these ideas with contempt? I like the candor of your response, but I do not...

I agree that it makes no difference when it is all said and done, but I would argue that how you live is extremely important; and that things that happen in time can transcend time itself and be a...

Nietzsche has a lot to say about the role of the artist. You should look at many aphorisims in "The Gay Science" and especially "The Birth of Tragedy". Another important thing to look at is...

The problem with citing holy text is that for every positive you give me I can find a negative contradictory statement. What do you think of the following:

Take not jews and christians for...

Look at the world around you my friend. You will surely see the inadequacies of all types of religion. Also, you must not have read my post: the burden of proof is on the bringer of the idea. I...

You could not be more wrong! That is an extreme claim you make in the closing of your response. Do you care to show me the way in which believing in islam closes the dilemma between faith and...

You are not missing anything. The above argument is why people of reason laugh at such ignorant conclusions.