ST AUGUSTINE - CONFESSIONS
"A mental midget
I've written reviews of this book before. They keep getting deleted, so if you want to know what I think of this book, please e-mail me."
NIETZSCHE - THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY
"Anyone who refuses to believe in God should die of AIDS"
DANTE - THE DIVINE COMEDY
"I would prefer the game over the book because Dante in the book seems like a wimp almost every single seconds in Hell. In the game, he be destroying everything and it makes him more of a man. Even though the book and the game are some part are different but it's almost the same as each other. They both want Beatrice and they have to go through hell."
KAFKA - THE METAMORPHOSIS
"Very interesting book about the fall of capitalism and rise of communism in the Czech Republic. Also the story of a huge caterpillar walking through a house."
PYNCHON - THE CRYING OF LOT 49
"When I read a book like this and don't 'get it' I always wonder what I'm missing out on, or if I'm just too dense to get it. But then I usually decide it's not me at all."
"The writing of the title as the last words of the novel? Please. Why is that such a literary feat?
I guess the point of the novel was not to have a point. I'm sorry, but that is just taking the easy way out. At least put some effort into making me feel something and ask questions about myself. Oh, the book was trying to do that? It's making me wonder what it all means and what is the meaning of life? Hello! Who needs to read this book to ask those questions? Everyone asks themselves those questions naturally. There's nothing particularly briliant in that concept. Anyway, I'll stop now because I'm not by nature a cynical guy and all this negativity is killing me."
LADY MURASAKI - THE TALE OF GENJI
"Okay if you like the sort of primitive, crappy storytelling that existed before the art of literature really developed. Reading Genji is like taking a ride on lumpy stone wheels instead of Michelin tires."
NIETZSCHE - TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS
"I food myself chuckling and thinking, 'is this guy for REAL?'"
MARX - THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
"This is Satan's plan pure and simple ... If negative ratings were available, I would give it five negative stars."
KEATS - POEMS
"JOHN KEATS SUCKS!!!!!!!!, William Blake is the shit. keats sucks blakes nuts., William is by far the best romantic poet, BITCHES
man, how can you even compare blake to keats, your a fag man. blake is easily THE BEST Romantic poet, ever. lord byron is a better romantic poet then keats, LORD BYRON. you fags just can't admit he sucks donkey balls. jesus christ, even Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a better poet, you fags just can't admit keats sucks."
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Keats - Poems
"These poems were too deep for me to understand and was not romantic to me in any way."
"I have tried to read this three times; I have failed three times. I don't like Keats, I don't like Romanticism, and I am not sorry."
"context that was too antiquated for me."
"Fuck Keats. James Joyce. TS Elliot. Weezy F. Baby Is The Greatest Poet In The History Of The English Language."
"why shgould i have to study that f***ing poet and all those sick men like wordsworth, coleridge, blake????????
I HATE THEM!!!!!!!!!!
ps: i've got angry cause i can't understand 'to autumn' of keats....i hate them...."
"JOHN KEATS SUCKS!!!!!!!!, William Blake is the shit. keats sucks blakes nuts., William is by far the best romantic poet, BITCHES
man, how can you even compare blake to keats, your a fag man. blake is easily THE BEST Romantic poet, ever. lord byron is a better romantic poet then keats, LORD BYRON. you fags just can't admit he sucks donkey balls. jesus christ, even Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a better poet, you fags just can't admit keats sucks."
"HE'S THE REASON WHY I HATED POETRY
FOR OVER 20 FRICKING YEARS, THE CLOYING
LITTLE B*STARD!!!
OH J*SUS GOD!! I JUST GAVE
MYSELF DIABETES!!!!
I HATE KEATS, OH MY DEAR GOD I HATE
JOHN 'FRICKING' KEATS!!!
(*clunk*)"
"I have tried to read this three times; I have failed three times. I don't like Keats, I don't like Romanticism, and I am not sorry."
"context that was too antiquated for me."
"Fuck Keats. James Joyce. TS Elliot. Weezy F. Baby Is The Greatest Poet In The History Of The English Language."
"why shgould i have to study that f***ing poet and all those sick men like wordsworth, coleridge, blake????????
I HATE THEM!!!!!!!!!!
ps: i've got angry cause i can't understand 'to autumn' of keats....i hate them...."
"JOHN KEATS SUCKS!!!!!!!!, William Blake is the shit. keats sucks blakes nuts., William is by far the best romantic poet, BITCHES
man, how can you even compare blake to keats, your a fag man. blake is easily THE BEST Romantic poet, ever. lord byron is a better romantic poet then keats, LORD BYRON. you fags just can't admit he sucks donkey balls. jesus christ, even Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a better poet, you fags just can't admit keats sucks."
"HE'S THE REASON WHY I HATED POETRY
FOR OVER 20 FRICKING YEARS, THE CLOYING
LITTLE B*STARD!!!
OH J*SUS GOD!! I JUST GAVE
MYSELF DIABETES!!!!
I HATE KEATS, OH MY DEAR GOD I HATE
JOHN 'FRICKING' KEATS!!!
(*clunk*)"
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Karl Marx - The Communist Manifesto III
"No matter what anyone tells you, it is not the responsibility of govornment or state to change society for the better. it can only be changed by individuals with good intentions."
"Proof enough is the fact that not one communist nation remaining can claim to be anything more than a third-world economic, cultural, and social power."
"Ayn Rand smashed the intellectual absurdities of Marx."
"Materialism is an incoherent, self-refuting philosophy. If everything is matter in motion, then the human being must be a machine, or less, a random collection of organic molecules. How can the person who asserts that he is a randomly-created machine know that this assertion is true? A random, chaotic bag of chemicals must be subject to error, by definition and reason. Materialism undercuts itself."
"When will the left finally be satiated? When will their blood lust finally succumb to pangs of conscience?"
"Now see this book talks about the utopian society. And since the last time I checked. We were not living in a Utopian society. So mr Marx was wrong because this book doesn't take into account the feelings of man. Every person deep down inside wants Power. So you will always have the exploiter. And no offense but the exploited aren't smart enough to rebel and make everything equal."
"The Communists consider it a kind of a bible. It's truely amazing, because when you read it, you can't help noticing that only people of very low intellect are able to write such text."
"Everything that Marx and Engels expounded in the hard to read piece of garbage was wrong ... if you are reading it to 'learn' something, you are only oppressing yourself."
"I don't want some freeloading parasite who doesn't know jack-squat about economics telling me that I should be forced to subsidize them, irregardless of whethter I think they've earned it."
"Although communism has since become a discredited ideology, there are still many who foolishly believe in its tenents. Unfortunately, many of those who do teach in our colleges and universities and they are indoctrinating our impressionable youth with these lies.
Communism isn't dead. It's merely dormant. All the more reason we need to be on guard so we can separate the truth, as it is found in Scripture, from the lies of heathen Bolshevism as espoused by Marx and Engels."
"Communist Manifesto is nothing but a garbled jargon spewing by Illuminati hired (...) Karl (...) Marx."
"Kinda a pointless book now that communism has been proven ineffective. I guess if you still want to live in this type of society you can move to Russa, China, Cuba etc. Lucky for them they have the US to give them foreign aid. Communism would be dead within a few decades without a capitolistic nation to support it."
AMERICA'S CURRENT DEBT TO CHINA: NINE HUNDRED AND SIX BILLION DOLLARS
"this was a good idea, but it is a big lie, just do your selfs a favor and stay away from this, and stick with reality."
"there has only ever been two types of political systems:
1. Slavery
2. Freedom
All political systems throughout history were systems of slavery (Especially Socialism/Communism/Fascism)
The United States tried to put together a system of freedom/liberty just over 200 years ago, but it was quickly perverted because it was not set up correctly.
If you are interested in a political system that promotes Morality (Right and wrong, not Christian morality) Life, Happiness, Freedom, Justus, Liberty and especially abundance, start with reading Atlas Shrugged and then read Socialism."
"Proof enough is the fact that not one communist nation remaining can claim to be anything more than a third-world economic, cultural, and social power."
"Ayn Rand smashed the intellectual absurdities of Marx."
"Materialism is an incoherent, self-refuting philosophy. If everything is matter in motion, then the human being must be a machine, or less, a random collection of organic molecules. How can the person who asserts that he is a randomly-created machine know that this assertion is true? A random, chaotic bag of chemicals must be subject to error, by definition and reason. Materialism undercuts itself."
"When will the left finally be satiated? When will their blood lust finally succumb to pangs of conscience?"
"Now see this book talks about the utopian society. And since the last time I checked. We were not living in a Utopian society. So mr Marx was wrong because this book doesn't take into account the feelings of man. Every person deep down inside wants Power. So you will always have the exploiter. And no offense but the exploited aren't smart enough to rebel and make everything equal."
"The Communists consider it a kind of a bible. It's truely amazing, because when you read it, you can't help noticing that only people of very low intellect are able to write such text."
"Everything that Marx and Engels expounded in the hard to read piece of garbage was wrong ... if you are reading it to 'learn' something, you are only oppressing yourself."
"I don't want some freeloading parasite who doesn't know jack-squat about economics telling me that I should be forced to subsidize them, irregardless of whethter I think they've earned it."
"Although communism has since become a discredited ideology, there are still many who foolishly believe in its tenents. Unfortunately, many of those who do teach in our colleges and universities and they are indoctrinating our impressionable youth with these lies.
Communism isn't dead. It's merely dormant. All the more reason we need to be on guard so we can separate the truth, as it is found in Scripture, from the lies of heathen Bolshevism as espoused by Marx and Engels."
"Communist Manifesto is nothing but a garbled jargon spewing by Illuminati hired (...) Karl (...) Marx."
"Kinda a pointless book now that communism has been proven ineffective. I guess if you still want to live in this type of society you can move to Russa, China, Cuba etc. Lucky for them they have the US to give them foreign aid. Communism would be dead within a few decades without a capitolistic nation to support it."
AMERICA'S CURRENT DEBT TO CHINA: NINE HUNDRED AND SIX BILLION DOLLARS
"this was a good idea, but it is a big lie, just do your selfs a favor and stay away from this, and stick with reality."
"there has only ever been two types of political systems:
1. Slavery
2. Freedom
All political systems throughout history were systems of slavery (Especially Socialism/Communism/Fascism)
The United States tried to put together a system of freedom/liberty just over 200 years ago, but it was quickly perverted because it was not set up correctly.
If you are interested in a political system that promotes Morality (Right and wrong, not Christian morality) Life, Happiness, Freedom, Justus, Liberty and especially abundance, start with reading Atlas Shrugged and then read Socialism."
Monday, July 25, 2011
Karl Marx - The Communist Manifesto II
"This is Satan's plan pure and simple ... If negative ratings were available, I would give it five negative stars."
"Marx's lack of understanding of human nature borders on the ridiculous..."
"A must read... to find out what NOT to do!"
"Marx didn't understand human nature. He didn't know that we are all motivated by self-interest."
"As Mugatu said about Zoolander when he points out that all of the latter's 'looks' are actually the same: 'I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!' It makes little rational sense."
"Marx's understanding of human nature was faulty."
"I was not pleased with this book. The author is clearly not accord with the christian church."
"Like it or not, human nature says, 'Me first!'. That's the real world. People are selfish. Deal with it."
"I like the set up for economics but communism is to easily taken over by doctoral means by taking over the structure of the state that was meant to enslave in the first place."
"Eventually socialism crumbles because it stands contrary to the real world, contrary to truth and contrary to human nature ... Marx and Lenin and the other progressive know-it-all's who didn't understand how human nature works in the real world."
"Ragings of a communist lunatic. Small wonder Obama sought out followers of this crap."
"I still don't agree with your theory of government, sirs. It doesn't seem to take into account the psychological realities of human beings."
"I feel that the whole basis of the book is pride, pride against the rich, pride against anyone who is better than you."
"The application of Marxism never works, and can't work, because of the realities of human nature."
"As a debate coach, this book really annoyed me."
"The biggest problem with it is that it flies in the face of human nature, much like Christianity."
"Though the price is very good, communist philosophy has been proved failed again and agin throughout the history. It's sad that so many people nowadays try to change this nation into communist or socialism ( same role, just different name) not really knowing the truth, just based on some political ideology that human history had repeatedly proved to be failed. In fact communism is the worst political system that ever presented on earth ... If USA turned into communism, the power will shift to only those who hate the existing American system. They secretly controlling medias ( I already see it happened ) and brainwashing the youth with distorted facts in textbooks last 20 years. They keep change their names, their activity, and theory. Why? if they openly speak up, they know they will fail because any normal mind people will see the deception and its perversion. Look at these behind scenes of the head members. They are not normal mind, full of hatred, and causing always divisions, manipulations."
"Marx's understanding of human nature was faulty."
"Someone wisely said 'know your enemy.' That's my only reason for reading The Communest Manifesto by Good ole Crazty Karl."
"For an alcoholic wife abuser, Karl Marx didn't understand one hell of a lot about human nature."
"This book exposes Marx's ideology, one of the major, influential recent thinkers, next to Darwin and Hitler."
"I feel like a lot of this manifesto ignores human nature."
"Only an 'intellectual' can believe this garbage
Let's look at the results: over 100,000,000 killed and countless imprisoned, and an ideology for the Democratic Party ... Let's face facts, communism is for people who do not want to work or contribute anything to society, but only want to engage in their selfish, hedonistic lives. Get real!"
"The idea of perfect equality between men seems so righteous, even obvious.
This idea is wrong because it's just impossible."
"One reason Marx is difficult to understand is that he didn't understand the people
he toyed with with his grand schemes."
"I am not swayed by Marx's historical perspective, nor am I swayed by his prescription for how to solve what I believe to be an overblown, if not altogether nonexistent, problem"
"Marx's lack of understanding of human nature borders on the ridiculous..."
"A must read... to find out what NOT to do!"
"Marx didn't understand human nature. He didn't know that we are all motivated by self-interest."
"As Mugatu said about Zoolander when he points out that all of the latter's 'looks' are actually the same: 'I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!' It makes little rational sense."
"Marx's understanding of human nature was faulty."
"I was not pleased with this book. The author is clearly not accord with the christian church."
"Like it or not, human nature says, 'Me first!'. That's the real world. People are selfish. Deal with it."
"I like the set up for economics but communism is to easily taken over by doctoral means by taking over the structure of the state that was meant to enslave in the first place."
"Eventually socialism crumbles because it stands contrary to the real world, contrary to truth and contrary to human nature ... Marx and Lenin and the other progressive know-it-all's who didn't understand how human nature works in the real world."
"Ragings of a communist lunatic. Small wonder Obama sought out followers of this crap."
"I still don't agree with your theory of government, sirs. It doesn't seem to take into account the psychological realities of human beings."
"I feel that the whole basis of the book is pride, pride against the rich, pride against anyone who is better than you."
"The application of Marxism never works, and can't work, because of the realities of human nature."
"As a debate coach, this book really annoyed me."
"The biggest problem with it is that it flies in the face of human nature, much like Christianity."
"Though the price is very good, communist philosophy has been proved failed again and agin throughout the history. It's sad that so many people nowadays try to change this nation into communist or socialism ( same role, just different name) not really knowing the truth, just based on some political ideology that human history had repeatedly proved to be failed. In fact communism is the worst political system that ever presented on earth ... If USA turned into communism, the power will shift to only those who hate the existing American system. They secretly controlling medias ( I already see it happened ) and brainwashing the youth with distorted facts in textbooks last 20 years. They keep change their names, their activity, and theory. Why? if they openly speak up, they know they will fail because any normal mind people will see the deception and its perversion. Look at these behind scenes of the head members. They are not normal mind, full of hatred, and causing always divisions, manipulations."
"Marx's understanding of human nature was faulty."
"Someone wisely said 'know your enemy.' That's my only reason for reading The Communest Manifesto by Good ole Crazty Karl."
"For an alcoholic wife abuser, Karl Marx didn't understand one hell of a lot about human nature."
"This book exposes Marx's ideology, one of the major, influential recent thinkers, next to Darwin and Hitler."
"I feel like a lot of this manifesto ignores human nature."
"Only an 'intellectual' can believe this garbage
Let's look at the results: over 100,000,000 killed and countless imprisoned, and an ideology for the Democratic Party ... Let's face facts, communism is for people who do not want to work or contribute anything to society, but only want to engage in their selfish, hedonistic lives. Get real!"
"The idea of perfect equality between men seems so righteous, even obvious.
This idea is wrong because it's just impossible."
"One reason Marx is difficult to understand is that he didn't understand the people
he toyed with with his grand schemes."
"I am not swayed by Marx's historical perspective, nor am I swayed by his prescription for how to solve what I believe to be an overblown, if not altogether nonexistent, problem"
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Karl Marx - The Communist Manifesto
"Communism is a good idea in theory."
"A BBC poll a couple of years ago ranked Marx as the greatest philosopher to ever live. He wasn't a philosopher and he wasn't great. He wasn't even good. This tells me that people are idiots ... History = class struggles? Does any historian believe that? Is any philosopher a German Idealist Hegelian?"
"communism is a good idea...in theory."
"This is bullshit!! Everybody says Karl Marx is the best but the reality is.... shit.Believe it or not I worked for someone who believed in Marx and end up as a f...g conservative. This is the reality, not ' The Communist Manifesto'."
"Communism IS a good idea...in theory."
"More Evil hate and Murder has resulted from this book than any other ever written ... China will rule the next 100 years, they tried to follow Marx and it failed, now they are following Ayn Rand and flourishing. America unfortunately is moving in the opposite direction."
"Communism is a good idea in theory but won't ever work in practice."
"Something I couldn't understand while reading the Manifesto is how this was ever taken seriously here in America. He speaks about the inevitable class-warfare which must take place and how the proletariat must be victorious, but here in America we've never had a serious problem with classism."
"Communism is a good idea 'in theory'. It's just NOT a good idea in practice."
"It felt like one big letter to the editor about all the evils of the world. We know that things aren't great. Get in line if you wanna file a complaint. You don't need to publish a book detailing the failings of the modern age."
"I think communism is a good idea in theory, but won't work in practice."
"This book can be summed up in one word: boring. But that's just my opinion. I didn't get this book at all. Yeah it's about socialism, Marxism, the bourgeoisie, and stuff, but it's just too confusing to comprehend. In the copy I had, the Introduction was way too boring as well. If I had a choice in reading this book, I wouldn't even go near it at all."
"I think communism is a good idea in theory, but won't work in practice. The main problem as I see it is that the "State" decides everything, but the "State" is actually a few people. If these people get to decide everything, it means too much power is concentrated in their hands, and as we know power corrupts. The way our elected rulers act is bad enough, how bad would they be if they were as powerful as they would be in a communist society?
I'm also not convinced by the idea of everyone being equal. Apart from the fact that not everyone will be "equal" (as some will be in charge) surely there has to be a distinction between, say, a neurosurgeon and the person behind the counter in McDonalds? Admittedly our current system allows some people to be paid way over the odds (eg. footballers) but they are only really paid what their employers deem them to be worth. Is it really the State's job to decide their pay?"
"Srsly, tho, the world and it's economy has changed so much that I don't see this little booklet as being particularly relevant any more. Kinda like the Bible...."
"Communism is a good idea in theory. The idea that everyone is equal has always been captivating. Does it work in real life though? No."
"I don't really want to make much of a comment on this book because I really didn't like it and I didn't get it. I thought it was stuffy and old and completely boring with hardley a good idea in it at all."
"In theory, communism is a good idea... in theory."
"I had to read, re-read, and re-re-read the same sentences over and over. Four pages into it, I had had enough and threw in the towel."
"Communism is a good idea- in theory."
"This books is garbage. I mean It's good, but it's just another man angry because you have something he doesn't and he feels that he deserves it.
Ah, why communism fails."
"It's a great concept in theory, but never works in practice."
"One thing I learned from this book is how illiterate and stupid (obviously) Hitler was....."
"I think communism is a good idea.....in theory. The police will be here shortly :)."
"A BBC poll a couple of years ago ranked Marx as the greatest philosopher to ever live. He wasn't a philosopher and he wasn't great. He wasn't even good. This tells me that people are idiots ... History = class struggles? Does any historian believe that? Is any philosopher a German Idealist Hegelian?"
"communism is a good idea...in theory."
"This is bullshit!! Everybody says Karl Marx is the best but the reality is.... shit.Believe it or not I worked for someone who believed in Marx and end up as a f...g conservative. This is the reality, not ' The Communist Manifesto'."
"Communism IS a good idea...in theory."
"More Evil hate and Murder has resulted from this book than any other ever written ... China will rule the next 100 years, they tried to follow Marx and it failed, now they are following Ayn Rand and flourishing. America unfortunately is moving in the opposite direction."
"Communism is a good idea in theory but won't ever work in practice."
"Something I couldn't understand while reading the Manifesto is how this was ever taken seriously here in America. He speaks about the inevitable class-warfare which must take place and how the proletariat must be victorious, but here in America we've never had a serious problem with classism."
"Communism is a good idea 'in theory'. It's just NOT a good idea in practice."
"It felt like one big letter to the editor about all the evils of the world. We know that things aren't great. Get in line if you wanna file a complaint. You don't need to publish a book detailing the failings of the modern age."
"I think communism is a good idea in theory, but won't work in practice."
"This book can be summed up in one word: boring. But that's just my opinion. I didn't get this book at all. Yeah it's about socialism, Marxism, the bourgeoisie, and stuff, but it's just too confusing to comprehend. In the copy I had, the Introduction was way too boring as well. If I had a choice in reading this book, I wouldn't even go near it at all."
"I think communism is a good idea in theory, but won't work in practice. The main problem as I see it is that the "State" decides everything, but the "State" is actually a few people. If these people get to decide everything, it means too much power is concentrated in their hands, and as we know power corrupts. The way our elected rulers act is bad enough, how bad would they be if they were as powerful as they would be in a communist society?
I'm also not convinced by the idea of everyone being equal. Apart from the fact that not everyone will be "equal" (as some will be in charge) surely there has to be a distinction between, say, a neurosurgeon and the person behind the counter in McDonalds? Admittedly our current system allows some people to be paid way over the odds (eg. footballers) but they are only really paid what their employers deem them to be worth. Is it really the State's job to decide their pay?"
"Srsly, tho, the world and it's economy has changed so much that I don't see this little booklet as being particularly relevant any more. Kinda like the Bible...."
"Communism is a good idea in theory. The idea that everyone is equal has always been captivating. Does it work in real life though? No."
"I don't really want to make much of a comment on this book because I really didn't like it and I didn't get it. I thought it was stuffy and old and completely boring with hardley a good idea in it at all."
"In theory, communism is a good idea... in theory."
"I had to read, re-read, and re-re-read the same sentences over and over. Four pages into it, I had had enough and threw in the towel."
"Communism is a good idea- in theory."
"This books is garbage. I mean It's good, but it's just another man angry because you have something he doesn't and he feels that he deserves it.
Ah, why communism fails."
"It's a great concept in theory, but never works in practice."
"One thing I learned from this book is how illiterate and stupid (obviously) Hitler was....."
"I think communism is a good idea.....in theory. The police will be here shortly :)."
Friday, July 22, 2011
Friedrich Nietzsche - Twilight of the Idols
"I food myself chuckling and thinking, 'is this guy for REAL?'"
"Reading his work is about as exciting as watching paint dry and he comes off personality wise as way too anal retentive, dogmatic to his own worldview and humorless. He reminds me of the current wave of militant atheists. Dogmatic atheism is the trendy new system created religion in case you haven't noticed."
"Of course, his ideas are an incoherent mess and completely completely wrong."
"I tend to hate what I can't understand."
"i always mis-write this as 'twilight of the gods' and after reading it i can't see why he didn't call it that to begin with."
"doesn't anyone think it peculiar his style resembles that of a conspiracy theorist warning us of the perils of the illumati and the freemasons."
"And people don't just 'go' crazy, right? If he was crazy the year after he wrote this, can't you be safe in saying he was mostly crazy already?"
"Is this really ‘philosophy’?"
"Reading his work is about as exciting as watching paint dry and he comes off personality wise as way too anal retentive, dogmatic to his own worldview and humorless. He reminds me of the current wave of militant atheists. Dogmatic atheism is the trendy new system created religion in case you haven't noticed."
"Of course, his ideas are an incoherent mess and completely completely wrong."
"I tend to hate what I can't understand."
"i always mis-write this as 'twilight of the gods' and after reading it i can't see why he didn't call it that to begin with."
"doesn't anyone think it peculiar his style resembles that of a conspiracy theorist warning us of the perils of the illumati and the freemasons."
"And people don't just 'go' crazy, right? If he was crazy the year after he wrote this, can't you be safe in saying he was mostly crazy already?"
"Is this really ‘philosophy’?"
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound
"Unfortuneately these plays don't stand up as witty or interesting."
"It should be acknowledged that the myth of Prometheus predated the play written by Aeschylus, so perhaps the playwright shouldn't get all the credit"
"this play is pretty boring, cuz all there is some guy chained to a rock, n people just pass him by n talk."
"look how much ive suffered! geez i know i know youve been saying it for more than 2000 years dude"
"if you are familiar with the fable, this book really doesn't add much."
"It should be acknowledged that the myth of Prometheus predated the play written by Aeschylus, so perhaps the playwright shouldn't get all the credit"
"this play is pretty boring, cuz all there is some guy chained to a rock, n people just pass him by n talk."
"look how much ive suffered! geez i know i know youve been saying it for more than 2000 years dude"
"if you are familiar with the fable, this book really doesn't add much."
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sigmund Freud - Totem and Taboo
"Freud is an idiot."
"His ideas were all wrong. Modern psychology has discredited every concept he proposed.
Freudians 'Fraudians' believe that if you have a dream in which your falling, it means your struggling with controllling your life, your in crisis, but modern understanding is that your rehersing an ancient evolutionary fear that is hardwired in the brain, simply the fear of falling, 30 million years ago you were a monkey up a tree, and falling is such a big worry for a monkey it's still hardwired in our brains. All Freud's theories of psychosexual development have been trashed, he has contributed nothing that can stand up to scrutiny, simply put his theories were enormously fashionable, but are now seen as idiotic fantasies. Why was he such a fool? the fact that he used more coke than a crack dealer did'nt help."
"Freud is not relevant today and he was whacko."
"I really hate Sigmund Freud and his theories. Again, they're completely untestable, and they really don't make sense. How the hell can our dreams express our repressed sexuality? They're DREAMS! They're messed up and weird because...just BECAUSE! Most dreams are meaningless, and that, to him, all of them have to do with sex is just silly."
"You have to think of the context that Freud was in: 19th century Austria, which was a Victorian"
"I think it's unusual that he would say that a baby going number 2 is sexual in anyway shape or form, you crazy bastard. And by unusual I mean sick. And by crazy bastard I mean fucking douchebag."
"yea, these days hed be considered a pedo"
"I also cant believe that the crazy ideas of Sigmund Freud are respected, Im sure I cant be the only person who thinks that he is joke gone too far. I wish he was alive so the whole human race could sue him for defamation. His ideas are clearly insane which is ironic coming from an “expert” of the brain. Why cant we just except that we as a species are not smart enough to understand our Brains and the universe. We don’t have to know everything!!"
"Why would people listen to Freud anyway? He is the guy who actually said that we wanted to have sex with our parents."
"I am saying that not every idea that respected scientists and academics like Freud have are correct. for example they did believe the world was flat and earth was the centre of the universe. some experts believe in climate change, other experts dont. they cant both be right. past, presnt and future has nothing to with it. At the end of the day Freud is a clown and is wrong. He is obviously a incestuous drug fuelled mad scientist."
"I tend to call people Freud as an insult."
"sex has nothing to do with real life"
"His ideas were all wrong. Modern psychology has discredited every concept he proposed.
Freudians 'Fraudians' believe that if you have a dream in which your falling, it means your struggling with controllling your life, your in crisis, but modern understanding is that your rehersing an ancient evolutionary fear that is hardwired in the brain, simply the fear of falling, 30 million years ago you were a monkey up a tree, and falling is such a big worry for a monkey it's still hardwired in our brains. All Freud's theories of psychosexual development have been trashed, he has contributed nothing that can stand up to scrutiny, simply put his theories were enormously fashionable, but are now seen as idiotic fantasies. Why was he such a fool? the fact that he used more coke than a crack dealer did'nt help."
"Freud is not relevant today and he was whacko."
"I really hate Sigmund Freud and his theories. Again, they're completely untestable, and they really don't make sense. How the hell can our dreams express our repressed sexuality? They're DREAMS! They're messed up and weird because...just BECAUSE! Most dreams are meaningless, and that, to him, all of them have to do with sex is just silly."
"You have to think of the context that Freud was in: 19th century Austria, which was a Victorian"
"I think it's unusual that he would say that a baby going number 2 is sexual in anyway shape or form, you crazy bastard. And by unusual I mean sick. And by crazy bastard I mean fucking douchebag."
"yea, these days hed be considered a pedo"
"I also cant believe that the crazy ideas of Sigmund Freud are respected, Im sure I cant be the only person who thinks that he is joke gone too far. I wish he was alive so the whole human race could sue him for defamation. His ideas are clearly insane which is ironic coming from an “expert” of the brain. Why cant we just except that we as a species are not smart enough to understand our Brains and the universe. We don’t have to know everything!!"
"Why would people listen to Freud anyway? He is the guy who actually said that we wanted to have sex with our parents."
"I am saying that not every idea that respected scientists and academics like Freud have are correct. for example they did believe the world was flat and earth was the centre of the universe. some experts believe in climate change, other experts dont. they cant both be right. past, presnt and future has nothing to with it. At the end of the day Freud is a clown and is wrong. He is obviously a incestuous drug fuelled mad scientist."
"I tend to call people Freud as an insult."
"sex has nothing to do with real life"
Friday, July 15, 2011
Murasaki Shikibu - The Tale of Genji
"So I finally finished The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu and I would just like you to all know that I HATED it."
"This is the first novel ever written, supposedly, and it shows."
"Oh yes, I totally want to read about all the affairs Genji, the 'shining' prince, had with dozens of other women. Not to mention most of these women looked like his mother in some way or another. (Freud would be esctatic.) One of these women wasn't even a woman at all, but a small child he pretty much abducted. Of course, this young girl looked like his mother ... thankfully we were only forced to read the abridged version."
"Granted, I gave up somewhere in chapter 2, but for a good reason, I believe ... I won't even say the book is altogether without merit, and maybe one day when I have patience I will try to make it to page 57 and beyond, but right now I have no desire for a nearly silly yet appalling romance."
"genji is the wimpiest, rapiest protagonist ever. he is literally so mind-crushingly whiny, childish and just plain unlikeable that in my opinion, he ruins what is otherwise a pretty compelling story."
"This book was boring and all I got from it was that mr.Genji was a male whore. The whole book he is having sex with whatever girl opens her legs for him. I do not reccomend this to anyone. Plus, you have to like Haikus in order to even mildly enjoy this."
"Okay if you like the sort of primitive, crappy storytelling that existed before the art of literature really developed. Reading Genji is like taking a ride on lumpy stone wheels instead of Michelin tires."
"This is the first novel ever written, supposedly, and it shows."
"Oh yes, I totally want to read about all the affairs Genji, the 'shining' prince, had with dozens of other women. Not to mention most of these women looked like his mother in some way or another. (Freud would be esctatic.) One of these women wasn't even a woman at all, but a small child he pretty much abducted. Of course, this young girl looked like his mother ... thankfully we were only forced to read the abridged version."
"Granted, I gave up somewhere in chapter 2, but for a good reason, I believe ... I won't even say the book is altogether without merit, and maybe one day when I have patience I will try to make it to page 57 and beyond, but right now I have no desire for a nearly silly yet appalling romance."
"genji is the wimpiest, rapiest protagonist ever. he is literally so mind-crushingly whiny, childish and just plain unlikeable that in my opinion, he ruins what is otherwise a pretty compelling story."
"This book was boring and all I got from it was that mr.Genji was a male whore. The whole book he is having sex with whatever girl opens her legs for him. I do not reccomend this to anyone. Plus, you have to like Haikus in order to even mildly enjoy this."
"Okay if you like the sort of primitive, crappy storytelling that existed before the art of literature really developed. Reading Genji is like taking a ride on lumpy stone wheels instead of Michelin tires."
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Thomas Pynchon - The Crying of Lot 49 II
"Don't.Bother. The style was so ridiculously blokey that I gave up after a couple of chapters."
"absolutely not my cup of humor."
"Too many poems/songs for no good reason."
"I’ve heard all the talk about what a literary genius Pynchon is and how his works are pithy and wonderful and all of that. Everyone seems to think so, though I haven’t spoken to someone who has read one of his books to completion who feels this way. In fact, I haven’t ever spoken to someone who has finished one of his books at all. Interesting."
"If a word he chooses has more than one definition, my immediate reading is never of the meaning he intended, and I'd read a sentence over four times before I'd understand"
"This is from my favorite unbelievable narrator genre"
"You know what? Just because you're a mysterious recluse doesn't necessarily mean you're a very good writer. Hey, Thomas, how about you spend more time visiting your editor..."
"As a novelist, a maker of novels, he's shockingly bad. Don't let society trick you into feeling down on yourself for not liking this terrible man."
"The writing of the title as the last words of the novel? Please. Why is that such a literary feat?
I guess the point of the novel was not to have a point. I'm sorry, but that is just taking the easy way out. At least put some effort into making me feel something and ask questions about myself. Oh, the book was trying to do that? It's making me wonder what it all means and what is the meaning of life? Hello! Who needs to read this book to ask those questions? Everyone asks themselves those questions naturally. There's nothing particularly briliant in that concept. Anyway, I'll stop now because I'm not by nature a cynical guy and all this negativity is killing me."
"I have never wanted to slap a character from fiction more than Oedipa, shake the bitch by the shoulders and scream at her to tell me what the fuck was going on."
"For those looking for enlightenment, or even just a rewarding or fun challenge, you'd surely prefer something more timeless and less self-obsessed. [~doomsdayer520~]"
"absolutely not my cup of humor."
"Too many poems/songs for no good reason."
"I’ve heard all the talk about what a literary genius Pynchon is and how his works are pithy and wonderful and all of that. Everyone seems to think so, though I haven’t spoken to someone who has read one of his books to completion who feels this way. In fact, I haven’t ever spoken to someone who has finished one of his books at all. Interesting."
"If a word he chooses has more than one definition, my immediate reading is never of the meaning he intended, and I'd read a sentence over four times before I'd understand"
"This is from my favorite unbelievable narrator genre"
"You know what? Just because you're a mysterious recluse doesn't necessarily mean you're a very good writer. Hey, Thomas, how about you spend more time visiting your editor..."
"As a novelist, a maker of novels, he's shockingly bad. Don't let society trick you into feeling down on yourself for not liking this terrible man."
"The writing of the title as the last words of the novel? Please. Why is that such a literary feat?
I guess the point of the novel was not to have a point. I'm sorry, but that is just taking the easy way out. At least put some effort into making me feel something and ask questions about myself. Oh, the book was trying to do that? It's making me wonder what it all means and what is the meaning of life? Hello! Who needs to read this book to ask those questions? Everyone asks themselves those questions naturally. There's nothing particularly briliant in that concept. Anyway, I'll stop now because I'm not by nature a cynical guy and all this negativity is killing me."
"I have never wanted to slap a character from fiction more than Oedipa, shake the bitch by the shoulders and scream at her to tell me what the fuck was going on."
"For those looking for enlightenment, or even just a rewarding or fun challenge, you'd surely prefer something more timeless and less self-obsessed. [~doomsdayer520~]"
Monday, July 11, 2011
Thomas Pynchon - The Crying of Lot 49
"Oepida"
"Oedpia"
"Opedia"
"Ok, so I didn't actually read this book, but I did try."
"The truth is never revealed. And worst of all, we’re left with so much random information that never 'fits' anywhere and is never resolved. I don’t like it when things have no 'place' - if something is introduced into the story, I expect it to have some sort of relevance to the story. I’m always trying to find the connection, to find its rightful place."
"yawn! I'm sorry, you were saying something?"
"Further imagine that, adding to the confusion, there are no line breaks between completely different scenes; so suddenly they'll be in a completely different time and place and unless you're paying the closest of attention, you won't notice it."
"'I still don't get it!' was my main reaction. Granted, science fiction is my least favorite genre, perhaps followed by poetry."
"The only reason I finished this book is because it was short. When I read a book like this that everyone seems to think is so wonderful, it sort of reminds me of going into an art gallery and staring at some ugly piece of crap and I'm thinking 'that's an ugly piece of crap' and the stranger next to me seems to see something deep or inspiring in it and tells me all about it. I'm left wondering if there's something missing in me that I don't get it, or if that other person is just pretending and trying to be cool. I wonder if authors like this are laughing all the way to the bank at the poor fools who read this crap and then feel like they have to say wonderful things about it or else they are the uncool, the unenlightened."
"When I read a book like this and don't 'get it' I always wonder what I'm missing out on, or if I'm just too dense to get it. But then I usually decide it's not me at all."
"Unexpectedly, I found this a difficult read. Many of the sentences are very long, with strange word choices, often words that seemed as though the writer didn't speak English very well. I also didn't understand the plot, why the character is interested in the things she is, or why she's doing anything she's doing."
"Aaaargh! I can't finish it. I guess I could, but I feel like I'm wasting my time. Pynchon has the most complicated sentence structure. I'm not a lightweight reader, but I really hate having to go over and over a sentence to try to untangle it."
"Seriously? You are so worried that there is a possible alternative to U.S. mail that it keeps you up at night searching for clues? Honey, you need a new hobby."
"This book is excepted to be an intense drama, action filled, page turning book by the title. when reading the book though you find it is none of the above and are rather disappointed."
"Somebody actually read this thing all the way through?"
"Oedpia"
"Opedia"
"Ok, so I didn't actually read this book, but I did try."
"The truth is never revealed. And worst of all, we’re left with so much random information that never 'fits' anywhere and is never resolved. I don’t like it when things have no 'place' - if something is introduced into the story, I expect it to have some sort of relevance to the story. I’m always trying to find the connection, to find its rightful place."
"yawn! I'm sorry, you were saying something?"
"Further imagine that, adding to the confusion, there are no line breaks between completely different scenes; so suddenly they'll be in a completely different time and place and unless you're paying the closest of attention, you won't notice it."
"'I still don't get it!' was my main reaction. Granted, science fiction is my least favorite genre, perhaps followed by poetry."
"The only reason I finished this book is because it was short. When I read a book like this that everyone seems to think is so wonderful, it sort of reminds me of going into an art gallery and staring at some ugly piece of crap and I'm thinking 'that's an ugly piece of crap' and the stranger next to me seems to see something deep or inspiring in it and tells me all about it. I'm left wondering if there's something missing in me that I don't get it, or if that other person is just pretending and trying to be cool. I wonder if authors like this are laughing all the way to the bank at the poor fools who read this crap and then feel like they have to say wonderful things about it or else they are the uncool, the unenlightened."
"When I read a book like this and don't 'get it' I always wonder what I'm missing out on, or if I'm just too dense to get it. But then I usually decide it's not me at all."
"Unexpectedly, I found this a difficult read. Many of the sentences are very long, with strange word choices, often words that seemed as though the writer didn't speak English very well. I also didn't understand the plot, why the character is interested in the things she is, or why she's doing anything she's doing."
"Aaaargh! I can't finish it. I guess I could, but I feel like I'm wasting my time. Pynchon has the most complicated sentence structure. I'm not a lightweight reader, but I really hate having to go over and over a sentence to try to untangle it."
"Seriously? You are so worried that there is a possible alternative to U.S. mail that it keeps you up at night searching for clues? Honey, you need a new hobby."
"This book is excepted to be an intense drama, action filled, page turning book by the title. when reading the book though you find it is none of the above and are rather disappointed."
"Somebody actually read this thing all the way through?"
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis II
"Very interesting book about the fall of capitalism and rise of communism in the Czech Republic. Also the story of a huge caterpillar walking through a house."
"Excuse me, but, EUWWWWW!"
"I hate Kafka. He uses words I have to look up in a dictionary and still don't understand."
"Nothing - nothing - has been able to grant me so much as a shred of respect for this piece. I found the plot pointless, the explanations overdone, the writing style tedious, and the conclusion completely ridiculous. It seemed as if ninety percent of the piece was Kafka over-explaining every single unimportant detail and throughout the remaining ten percent he was desperately grappling for some way to end this nonsensical rant. Kafka takes over six pages (in twelve-point Times New Roman font, justified, with one-inch margins and single spacing) to simply get the protagonist out of bed. Giant cockroach or not, that is completely unacceptable. Do not waste your time with this ridiculous garbage."
"the other reason I forgot to list is I hate German writers (or rather their writing) like I hate The Metamorphosis, I hate Kafka."
"I honestly hate Kafka.Such a stupid man had to live here in Prague and write'so important and great'novels.I don't get it."
"i hate this boook sooo much! my english teacher is relating everything possible to it. and i cant relate cuz guess what? i didnt even get past the 20th page.... it was that boring."
"Oh my god... I hate Kafka. Metamorphosis was the WORST book I have ever read!!! Had to bleach the memory portion of my brain afterwards, in hopes of forgetting that damn book!!! ARGH!!"
"I just don't understand what makes a person write something as incredibly messed-up as Metamorphosis.... its like he copied a dream he had word-for word... thats the only explanation. Either that or he got drunk one night.."
"If I had a timemachine, going back and making sure he's never born would be one of the first things I'd do. And I'd probably do him a favor doing it. Kafka must have been like a real-world version of Marvin the Robot from the Hitchhiker's Guide in his sheer ability to spread depression, boredom and misery."
"I hate Kafka ... Actually, never heard of him, but I generally dislike 'heady' things."
"by teh way i hate Kafka"
"Excuse me, but, EUWWWWW!"
"I hate Kafka. He uses words I have to look up in a dictionary and still don't understand."
"Nothing - nothing - has been able to grant me so much as a shred of respect for this piece. I found the plot pointless, the explanations overdone, the writing style tedious, and the conclusion completely ridiculous. It seemed as if ninety percent of the piece was Kafka over-explaining every single unimportant detail and throughout the remaining ten percent he was desperately grappling for some way to end this nonsensical rant. Kafka takes over six pages (in twelve-point Times New Roman font, justified, with one-inch margins and single spacing) to simply get the protagonist out of bed. Giant cockroach or not, that is completely unacceptable. Do not waste your time with this ridiculous garbage."
"the other reason I forgot to list is I hate German writers (or rather their writing) like I hate The Metamorphosis, I hate Kafka."
"I honestly hate Kafka.Such a stupid man had to live here in Prague and write'so important and great'novels.I don't get it."
"i hate this boook sooo much! my english teacher is relating everything possible to it. and i cant relate cuz guess what? i didnt even get past the 20th page.... it was that boring."
"Oh my god... I hate Kafka. Metamorphosis was the WORST book I have ever read!!! Had to bleach the memory portion of my brain afterwards, in hopes of forgetting that damn book!!! ARGH!!"
"I just don't understand what makes a person write something as incredibly messed-up as Metamorphosis.... its like he copied a dream he had word-for word... thats the only explanation. Either that or he got drunk one night.."
"If I had a timemachine, going back and making sure he's never born would be one of the first things I'd do. And I'd probably do him a favor doing it. Kafka must have been like a real-world version of Marvin the Robot from the Hitchhiker's Guide in his sheer ability to spread depression, boredom and misery."
"I hate Kafka ... Actually, never heard of him, but I generally dislike 'heady' things."
"by teh way i hate Kafka"
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Soren Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling
"Fear and Trembling. The title sounds good. However, do not be fooled."
"Well, I thought this is another book of the shelf of the people who get philosophy seriously; but never thought geniusly on philosophy and its problems! People that read books just to quote something for their girl/boyfriend!"
"Either I'm not very smart or he's not a very good writer."
"I could only plow through a page and a half at a time to get to some point he made that I disagreed with. Too much work."
"Abraham is the greatest, says Kierkegaard, and 'the highest passion in a human being is faith'(Kierkegaard 144). This is wrong."
"Much like Nietzsche in that it made me sad to see so much extraordinary thought wasted on Christian morality. Can't wait for this era to end. ugh."
"The messages within the book are very interesting and enlightening, but it takes a lot of thinking and concentration to pull them out. Not good"
"I'm not going to lie. I don't understand it... yet. But hopefully soon I will. Very interesting since it is trying to understand Abraham's actions in the bible, which are so very sparsely described. I'll let you know if I ever figure out what the hell Kirkegaard is trying to get at though...
Update: Nope, never figured it out."
"Well, I thought this is another book of the shelf of the people who get philosophy seriously; but never thought geniusly on philosophy and its problems! People that read books just to quote something for their girl/boyfriend!"
"Either I'm not very smart or he's not a very good writer."
"I could only plow through a page and a half at a time to get to some point he made that I disagreed with. Too much work."
"Abraham is the greatest, says Kierkegaard, and 'the highest passion in a human being is faith'(Kierkegaard 144). This is wrong."
"Much like Nietzsche in that it made me sad to see so much extraordinary thought wasted on Christian morality. Can't wait for this era to end. ugh."
"The messages within the book are very interesting and enlightening, but it takes a lot of thinking and concentration to pull them out. Not good"
"I'm not going to lie. I don't understand it... yet. But hopefully soon I will. Very interesting since it is trying to understand Abraham's actions in the bible, which are so very sparsely described. I'll let you know if I ever figure out what the hell Kirkegaard is trying to get at though...
Update: Nope, never figured it out."
SPECIAL: A READER COMMENT I JUST RECEIVED
"I have to agree with the fellows here.... Faulkner does indeed suck.
Stream of consciousness is just a way to put a good label on crap. Hell, one could easily argue that 'rap' is the same thing as the stream of consciousness narrative style.
Take this as a person who dominated upper div english courses at a top 10 university..... the entire basis of literature academia is just pathetic. Since there is such an emphasis on the classics, new works are often shunned or never researched. Thus, you're left with a predicament, how are you furthering the knowledge of literature if you keep clinging to these archaic pieces of writing?
Simple, you're inventing bullshit for theses. In fact, this is the same thing most students do for their english classes. We came up with bullshit, found pieces of 'evidence' that support our bullshit, and wrote a paper on bullshit. Now how do we get away with this? The academic community emphasizes the literature of those WHO ARE ALREADY DEAD. THUSLY, WE CAN NEVER GET A CONFIRMATION OR DENIAL OF THIS BULLSHIT. So as long as there is never an answer to these bullshit papers/theses, they can continue, uninterrupted.
Get real, and study something that will help society evolve."
Stream of consciousness is just a way to put a good label on crap. Hell, one could easily argue that 'rap' is the same thing as the stream of consciousness narrative style.
Take this as a person who dominated upper div english courses at a top 10 university..... the entire basis of literature academia is just pathetic. Since there is such an emphasis on the classics, new works are often shunned or never researched. Thus, you're left with a predicament, how are you furthering the knowledge of literature if you keep clinging to these archaic pieces of writing?
Simple, you're inventing bullshit for theses. In fact, this is the same thing most students do for their english classes. We came up with bullshit, found pieces of 'evidence' that support our bullshit, and wrote a paper on bullshit. Now how do we get away with this? The academic community emphasizes the literature of those WHO ARE ALREADY DEAD. THUSLY, WE CAN NEVER GET A CONFIRMATION OR DENIAL OF THIS BULLSHIT. So as long as there is never an answer to these bullshit papers/theses, they can continue, uninterrupted.
Get real, and study something that will help society evolve."
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Dante - The Divine Comedy II
"Seeing as how Dante's Inferno is a hot topic nowadays, I was wondering: I've always wanted to 'read' The Divine Comedy, but I hate reading verse. Does anyone know of any books that do a straight adaptation of the work in a novelization-like form?"
"DUDE I HATE DANTE LOLOLLLLLLLL!"
"Not that many pages in, and I already love the feeling of 'fanciness' when you read a novel dated in time of the renaissance."
"I don't see the point of postmodernism if this is kind of the epitome of a postmodern work."
"I read this because I must. It isn't a bad book but I have been reading it for 3 years now. I just can't get all the way through. I pick it up and read a bit then put it down.
I read it because I was told it must be read, it is a classic. All good students of literature must read this, right?"
"I would prefer the game over the book because Dante in the book seems like a wimp almost every single seconds in Hell. In the game, he be destroying everything and it makes him more of a man. Even though the book and the game are some part are different but it's almost the same as each other. They both want Beatrice and they have to go through hell."
"It took me four and a half years to finish this book. It was that slow."
"'Comedy' was considered a 'low' art form and he was one of the first to use it when treating spiritual matters."
"I had heard a lot about Dante and his masterpiece,but when finally read that about approximately 7 years ago ,it didn't make me pleasure,I was disappointed!"
"Awesome book if you can tolerate looking up his 16th century references every 10 seconds."
"DUDE I HATE DANTE LOLOLLLLLLLL!"
"Not that many pages in, and I already love the feeling of 'fanciness' when you read a novel dated in time of the renaissance."
"I don't see the point of postmodernism if this is kind of the epitome of a postmodern work."
"I read this because I must. It isn't a bad book but I have been reading it for 3 years now. I just can't get all the way through. I pick it up and read a bit then put it down.
I read it because I was told it must be read, it is a classic. All good students of literature must read this, right?"
"I would prefer the game over the book because Dante in the book seems like a wimp almost every single seconds in Hell. In the game, he be destroying everything and it makes him more of a man. Even though the book and the game are some part are different but it's almost the same as each other. They both want Beatrice and they have to go through hell."
"It took me four and a half years to finish this book. It was that slow."
"'Comedy' was considered a 'low' art form and he was one of the first to use it when treating spiritual matters."
"I had heard a lot about Dante and his masterpiece,but when finally read that about approximately 7 years ago ,it didn't make me pleasure,I was disappointed!"
"Awesome book if you can tolerate looking up his 16th century references every 10 seconds."
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Friedrich Nietzsche - The Birth of Tragedy
"I fuckin hate Nietzsche and all these stupid ass philosopher's and their stupid ass concepts it makes ma brain hurt tryin to understand em"
"This novel was a totally different novel I have ever read. This novel introduce me to a new world of literature. This novel deals with the nature of Greek Tragedy which is introduced and told in the first 15 chapters. Wow, I never knew it took 15 chapters to tell Greek Tragedy."
"fuck nietzsche
sersiouly fuck that fagmarshall"
"Nietzche is mostly just irrelevant."
"Anyone who refuses to believe in God should die of AIDS"
"He is one of the stupidest people who ever lived. Still I hope to sing and dance with him in Heaven and he is probably a better person than I am.
He insulted Jesus, St Paul, the Bible, everything he could."
"I would argue that if he can't be read coherently, if he possesses no coherent thought and is all over the place, then he is not a philosopher. If there is nothing 'Nietzschean' in Nietzsche's philosophy, then why bother reading him in the first place?"
"hate to play Godwin's law but he was the official philosopher for the German Nazi party. Mussolini was also one of his fans too."
"I HATE NIETZSCHE! AND I DON'T STAND PEOPLE WHO LIKE HIM, SO YOU BETTER NOT!"
"This novel was a totally different novel I have ever read. This novel introduce me to a new world of literature. This novel deals with the nature of Greek Tragedy which is introduced and told in the first 15 chapters. Wow, I never knew it took 15 chapters to tell Greek Tragedy."
"fuck nietzsche
sersiouly fuck that fagmarshall"
"Nietzche is mostly just irrelevant."
"Anyone who refuses to believe in God should die of AIDS"
"He is one of the stupidest people who ever lived. Still I hope to sing and dance with him in Heaven and he is probably a better person than I am.
He insulted Jesus, St Paul, the Bible, everything he could."
"I would argue that if he can't be read coherently, if he possesses no coherent thought and is all over the place, then he is not a philosopher. If there is nothing 'Nietzschean' in Nietzsche's philosophy, then why bother reading him in the first place?"
"hate to play Godwin's law but he was the official philosopher for the German Nazi party. Mussolini was also one of his fans too."
"I HATE NIETZSCHE! AND I DON'T STAND PEOPLE WHO LIKE HIM, SO YOU BETTER NOT!"
Friday, July 1, 2011
St Augustine - Confessions II
"A mental midget
I've written reviews of this book before. They keep getting deleted, so if you want to know what I think of this book, please e-mail me."
"There is a lot of knowledge to be taken from these pages, if you're willing to suffer through them."
"One interesting story on the depravity of man was prior to Augustine's salvation he lived next to a peach orchard. On his way home he would always still a bushel for himself. The worst part was HE DID NOT LIKE PEACHES."
"oh Catholicism, you are so wrack with thought like this..."
"Required college reading. Weird, just weird."
"This has got to be by far the worst book I have ever read. There is no way to follow a continum to the story. It is merely a collection of religous philosophies that I will never again refer to and absolutley refuse to reccomend"
"Is there an option for zero. The worst I book I have ever read. He contradicts himself in his points, hoovers over stealing pears (and other evil things) and puts me to sleep. I don't see how this piece of garbage could make anyone a saint, it should be burned. ZERO STARS."
"Written in a way making understanding difficult."
"If he and his friends had only taken a bite they would have found out one of the world's great truths: the sweetest pear is the one you didn't have to pay for!"
"I am a Christian and appreciate all the good quotes and God loving of the book, but he just doesn't keep the reader interested. He talks about one thing or person and then jumps to another without finishing his original thought."
"The writing was very vague and a great deal of the vocabulary was way over my head. Most of the time I had no idea what I was reading. I felt like I do when I watch one of those artsy-fartsy movies and I just stare at the screen and have no idea what message is being sent."
I've written reviews of this book before. They keep getting deleted, so if you want to know what I think of this book, please e-mail me."
"There is a lot of knowledge to be taken from these pages, if you're willing to suffer through them."
"One interesting story on the depravity of man was prior to Augustine's salvation he lived next to a peach orchard. On his way home he would always still a bushel for himself. The worst part was HE DID NOT LIKE PEACHES."
"oh Catholicism, you are so wrack with thought like this..."
"Required college reading. Weird, just weird."
"This has got to be by far the worst book I have ever read. There is no way to follow a continum to the story. It is merely a collection of religous philosophies that I will never again refer to and absolutley refuse to reccomend"
"Is there an option for zero. The worst I book I have ever read. He contradicts himself in his points, hoovers over stealing pears (and other evil things) and puts me to sleep. I don't see how this piece of garbage could make anyone a saint, it should be burned. ZERO STARS."
"Written in a way making understanding difficult."
"If he and his friends had only taken a bite they would have found out one of the world's great truths: the sweetest pear is the one you didn't have to pay for!"
"I am a Christian and appreciate all the good quotes and God loving of the book, but he just doesn't keep the reader interested. He talks about one thing or person and then jumps to another without finishing his original thought."
"The writing was very vague and a great deal of the vocabulary was way over my head. Most of the time I had no idea what I was reading. I felt like I do when I watch one of those artsy-fartsy movies and I just stare at the screen and have no idea what message is being sent."
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