T.H.White's The Book of Merlin (Or at least the version within The Once and Future King) can eat shit out of my asshole for all I care. It's a glorified argument for his personal position that completely relies on the rules of his Arthurian universe to suc

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Anonymous 02/11/16 (Thu) 19:51:02 No.8584

T.H.White's The Book of Merlin (Or at least the version within The Once and Future King) can eat shit out of my asshole for all I care. It's a glorified argument for his personal position that completely relies on the rules of his Arthurian universe to succeed. If you're going to go through the trouble of imagining an alternate world where animals are completely based and humans are fucking garbo, of course humans are going to be garbo. But what the fuck is that supposed to mean to me in the real world? You know, the one where I'm smart enough to disseminate this bullshit, but a hedgehog is dumb enough to eat shit, spit it out, and rub it on itself for no apparent reason? I just watched a dog eat grass, puke it up, and then eat some more grass. Please tell me how much more of an intelligent and politically minded organism this stupid mutt is than Socrates or Aristotle. Or will you just change the goalposts again and say that since he evolved to act like a fucking downey, he's automatically a superior organism to us since he's better at it than we are at theoretical particle physics?

Fuck me, I wish I started with Morte d'Arthur.

Anonymous 02/11/16 (Thu) 20:52:31 No.8585

Don't bother with the Book of Merlin. It's basically just a rough draft that White was working on, realized it wouldn't be published, and then let slide. It's kind of interesting if you're interested in his personal philosophy, but beyond that it's not particularly important to the story. In fact, in A Candle in the Wind, Arthur actually has a moment where he wishes Merlin would come back for one last hurrah, where the Book of Merlin was supposed to fit in, and then White decided that was dumb. Instead, he took bits and pieces of the Book of Merlin and integrated them into other parts of the story, especially The Sword in the Stone. All of that content is integrated into the story better there and presented with a lot more subtlety. Anyway, the reason that The Book of Merlin reads like a rough first draft of a dialogue is because that's what it is, and you should just go back and reread The Sword in the Stone if you want the good version of that content.

Also you should read Malory, because his book is great too.

Anonymous 02/12/16 (Fri) 10:42:36 No.8589

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>>8584

>Please tell me how much more of an intelligent and politically minded organism this stupid mutt is than Socrates or Aristotle.

i haven't read the book of merlin sooo…

i think that animals are considered like that because they are less prone to feel dissatisfaction and once they are fed and rested they don't have a care in the world.

never mind the fact that dissatisfaction is probably one of the biggest differences between us and the animals and the mother of pretty much everything we achieved as a species.

but that state of mind seems to be just the thing for inferior cultures or religions like buddhism that preach that desires are bad for you.

and i suspect it's one of the main reason why african culture is so shit.

they accept reality too easily and if they didn't know that somewhere in the world like europe and north america people were living far better, they would just go through life without many cares "the tractor broke down? eh, it happens."

granted, there is a beauty in it.

being somewhat contented with what you have is the foudation of any true happiness.

but it's as much a half truth as this vid.

or maybe, likely, it's just me oversimplifying stuff.

Anonymous 02/13/16 (Sat) 16:19:10 No.8607

>>8584

>I just watched a dog eat grass, puke it up, and then eat some more grass

Dogs do that when they're sick to clean the digestive system, it's an instinctual reaction that exists for a reason. They don't do it because they're stupid.

Anonymous 02/14/16 (Sun) 10:14:48 No.8616

>>8607

that's true.

but some of them also eat their own shit just for the hell of it.