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Was Shakespeare the best writer in human history?
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:39 PM Author: judgmental appetizing chapel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384404) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:41 PM Author: claret beady-eyed marketing idea home Not even close, son. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384411) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:30 AM Author: Swashbuckling ultramarine set “Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them. There is no third.” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385965) |
Date: October 24th, 2022 8:40 PM Author: marvelous well-lubricated dragon gaming laptop (white male clinging vicariously to the accomplishments of the past) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384408) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:37 AM Author: honey-headed idiot ticket booth When your race has writers that can start to compare to some guy from about 400 years ago you can let us know (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385615) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:46 AM Author: razzle-dazzle massive round eye milk White male claiming all folks with pale skin as his fellow bretheren (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385985) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:48 AM Author: honey-headed idiot ticket booth No there are some other races that have high tier writers (Asians, Jews, and Arabs), but ironically they also have to dig in to the past to find them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385994) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:44 AM Author: sickened copper bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385982) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:42 PM Author: racy goyim Yes. And 2nd place is distant. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384416) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:47 PM Author: judgmental appetizing chapel Who is second place (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384430) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:49 PM Author: racy goyim Sophocles? Milton? Whoever wrote the Gospel of Mark? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384436) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:51 PM Author: Cyan impressive theatre circlehead evan39 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384443) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 3:34 AM Author: aqua angry toilet seat factory reset button (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385671) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:22 AM Author: Fragrant Office EPAH (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385596) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:50 PM Author: marvelous well-lubricated dragon gaming laptop Homer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384438) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:57 PM Author: vengeful rehab Easily tops for Western lit, though one wonders what we'd think if, say, all of the plays of Sophocles survived. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384473) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:59 PM Author: claret beady-eyed marketing idea home Not even close, son. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384483) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:00 PM Author: beta dashing senate coffee pot why did he include his mattress in his will but not mention anything about his writings (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384486) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:00 PM Author: bat-shit-crazy community account He's up there. Hard to say though between other titans (vergil, dante, milton, etc.) who is the ABSOLUTE best (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384489) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:02 PM Author: vengeful rehab Charles Murray crunched the numbers and it is Shakespeare. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384492) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 4:42 AM Author: Razzle pocket flask what numbers did he crunch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385708) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:32 AM Author: vengeful rehab See his book Human Accomplishment. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385966) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:03 PM Author: claret beady-eyed marketing idea home You guys are such pretentious posers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384499) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:04 PM Author: bat-shit-crazy community account ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384504) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:06 PM Author: claret beady-eyed marketing idea home The 20th centuries writers wrote 10000x more in depth and profoundly than any of Shakespeare, Milton, Dante. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384509) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:07 PM Author: bat-shit-crazy community account Eliot was pretty damn good. Telling that he frequently pays homage to vergil and dante, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384515) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:17 PM Author: Multi-colored Athletic Conference Lodge You raise an incredibly important point. Reading good writing is essential to good writing. So the bar is progressively raised for those who come after. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384552) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:28 PM Author: claret beady-eyed marketing idea home Everyone pays homage to the OGs. But you can't tell me their shit is as detailed or complex as cunts like Pynchon and Faulkner. It's more of a nostalgia than anything else.
It's like saying Ellington and Louis Armstrong are better than cunts on bebop. |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:35 PM Author: bat-shit-crazy community account There are more things in literature, Whokebeo, Than are dreamt of in your novels (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384653) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:36 PM Author: claret beady-eyed marketing idea home Who are your favourite essayists? Is Aldous one of the GOATs? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384656) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:41 PM Author: bat-shit-crazy community account in terms of style? nietzsche. you're probably looking for an answer like DFW, whose essays are actually enjoyed (unlike his novel). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384674) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:44 PM Author: claret beady-eyed marketing idea home I think Aldous' essays are fucking 180 man. Do you like James Baldwin and shit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384681) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:33 PM Author: Nofapping lay skinny woman Theodore Dalrymple (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384858) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:12 PM Author: claret beady-eyed marketing idea home What should I read of his? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385051) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 12:24 AM Author: Nofapping lay skinny woman This one’s pretty good https://www.city-journal.org/html/frivolity-evil-12835.html |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 3:44 AM Author: claret beady-eyed marketing idea home TY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385686) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: marvelous well-lubricated dragon gaming laptop Like who? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384641) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: claret beady-eyed marketing idea home You can't tell me Shakespeare's shit is anywhere as complex or intricate as Faulkner's works. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384652) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:03 PM Author: cobalt greedy stock car casino My guess is Jesus was a pretty good writer. I mean, he’s God. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384498) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 4:39 AM Author: Insecure Crackhouse This thread is about historical figures only (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385706) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 4:43 AM Author: Razzle pocket flask Virtually all scholars of antiquity accept that Jesus was a historical figure,[note 1][note 2][4][5][6][7] although interpretations of a number of the events mentioned in the gospels (most notably his miracles and resurrection) vary and are a subject of debate. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385709) |
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Date: October 26th, 2022 3:41 AM Author: Insecure Crackhouse Most of the quotations provided in those citations claiming that "no serious scholar doubts that Jesus existed" are from many years (or decades) ago and are now clearly obsolete, given that more than two dozen historians and biblical scholars have publicly commented on the matter in recent years to state either that they believe Jesus never existed, or that they personally believe he did exist but nevertheless grant that the position that he didn't exist is a respectable theory that deserves to be seriously debated by scholars and not dismissed as some implausible crackpot theory:
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:41 AM Author: honey-headed idiot ticket booth Hitler's fantastic at diagnosing problems, but his writing skills aren't top-tier.
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:14 PM Author: soul-stirring obsidian orchestra pit he bought and borrowed from everyone... really not even his own work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384539) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:33 PM Author: claret beady-eyed marketing idea home He said greatest writer not greatest speaker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384650) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Burgundy national probably some GORGEOUS japanese writer that has never been translated for white trash (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384608) |
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Date: October 26th, 2022 4:00 AM Author: Peach heady sound barrier white trash is not the preferred nomenclature. birdshit, please (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45390457) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:29 PM Author: provocative embarrassed to the bone public bath twinkling uncleanness He understood the minds of human beings best (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384634) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:37 PM Author: hot bateful menage new version Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384662) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:30 PM Author: Tan talented turdskin travel guidebook Rule of three.
And count the accents of that line. |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:50 PM Author: spruce parlor I think Evan39 actually has a wider range and better technical skill but loses points for being full blown homo while Shakespeare was on the DL with his urges (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384704) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:54 PM Author: claret beady-eyed marketing idea home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384716) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:27 PM Author: Tan talented turdskin travel guidebook Yes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384839) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:36 PM Author: black national security agency He's no Shelby Foote (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45384872) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:20 PM Author: charcoal immigrant honestly, uncle ted is a better writer despite being a significantly less skilled wordsmith.
i tend to weight powerful ideas being clearly expressed above verbal artistry |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:25 PM Author: charcoal immigrant (shitlib) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385126) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:30 AM Author: Vigorous turquoise hell telephone This thread is a good reminder of (or intro for newer poasters to) what a fucking retard whokebe is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385602) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:46 AM Author: 180 brilliant locale this is basically whok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfG2PkB4NBE |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:35 AM Author: Thriller Lime Rigpig Boiling Water He's shit and fraud and lies. Many famous Indian writers way better
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:42 AM Author: honey-headed idiot ticket booth Like who? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385621) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:53 AM Author: Trip Jewess Go to any slightly off-brand porntube site and scroll down to the comments. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45386013) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 3:34 AM Author: soul-stirring obsidian orchestra pit this new theory proposes that some guy named Thomas North wrote most of it... https://lithub.com/whats-in-a-name-tracing-an-obsession-with-the-shakespeare-authorship-question/ |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:38 AM Author: judgmental appetizing chapel Bought Julius Caesar and Henry IV (pt 1 and 2) and Henry V Folger Editions off of Amazon. Any other recs? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385972) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:46 AM Author: sickened copper bawdyhouse many lawyers are paid $800 an hour or more for the quality of their writing. Was Shakespeare ever paid $800 an hour to write? case closed. |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:48 AM Author: honey-headed idiot ticket booth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45385996) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:59 AM Author: Painfully honest jew genital piercing He never got his picture on a bubble gum card. Have you ever seen his picture on a bubble gum card? Hmmm? How can you say someone is great who's never had his picture on a bubble gum card (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45386034) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 9:03 AM Author: Painfully honest jew genital piercing With some qualifiers for translation and transcription for ancient writers; yes. And it's really a tier of his own with a few others fighting for a distant second. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2...id#45386045) |
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