Welcome to Bookmarker!

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

Source code on GitHub (MIT license).

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7 years, 5 months ago

that would involve paper, and so trees, et cetera

"I thought you said the thing with John was that he was so reluctant to be in any way involved with anything's death that he usually refused to eat, since every eating entails a death. That's not anorexia."

"It is, sort of, if you think about it."

"And that he had a horizontal proof of the in…

—p.281 The Broom of the System 13 (281) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years, 5 months ago

technology does affect interpretation, after all

"Looks like Gramma screwed up, unless perhaps the guy was dropped from a helicopter into this exact position; that's one possibility Dr. W never fathomed. I guess there wre no helicopters back in his day. Technology does affect interpretation, after all, doesn't it?"

—p.251 11 (175) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years, 5 months ago

sublation

talk Hegelian sublation

—p.239 11 (175) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years, 5 months ago

clear presentation is not Hegel's strength

"[...] I have to get all prepared to talk Hegelian sublation with Nervous Roy Keller, which will be a bitch, because Nervous Roy is far too nervous to assimilate any but the most clearly presented information. Clear presentation is not Hegel's strength."

—p.239 11 (175) by David Foster Wallace