/lit/ - Literature

>>20017907
I'm going to double down and say all Religions that have a heavenly afterlife are built upon min-maxxing happiness. Yes. And if you think that is foolish and that were in for an eternity of nothingness, I invite you to visit the Museum of Holy souls in Purgatory. Which is said to have articles of clothing/books that have been singed by the souls in Purgatory; who offer people signs when asked.

But who am I kidding, the parable of the Rich man and the Poor man applies to you guys anyways. I could argue with you till the cows come home, and you wouldn't believe jack until you're down under.

How many books have you read this year?
How many do you plan on reading next year?

I'm hoping to read at least 3-4 books per month next year.

I've gone out long enough to know that there's a certain type of people that confuses and baffles me. These kind of people seem incredibly inquisitive at first but you start to wonder whether they just ask questions for the heck of it or because they're not exactly listening.
If you tell them, for example, 2+2 = 4. They'll go on to ask "3+1=4 right? And 5-1? And 2x2?" And so forth. Or if you say the wind is coming from the west, they'll ask which way is the east heading. Normally I'd be fine answering but maybe it's my autism but if every conversation is like this, I get kinda annoyed

>24
>as a baby my head fell into a pot of boiling water, I would've been scarred if not for snake oil
>Alan Watt's "The Book on The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are"

Isn't it funny how at one point in our childhood we just went 'yeah I'm gonna be conscious now' and then start remembering things from that point forward?

I wanna learn a language.

>>18255987
So you can have a decent argument? If you aren't trolling, then like anyone in the humanities you should know that there are heaps of popular trash diluting every form of art, surface level exposure to these forms will surely delude you to label the entire genre hopeless. If I could only listen to music on the radio from now on I'd hate it. If I could only ever watch cable TV I'd despise it. If I only could read YA fiction I'd probably kill myself. You seem to be judging all of anime based on fucking Naruto. Associating things with retarded manchildren is an easy way to discard anything. I'd put off reading Wilde specifically because I associated Dorian Gray with tumblr queers, big mistake.

>>17951680
>noooooo you can't be a schizoid! that's what makes me special!

>>17783531
If that's you, Proudly, then get fucking help mate.

Lets say I wanted a classical education in the form of a reading list? Is there a chart or recommendation for this?

>>17323974
Have you considered NOT saying mean things to people?

>>17051030
Polyphia, Chon, even fucking Sungazer mog Bucketfag hard. I'd argue that the man has no quality control and just shits out anything he deems "eh, good enough", Besides, I doubt he ever even wants to be taken seriously, he's an ironic act at best. An anonimous jester with no voice but a guitar. Pleb tier art either way.

>>16871730
anon i...

>>16851063
>When we see that almost everything men devote their lives to attain, sparing no effort and encountering a thousand toils and dangers in the process, has, in the end, no further object than to raise themselves in the estimation of others; when we see that not only offices, titles, decorations, but also wealth, nay, even knowledge and art, are striven for only to obtain, as the ultimate goal of all effort, greater respect from one's fellowmen,—is not this a lamentable proof of the extent to which human folly can go? - Schopenhauer

>>16840269
No. If you're a cerebral type of young man then leaning into literature isn't going to make you a hit with women. It will however help you realize that living your life in pursuit of validation from females is a pathetic slave life that you should rise above. Never forget that women can smell desperation and low confidence from miles away.

>>16792536
No bitch I was playing with the idea of going beyond a BA and then the fat bearded guy told me the situation he was in as someone who already had a MA in the similarly-valued (not valued at all) field of theology. Don't be cute with me.

Is it based and scholarly or cringe and consumerist to buy hardcovers of pirated ebooks that you particularly liked if you don't plan on reading them again any time soon?

>>16782838
Don't know why I'd lie on the internet about going to university and not gettign pissed off.

>>16772475
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you are not currently seeing anybody.

4 page essay? nigger that´s nothing just take your time and write down the fundamentals of what you think is the most important and branch out, if you can´t read the book in time search a pdf, then search key words that could lead to a quote you can use.
t. also a retard

>>16503427
>Most presocratics were turkish

>when did you realize that all of Mozart's, Beethoven's, Bach's, Vivaldi's, etc songs are covers due to them not being the composer in any recording

>They still pay for books

>>16464738
>porchmonkeys
>bugwomen
Is it really worth limiting yourself to such an insane degree that you completely look past individual characteristics and focus exclusively on phenotype? Racial groups aren't monolithic, you know. A concept as hazy as "race" seems like a really awful starting point for finding a lifelong partner.
>>16464756
We're all gonna make it, breh.