/lit/ - Literature

>>17217778
Nothing really helped me. The meme pursuit of knowledge have left me more confused and hopeless than ever.
You fill the void with interactions, people, ambitions, arts, nationalism etc. but nothing is will be enough until your last breath. the most "fulfilling" way to fill the void is to bend the knee in front of G-d. life here on this wretched earth is evil. so you have to be unethical and unreasonable to bend the knee in front of nature which is red in it's tooth and claw. there is no redemption on this planet brother. there is no escape but death.
Reading Cioran gives me some sort of comfort. I don't read anything these days. Not even the music makes sense anymore. I don't know what else I could tell you.

You can read Zapffe's The Last Messiah if you want to know about how people cope from the fear of death.
Read Schopenhauer if you're still looking for some sort of secular redemption through art and compassion. In more extreme sense, through asceticism.

I'm going to start studying philosophy and political theory on my own do you have any advice

>>15309388
>any confusion that may arise from this is due to, either: lack of faith in God, or ethicomoral ignobility, or both.
That's a shame.

I can't help but feel you're pulling wool over my eyes by mincing words, but at the same time, I do realize that this may stem more from any myriad of personal shortcomings on my end(terminal midwit'ism more than like) than any ill intent from you. Unfortunately, I don't believe much else will result from our head banging. Not here, at least.

I commend the attempt. It was appreciated. I'll look into the supplementary material you suggested further back in the thread. Maybe I'll read it. Maybe I won't. Not entirely sure yet. Take care, anon.

For those who care, I'd be more than interested in hearings other's takes on the question asked here >>15303630, assuming this thread isn't pruned by the time I get back from work.

>>15233266
>>15233276
words are a piss poor form of communication, and best saved for autistic savants with a better understanding of the human lexicon then i (and you)

oh what i would do for a more glib tongue

But am I doing it wrong bros? Would the pain be ameliorated if I read other works first? Secondary lit? Dry prose is no problem for me, really not, but I've never had such trouble extracting the essence from a text as now.

>>14354495

Many of you all have some very strong/radical views and mindsets. Do you all practice/exhibit them in your daily lives or are you all just talk?

Describe your:
-jobs
-lifestyles
-relationships
-style/fashion
-hobbies
-goals

etc...

Do you buy books before reading them? If you read a book on your computer and you like it, do you buy it?