/lit/ - Literature

Because we mostly experience it in Hollywood films, rather than the moment to moment drudgery of our actual lives. Although people probably did have more purpose etc owing to more religious belief and more physical activity. But still, it is easy to get carried away in romanticizing.

>>12777057
Because passion and tradition are incompatible with our contemporary rational worldview

>>12777057
Because it was.

>>12777057
Probably because you're an incel and too afraid to take advantage of a world with the universe at the feet of anyone willing to work hard.

I am Greek. I walk by areas where philosophers contemplated their existences.
I am Greek. My ancestors were visionaries, philosophers, genius people.
What are you?
May Allah forgive me for uttering these words.
Are you an Anglo?

>>12777057
because people only bothered to record the exciting and purposeful parts. writing was a big deal, it was expensive and few people could do it. not necessarily saying that it wasn't also more exciting and purposeful on top of that, but we gotta account for potential biases.

>>12777057
because they're anecdotes about courage, passion and sacrifice, campfire stories told by a blind beggar in exchange for food, in case you haven't noticed the world of the past hundred years has seen cities vaporized, massive steel frigates buckle and collapse into the sea, armies of millions fight tooth and nail in blood-soaked, shit-smeared trenches, ragged, dispossessed populations trudge hundreds, thousands of miles seeking solace and refuge, ideological, tribal feuds boil over and explode into genocidal violence worldwide, concerted, orchestrated efforts placing men across the reaches of the black void of space onto that cold, illuminated heavenly sphere men have gazed upon with wonder since the early dawn of conscience, and it's still been within our power to now and again produce an intellect capable of spinning a good, tight yarn with no frayed ends

It wasn't. Just imagine being a slave or peasant.

>>12777057
Julian Jaynes and de Selby said the brain hemispheres started communicating during the Trojan War—the voice in our head was 1st heard
—Achilles thought it was Zeus saying Kill Kill Kill, so he was an automaton killing machine

>>12777057
For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless. It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. But though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.
―The Secret History

>>12777213
>I am Greek.
>May Allah forgive me
Lol

>>12777157
>take advantage of a world with the universe at the feet of anyone willing to work hard
that's protestantism, idiot

>>12777057
Only because it’s a story

>>12777057
Read 'the way of man' and all shall be revealed. Its just that shit dont matter these days, and for good reasons son

>>12777213
λελ

>>12778778
And it's working.

>>12777213
>tfw born among the birthplaces of Thales, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Herodotus

>>12777057
Because the Greeks and Romans were martial to the core. Modern man is domesticated. Traded our beastly nature for comfort. Just like how animals in captivity might have "objectively" a better quality of life, but everyone sees the animal is suffering.

>>12777057
Fun fact, the Myths, Theater, and the great epics of the Greeks were almost universally non-contemporary. They took place in a distant far-flung past, even back then.

>>12777213
>My ancestors were visionaries, philosophers, genius people.
And you're just a pleb whose only claim to greatness is his ancestors. How they must be screaming in the afterlife at such a failure of a human being of their blood.

>>12777057
It wasn't; our knowledge of history is extremely selective because they just recorded the exciting parts. When posterity reads about the undertakings of people today, do you think they will be reading about the average pleb who does menial labour and lives an average life or actually interesting people?

>>12779281
>When posterity reads about the undertakings of people today, do you think they will be reading about the average pleb who does menial labour and lives an average life or actually interesting people?
Yes? Most of the famous literature of today is hilariously banal. Ulysses covers a regular day. It's not at all exciting. It's a different time. Look at how depressing our literature is

>>12779344
>undertakings of people today
>ulysses
Are you under the impression that Ulysses is a non-fiction historical account of contemporary people?

>>12779375
Are you under the impression that the Iliad is?