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13568438 No.13568438 [Reply] [Original]

>you literally learn and gain more from reading a single page of Seneca than reading 10 books of fiction put together

What's the point of fiction? Why waste your time on it? If you're looking for entertainment, just watch a damn movie.

Life is too short to waste it on fiction.

>> No.13568490

>>13568438
Hold up.

This post sounds familiar....

>> No.13568521

>>13568438
Robert Graves BTFO Seneca so hard in I, Claudius and Claudius the God that I would never consider reading his "philosophy".

>> No.13568526

>>13568438
>you literally learn and gain more from reading a single page of Seneca than reading 10 books of fiction put together
no you don't

>> No.13568536

>>13568526
Yes, you do, you fucking brainlet.

>> No.13568543

>>13568438
Watch Youth by Paolo Sorrentino

>> No.13568562

Life is too short to constantly look at books which contain letters arranged in a different fashion.

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>>13568438
>nobody doubts that there are many who tire themselves while doing nothing, such as those who spend their time dedicating to useless studies of philosophy.
Holy shit, how can escapit literaturelets ever recover? Have they even considered how much more noble it is to take control of your soul, have a steady and stable mind and to contemplate higher and more abstract ideas while at the same time mantaining a stoic, calm and serene attitude to life and the World instead of wasting one's time with literature, which is just escapism for virgins lmao.

>> No.13568569

>>13568536
Fiction can be an apt vessel for philosophy.

>> No.13568577

>>13568438
>What's the point of fiction?
>Why waste time on [fiction]?
>Just go watch [fiction] if you want entertainment
Ah, yes. It is very clear that you read Seneca.

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>>13568569
>>13568577
>he reads the virgin fiction
OH NO NO NO NO NO
SCREECH*

>> No.13568592

>>13568438
>Life is too short to waste it on fiction.
On the contrary, Seneca argued that life is too long

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>>13568562
Philosophy books are guides to life. Some books are too damn important that every man should be forced to read them to lead a more fulfilled life.

Fiction is for girls.

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13568597

>Most books only leave behind some memorable quotes, so why not just write quotes?

>> No.13568604

>>13568569
rare

>> No.13568611

>>13568596
>Philosophy books are guides to life
No, they aren't. Especially according to Nietzsche.

>> No.13568612

>>13568536
you can't tell me what i do

>> No.13568634

>>13568597
Isn't that more or less what early philosophers did?

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13568638

>be me
>only read philosophy
>try pic related, because people praise Dostoyevsky and I thought I would enjoy it
>it's nothing but a man rambling about his pathetic life
>nothing interesting or insightful

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>>13568438
>not writing philosophy out of fiction
kek

>> No.13568649

>>13568641
>posts someone who wrote poor fiction and poor philosophy
kek

>> No.13568651

>>13568438
Fiction is a debased thing, even when I see fictional pieces written by philsophers or whatever, or something 'deep' like Bataille, I can't help but think how they are lowering themselves to childish storytelling, with 'standard' arrangement of sentences etc.

>> No.13568657

>>13568651
what are you basing this opinion on

>> No.13568665

>>13568651
This.
It's so fucking boring.
It's literally for girls.

>> No.13568676

>>13568438
watching movies causes ADHD and most movies are terrible nowadays

>> No.13568683

>>13568665
>It's literally for girls.
no it's not

>> No.13568691

>>13568596
Do you need a guide to tell you when you are hungry or need to take a dump?

>> No.13568700

>>13568438
faggot

>> No.13568706

t.macaco

>> No.13568711
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>>13568438
This post seems really familiar to me for some reason. Hmmmmm.....

>> No.13568713

NOVELS ARE FOR TRANNIES

>> No.13568715

>>13568438
You know Seneca wrote fiction too, right?

>> No.13568725

>>13568438
but anon, i do read seneca. his plays are incredible.

>> No.13568739

>>13568713
Well shit. I sure do hate trannies. Guess I have to give up reading too. Damn trans assholes, always ruining shit.

>> No.13568785

>>13568711
Because you're based, Ritalinbot.

>> No.13568791

With the exception of pure logic, philosophy is for trannies.
Anything that cannot be put in the form of a tautological a priori true statement should instead seek to ascend to the greatness of aesthetic perfection.

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>prefer to read non-fiction

>> No.13568804

>>13568796
female brain sounds better desu

>> No.13568808

>>13568785
>Because you're based, Ritalinbot.
I don't know what you're talking about, fren.

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>>13568808
Yeah, sure...
Don't worry, I'm your friend.

>> No.13568819

>>13568596
>Philosophy books are guides to life
No moms and dads are. I don't read to get basic life advice you retard

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>>13568819
And your parents are shit, you turn to books.

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>>13568811
This has been the greatest bait I have ever seen in my life. I even feel humbled by it. I commend and congratulate you, my brother.

>> No.13568856

>>13568638
It's literally a philosophic work. Are you sure you understood all those other philosophy books you read?

>>13568796
>>13568804
Two items on the female list are about how the female brain fails to know things!

>> No.13568864

>>13568856
It's a novella.

>> No.13568949

>>13568864
About an irreconcilable problem of utilitarianism.

>> No.13569174

>>13568634
It's what everyone does.

It doesn't matter what they said, they are all dust and words repeated over and over by more dust

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>>13568438
I read what I want and what I think is best and necessary, and don't presuppose that whatever it is makes me better, because I'm not a niggerish mongoloid who needs to feel as flashy and superior as possible to validate his existence.

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>>13568591
>Reducing everything to a dichotomy between GOOD CHAD and BAD VIRGIN

There is trash fiction, I agree. But there is also trash non-fiction. Be mindful of what you read and ensure that you aren't wasting your time.

Even so, with all this non-fiction under your belt, the best argument you could muster was a meme?

pfft

>> No.13569540

>>13569361
Oh the irony.

>> No.13569579

I like reading fiction and I only read fiction. Philosophy isn't aesthetic.

>> No.13569599

>>13568438
Point's of view different from Seneca's. It's a big world.

>> No.13570010

>>13569579
>Reading philosophy of art isn't an aesthetic pursuit in of itself

Pleb