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19308536 No.19308536 [Reply] [Original]

Does anyone else compare themselves to fictional characters? Sometimes when I need strength or motivation I think of Achilleus in the illiad, it gives me strength for some reason

>> No.19308545

>>19308536
Yeah David gemmell makes me feel the same way
I may have troubles in my life but to endure is to be human

>> No.19308546

>>19308545
Are his books good? His wiki says they deal with honour and redemption which is right up my street

>> No.19308680

>>19308536
Yeah. That's the point anon

>> No.19308806

>>19308536
I think of Edmond Dantes. If I have no idea what to do, I ask myself
>what would Edmond Dantes do?

>> No.19308935

I often think "what would Jesus/Musashi do" and try to do that though sadly i often find myself lacking
i do not concern myself with the historical figures with the same names, who probably weren't as cool

>> No.19308964

>>19308536
>Does anyone else compare themselves to fictional characters
nope just you

>> No.19308986

I think you might find Eliade’s Myth of the Eternal Return interesting.

>> No.19309081

>>19308536
Not fictional, but I sometimes ask myself what Travis the chimp would do in a situation.
Sherlock Holmes is an obvious one
Hazel
the guy from Ong-Bak

hey, that was kind of fun. Construct a team of three fictional characters to represent yourself.

travis
alexander
archimedes

would be my real crew

>> No.19309100

>>19308536
Same, but that's probably made on purpose, as >>19308680 pointed out

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Talent flares brightly for an instant, refuses to elaborate further, and vanishes. Philosophers say: "we are alone." I say, we are fatherless. John called for a messiah, and Jesus answered. Jesus called for a kingdom, and we got Rome. What now that Rome has fallen off its pedestal? People coped for a time, but the millennium put an end to all realistic hopes that a plan was imminent. Now, everyone's just confused. Like, what are we even doing? Splendor and piety are pointless. Material science sprinted ahead of philosophy, casually seized control of metaphysics, and disappeared into an esoteric fog, unaware of its impact on mass psychology. Ruined religions now fight to reform their positions, pushing away from the gaping emotional void that is pop-science metaphysics. An abyss where philosophy used to be, article after world-changing article flushes into it with no change--
>scientist: the universe is eleventy billion lightyears across, all blank rock
>New science proves people have no free will
>Scholar says humanity will die out in 1000 years
The ideas, given any form of perspective, have become wild. Only in a meaningless world do these things have meaning. And yet, there is no rejoinder. No strong counterpoint, no elder. Messiahs are exploded. Philosopher-kings commit genocide. Globalists care only about money. Is there no one who can put into words what we're doing here?

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