recommendations for philosophy books on the topic of happiness and the purpose of life?
im depressed af
>>8272800
The New Testament
Aristotle and Epictetus helped me with that, my man.
>>8272800
Siddhartha helped me.
Heidegger helped me.
I read a different translation of the Tao Te Ching every so often.
I read certain books in the Bible.
Schopenhauer
Philip Mainlander
>>8272800
WOOOO READ NICOMACHEAN ETHICS BITCH BOY
Emerson? Epicurus. Nietzsche too is very life-affirming.
>>8275375
Epicurus is all fragments. I'm also not massively convinced on the life affirming tho he was quite happy himself by all accounts.
Nietzsches Thus Spoke Zarathustra is well, very life-emracing, even if you don't really understand theory much.
One could even call it an empowering work of philosophical fiction.
Just move on to Dead Flag Blues. That's where things start getting really uplifting.
>>8272800
forget (impractical) philosophy
ignore (empty) Epicurus
Seneca
Cicero
Marcus Aurelius
Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
Burns, Feeling Good
>>8275417
nigga Yes-saying is Nietzsche's only lifelong project
also he suffered terribly with illness and was an ascetic shut-in
you got those mixed up
>>8272800
There's one thing in common with all of these types of books op, they never give an answer. If you want to find your true purpose in this world, into pro fascist and natsoc fiction to prepare you for the non-fiction literature to will be in search of afterwards.
