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The time is ripe to detach from a life devoid of meaning and set out for union of the soul with God instead. Who's with me? Meister here on the left seems to have been.
Read Plotinus lad
read
http://www.christianperfection.info/tta78.php
https://archive.org/stream/MN41530ucmf_5#page/n748/mode/1up
Avoid Quietism, i.e. the practice of retreating from all activity in order to passively "immerse" yourself in God. This is the "quick and easy" mysticism. It has always been popular in the East. It gives you a false sense of divinity; it allows you to fell like you are One with God. This is a delusion though.
There is a passive state in the higher stages of the Spiritual Life where God unites Himself to the soul by love, and at...
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>>7686941
This anon, speaks wisdom.
So I need a creative name for this character I'm going to make a short story about. However I can't think of a real good one at all and I need some help or suggestions on how to get one.
It'd be great if guys could suggest a medieval first name and surname for this man. A name that could relate to the guy in this picture. (And not the actors name) Keep the name cool and unique please!
Ogi Bearclaw
>>7688994
Louis
I need a first and last name, please and thanks!
good history books/biographies about the Roman Empire and its rulers?
>>7686811
This is technically historical fiction but check out I, Claudius...it's a great book and written like the autobiography of Claudius.
I think you'd enjoy it, it has a lot of what you're looking for.
I lamented it in every gathering
I associated wih those in bad or happy circumstances
(But) every one became my friend from his (own) opinion
He did not seek my secrets from within me
My secret is not far from my lament
But eyes and ears do not have the light (to sense it)
Is this what they are calling poetry these days? What is this?
Are you from the 13th century?
I'll try and find a better translation.
He hath not lived here, who hath sober lived,
And he that dieth not drunk hath missed the mark.
With tears then let him mourn himself, whose life
Hath passed, and he no share of it hath had.
Why should I believe the sun will rise tomorrow?
>should
>believe
Nice spook faggot
what
>>7688271
whats a spook
Where do I start with Coetzee?
I'm mostly interested in his novels.
What should I know going in?
then pick a novel that interests you and read it.
Start with the Greeks to be honest family.
Boyhood
Does /lit/ have any prolific writers who post? I'd like to hear from the ones who are actively turning out a lot of work.
>>7687750
Surprisingly, no. All the writers on here are trying to create the next masterwork of literature. You'd think some pissbottle prolific selfpublishing wizard space opera series writers would exist but nope
churning out work is probably not consistent with being on 4chan
>>7687750
I write futanari erotica in amazon.
What did I just read?
lelsorandum
all hail eris
>>7685846
Ive read it 5 times
Why did he choose to bless us?
to mock us
i wish i could have a conversation with him. honestly i'd rather not even know i was talking to him until after the fact. just a conversation about the weather or something.
this guy is a fucking saint
nobody writes literature that seems as fine tuned to my every taste. it feels like cheating to read pynchon. it's too fun, too easy, too exciting.
Hey /lit/
I started getting interested in political philosophy late last year. I've always been interested in politics, but I never really got to the core of the arguments I was hearing and making.
In the last 3-4 months, I've read:
>Plato - Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Republic, Protagoras, Meno, Gorgias, and Laws (I like Plato's stuff a lot)
>Cicero - De Res Publica
>Machiavelli - Discourse on Livy, The Prince
>Hobbes...
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No suggestions? Or should I just post in qtddtot?
>>7687763
This board is slow. An autist will come by and hook you up eventually
>>7687767
Alright cool.
Do you guys buy paperback or hardcover books?
>>7685723
It depends.
Price, as is always a factor, may affect my judgement.
Hardbacks last longer than paperbacks, so if the book is worth keeping for some decades (Since that's how long it'll take for most of us to even finish Harvard's, and Lit's canon), then I'll splurge.
Books I don't know about? Translators you don't know enough to trust? Random books you pick up? Paper back.
Books I intend to hold on to?and intend to let sit there till I get to them
Hardcover.
>>7687858
>>7685723
Cont.
Also, small books? Paperback. Large books? Hardcover.
Small books aren'tUsuallyWorth the price of hardcover, and don't require the protection.
Large books deteriorate and tear easier if paperback. So hardcover is the way to go.
pic related, sometimes stuff is only available in one or the other for a translator/publisher that you trust though.
>>7685723
Usually go with paperback for fiction and hardback for non-fiction and poetry. Most of the non-fic I read only comes out in hardcover anyway, since it's from university presses.
Is the Latin language superior to English?
>>7687508
No.
>>7687508
Yes
About 40% superior.
If you would recommend just 3 books which explain spirit of U.S.A. and why it became superior to ther nations, what could those be?
God favors the protestants.
The crying of lot 49
>>7685727
which is to say if you want to know why the USA is the greatest nation in the history of the world, try reading The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism by Weber
Is happiness possible? If so, is it a goal worthy of pursuit?
Asking because an annoying busybody told me I ought to love myself the other day and I generally disagree with the sentiment. People shouldn't strive to love themselves and human beings are, on the whole, inherently unloveable. The only thing that matters is subsuming oneself in pursuit of one's ambitions. It seems futile to me to strive simply to "be happy".
You aren't even 20'are you? You don't know shit: check back at 25 and again at 30. And what's worse is you probably consider yourself smart.
>>7687449
I consider myself a harmless idiot. I just wanted an answer.
Happiness as a goal doesn't work in my opinion. Happiness is a consequence of your life. If you have no idea what makes you happy, then what are you to do? Look for things that you enjoy, and eventually you will achieve happiness I think, although it's hard to say 'now I am happy'.
Maybe it will take a while before you feel this way, I know I'm not happy at the moment (well a bit but that's because of the bottle of wine) and it takes a lot of work to achieve true happiness.
But happiness as a goal, no, because it's not a clear goal.
What's /lit/'s take on Hesse? Siddhartha is famous as all hell but what about Steppenwolf or Glass Bead Game?
>>7687088
Steppenwolf gets posted here a lot too. No one talks about Glass Bead Game though.
I really enjoyed the Glass Bead Game. Hesse's writing about art is interesting and appealing
>>7687104
I've honestly only ever heard of Siddhartha and Steppenwolf, haven't heard of his other stuff.
Siddhartha is quite good. I didn't come into it looking for anything philosophical and was very pleased by it. I think most people go in expecting some kind of enlightenment from reading it when it really has a very straightforward message.
