/lit/ - Literature

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Favorite Author: Emile Zola
Poet: Walt Whitman
Short Fiction Writer: Borges
Playwright: -
Genre Fiction Writer: -
Literary Movement / Era: Naturalism
Literary Theorist: -
Analytic Philosopher: -
Continental Philosopher: -
Enlightenment Philosopher: -
Ancient Philosopher: Diogenes of Sinope
Painter: Turner / Tessar Lo
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Sculptor: Rodin
Architect / Architectural Style: -
Artistic Movement: post impressionism
Classical Composer: Chpin
Popular Musician / Band : Apparat
Film Director: Woody Allen

>pissing on everything
>publicly masturbating
>'tis the way of the wise

I don't think of my self in a better light than people in a vertical sense. We're all disgusting shit stains full of shit speaking shit, so I'd only be lying if I said I thought the shit that fills my intestines, mouth and soul was better than the next guys shit. I do however, like to think of myself on my own island on the horizontal side of things.

why do you read books to begin with? ask yourself that and meditate on what you find. or perhaps we here at 4chan can help, mwaaahaha.

not only to tell people that you read something, which is kind of superficial, or just that the ending is good, because what if it isn't, i'd go for the total interpretation of the text and the new "body" that you've acquired from seeing reality through the eyes of the author; to pick up more "colors" to paint your world with.

oh, and >>2285359 is silly if he/she couldn't figure out what you meant by that, silly people, there are. surely he'll comment on how many a's i put in "mwaaahaha".

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It depends wholly on the kind of optimism or pessimism. Pessimism that spoils every bit of joy is horrible, pessimism that discourages you to do dumb shit (talentless people that still feel the need to audition on national television for some kind of talentshow come to mind) can be pretty handy.

Having low expectations of life of life in general can work out pretty well, as you will rarely be disappointed. And if things do not work out, it doesn't hit you as hard since you were expecting it.

Optimism is nice if it keeps you happy and going, but it sucks if it makes you get disappointed a lot or actually hurt yourself (not calculating risks as you should, irresponsible behaviour). Optimists are the kind of people that go to jail because they weren't picky enough about choosing the right getaway driver.

So a sunny disposition is nice, but expecting unpleasant outcomes is practical and helps too.

As for the philosophical version, as in judging the whole of existence as either good or bad, both are pretty ridiculous. But if I had to choose I would rather live in a world I would rather feel existence as worthwhile and generally good.

Of course the most logical is a kind of realism where one realizes the whole of existence can't readily be judged for value by someone who has no experience outside existence. It's actually impossible to aesthetically judge the color blue is it's the only one you've ever seen. The same goes for a evaluation of existence.

I like that Confucius was a slave, who thought slavery was justified.

Does that entirely nullify his contributions to philosophy? It strikes me that it really ought to.

>Diogenes of Sinope > Plato

Discuss.