/lit/ - Literature

What books will provide me with a solid foundation in Greek and Roman philosophy without having to read primary sources.

>>11372159
Workout:
>Mon/Wed/Fri: jump rope 3 minutes, do 30 pushups, 5-8 pull-ups. Repeat 5 times. Takes about 35 min
>Tues/Thurs: 50 two-handed kettlebell swings w/ 54 lb kettlebell, two sets. Hanging leg raises 3 sets of 15 reps, then same but on each side for obliques. Takes about 30 min.
>walk a lot during the day
Keeps me lean and healthy, feeling great

Reading:
>Literature: Within a Budding Grove by Proust, Steppenwolf by Hesse, Major Works of William Blake
>Philosophy: Basic Writings of Aristotle, Basic Writings of Nietzsche
>Nonfiction: Crushing It by Gary Vaynerchuk, want to get into Jung

Goals here:
>get decent book recommendations because Reddit is retarded

I'm writing short stories but I'm not nearly as well read as I should be. What are some great short stories, collections, authors, analyses, or even philosophy that I should read to optimize my short story writing or literary fiction writing in general? Even books on writing would help, as I've seen noticeable improvement from reading Art of Fiction by Gardner.

What are some fiction books that have lots of wisdom and depth on each page? Ulysses is one for me. Any others like this?

>>10229746
Absolutely. Abso-fucking-lutely. Critics are the worst kind of people. Any critic of a subjective art, who does not have a similar level of experience actually doing that art, is simply not qualified to judge it. There are some academics who might have some knowledge of it but should still not be taken seriously. "Criticism" in the sense that the critic simply dissects what the artist is portraying is different, that's actually extremely helpful, but these fat faggot professors in their sweater vests with an unathenticated autographed copy of The Da Vinci Code from eBay on a shelf next to their framed diploma who trash starving artists from their ivory towers just to feel superior are trying to fill their emptiness with hatred, and they deserve e lifetime of despair that they're digging themselves into with their own actions. Death would be too good for them.

If a work of art has a profound impact on at least one soul, even if it is just the artist himself, then it's priceless.

>>10165684
>>10165747
>outright make up weird pronounciations that only retards and children use
>LOL Anglos are so stupid
God I wish the Americans would have carpet bombed Europe, or at least helped us keep parts of it for ourselves after WWII. The Russians did it fine in eastern Europe and would probably still control those countries if it wasn't for the communism. Just imagine how much better this world would be if France and Italy and all those other yuro shitholes were our territory and not independent countries that thought it was okay to trash us.

Can anyone recommend some great poetry? Or have any of those chart images for it?

Are negativity and pessimism the biggest signs that someone is a pseud?

>>9909706
James Joyce
Marcel Proust
Morrissey
Seneca
The guy from the Tesla company
Alex Jones
Zuckerberg