/lit/ - Literature

>>18265899
>>18265914
(1/2)Yes it is meaningless, all of it is. But what of it? I am going to die, yet I still work out to gain the aesthetics I want, even though I will still decompose into nothing more than dust and ash. So why do it? For yourself and the societal expectations of others. To bring honor and virtue to yourself, as that is what you should strive for.

You are dying. Why eat? Your body tells you of course! So what do you eat? A burger, fried chicken, maybe a pulled-pork sandwich? How about some Chinese food? Perhaps you fancy a bowl of pasta? And why not? You were condemned to death at birth, right? What you eat now, or a year from now is pointless when you are gone. So eat what you want! Consume and indulge in gluttony. It's all pointless anyways! You're right. But in doing so, you become fat and disgusting, proving how much you let yourself go in pursuit of something as arbitrary as "taste". How can someone honor a man who doesn't have the discipline to make his own meals or even to reject the food surrounding him?
>why should I care about those values? Values that we made up and are subjective to the people who hold them in regard.
I highly doubt you can hate a man who is virtuous and patient amongst his people. Someone who listens and shows kindness, logic, and intellect is hard to hate, especially if he takes into consideration the emotions of people around him.

Furthermore, these are not subjective. The values of a virtuous man have been written down even from the time Rome and the Greeks were still around. I find it incredibly hard to believe that you could find any source of rational literature or human that genuinely and logically believes that the optimum archetype of a virtuous man is that of incompetence and stupidity.

>You're implying you and the average person on 4chan is worth noticing.
You are to the people around you. Your co-workers, friends, family, your lover, these are the people that notice you. These are the people that judge you.

But let us move away from that as I'm sure what you are alluding to me is fame. In which you are right. You will never be a world-renowned actor, artist, filmmaker, etc. You will die unknown. And I could even make the argument that even they die unknown. My favorite artist is David Bowie, but he is long since dead. How many times do you hear of him on the news, tv, or gossip magazine? None. It is as if he was erased from existence. Does his life is pointless? Well, he lives on in the music and memories of people, but even they will die, and soon his legacy will be forgotten completely in time.

But what of it? Should your fear of being unknown stop you from achieving greatness? Should it stop you from being kind? From living? From loving? From being virtuous? From being honorable? Of course not. You still live in the minds of people around you. You are an actor surrounded by judges. So act well.

>>10310666
who are those people?
Im just saying if you go back to your own country that would be great

I'm tired of the nihilism of the present day and I wan a book to revive a sense of wonder and heroism from the old age.

>>9099365

It's not a made up term. I look a lot more similar to someone from France than someone from Zimbabwe. The French person and I have some shared history and culture, whereas the only connection I have with Zimbabwe is that my uncle used to shoot animals there.

White protestants from Northern Europe are especially close knit, that's why the Irish were considered sub-human, they were Catholic. The British hated all Catholics and were always fighting wars with them. You have to remember that before the current year religion was a big deal.

It's pretty normal for people with a shared culture to band together against those with a different culture, it's not a particularly "white" thing to do.

Because the original thread creator lost his faith on us.

Write whatever you want based on pic related, whether to warm up that prose or critique and be critiqued. All is welcomed.