/lit/ - Literature

>>21450469
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And since this is a thinly veiled literature thread I strongly recommend the works of Seneca, it doesn't matter if you're a christ-larper or a classical coper, he is revered by both groups for a reason. He makes practical and convincing cases of moral behavior irrespective of any foundational thought.

>>15761555
Kierkegaard is about living for your beliefs more than dying for them. Russel could never understand that or philosophy in general as evident by his terrible book on the matter. Russel should stick to mathematics and watching other men impregnate his wife (which he did, as an 'educated' progressive), that's the kind of proto-bugman mediocrity that suits him best, where one is attached to life but nothing in life.

>>14231012
>>14231012
Seneca

>>13442446
There's more to being alive than a heartbeat op.

Where do you start with Seneca? Just read his Oedipus since I was familiar with Sophocles version, thinking to thus have something to compare and quantify it against. I really thought nothing of it, it seemed patently mediocre and sensationalist. Why is he so praised and credited with inspiring the likes of Shakespeare or all of the medieval greats?