/lit/ - Literature

Are there any notes or uploads about Georgie boys notes? I would really love to see this fuckers process.

>>23194977
>the french revolution would have been suppressed by the old order
And the entire world would have been better off for it.
>>23194960
Great men do exist, but unfortunately the ones you're thinking of inadvertently, and without fail manage to make the world worse than it was before them.
Your great man is Alexander.
Mine is Diogenes.
We are not the same.

>Average high end writer makes $25,000 annual
>Probably lower in other countries
I'll see you bros at the local garbage fire, I'll be the one with the fingerless gloves and typewriter

>reading the Iliad
>after every fight the victor loots the body and takes the armor
>this happens every single time
Were the retarded Trojans and the godlike Argives just glorified gypsies?

what are some good books for someone who wants to learn german. Can be fiction or non-fiction

>>22981452
imagine being able to mog fucking Plato of all people like it's nothing.

What stops someone from just being Diogenes and an alcoholic if they just live in the present all the time? Why even have goals? Or does he mean just go to whatever you naturally gravitate towards? I fail to see how most wouldn't just go to cheap dopamine and avoid any discipline whatsoever, like in brave new world