/lit/ - Literature

>>15925451
>Yes, as well as the other reasons you ignored.
This was not something you were supposed to say "yes" to, if you didn't realise.

>The "greatest thinkers" are not always rational actors.
I can assure you that they are far more rational than the common man and indeed you, just because you fail to understand someone's position speaks more to you, rather than their lack of any 'rationality'. It must truly be the height of arrogance to say that you know better than such examples as Socrates, who drank hemlock rather than to compromise on his holy ideals, because current common opinion is "suicide = bad" and you unthinkingly align your opinion with the majority.

>>12857063
it means you're a slave to your senses and you are not going to be free in this life.