/lit/ - Literature

Now every pretentious teenager from /mu/ is going to come here. HIROYUKI DELET BOARD NAW

>>6394283
Yet appropriate.

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>>6180266
But it feels like you guys are splitting hairs between Cynicism, Stoicism, and Transcendentalism; since the schools are so close they may or may not realize their free-flow of ideas between.

Cynicism and Transcendentalism both emphasize being "in touch" with nature, and rejecting the shallow materialism and forced dogma of society. Stoicism and Transcendentalism may be less brutal in it's contempt of society than Cynicism, but even still they both reject the comforts and materialism of society as a way to better themselves, focus on what's important, and better take part in society. And it could be argued that the Cynic really wants to better society as well as the "watchdog" that warns normal people of social and spiritual corruption. Though Transcendentalism focuses on intuition as a way of contacting virtue through humanity's natural state, Stoicism adopts the rigorous training and self discipline of Cynicism to unite one with natural virtue that may not be intuitive.

The desire to separate and classify three philosophical traditions that have become so intertwined that it would be humanly impossible to follow one without stepping far into the territory of another, just seems unnecessary.

Is there credible evidence that Jesus existed?

I'm a really dumb fellow and I want to change that...

I'm not too much into books but I want to change that so the point of this thread is to ask you guys, what are some good books that will make me smarter?

This is not a joke thread, I'm serious.

I'm pretty much a retard but I want to ask /lit/, what are some books like Christopher Nolan's movie Interstellar?

>mfw americans call platon playtoe

Do all cultures end up becoming self-referential? Or did we just inherit Jewish modes of thought? Or were we always like this?