/lit/ - Literature

>>11555924
Just drop her, bro. And try nofap for awhile to regain your virile energy.

LL is a great book, but obviously it alone won't suffice. You'll want to struggle with it for awhile and learn all that you possibly can and then move on to another book and struggle with that one. No one single book will make you "fluent" (can I use that word in this case?), but nonetheless working through it will benefit you greatly.

>>11460647
When jazz first was a thing it was an embarrassment to any white person who listened and danced to it. All classicists looked down upon it and the enlightened few recognized it for what it is- demonic music made by Africans designed to induce evil trances and weaken man's natural connection to sound. It did just that and now you're praising it as "real" music. You've utterly embarrassed yourself and this board. There is nothing good about jazz. You're brainwashed. Jazz is evil and all of its natural offshoots are degenerate, viz. funk, hip-hop, soul, etc.

Enjoy a non-denegerate song and stop listening to music made by the negro and his demonic spirit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMZW0eqts4E

>>11459011
I think he's worth reading for sure. Even if you don't get much out of his actual metaphysical doctrines (which if you liked Guenon, you should), you'll still probably enjoy his critique of modernity, especially Russia and the US. I thought his commentary on the US was spot-on and actually funny because of its truth.

>>11459083
Very, very true. Although, I'm surprised that the fact that he heavily praises Islam and talks so much trash about Christianity (especially, Protestantism) hasn't scared away more /pol/tards. He fucking hated Protestantism. It's hilarious.

>>11459100
I can't speak too much for the other traditionalists, but a lot of Evola's praise of Islam had to do with its doctrine of jihad. He thought it gave mankind more opportunity for heroic action (at least, historically). That said, I can't remember but I think he critiqued it a bit too.

>>11459126
I had that same feeling while reading it. A lot of things make more sense now, and I'm starting to see how much of the work done in philosophy for hundreds of years has amounted to nothing but mere rambling.

>>11459444
I hope you get something out of it, anon. Some parts are slower than others. A lot of it is purely expository. If anything you'll enjoy the second half more where he dissects modernity. Maybe not. It's definitely not for everybody. I don't think someone is a LARPer though if they genuinely believe in that stuff. LARPing is just for spiritually dead people who like to make believe without actually believing.

>>11456368
There are many competing ideas as to which translation is the best. For my part, I'd suggest the Lattimore translation, which took little to no liberties in its realization. It's about as faithful to the original as possible; however, because of that, it lacks the poetic robustness typical of an epic poem, as much of the aesthetic value of the original was sacrificed in the name of literality. For that reason, you might want to read around after it (the ideal would be to learn Ancient Greek but I don't suspect you'd want to).