/lit/ - Literature

Is business the opposite of everything literary and intellectualism? The number of poets and writers who were businessmen is nearly zero. I have been working on a business idea for some time now and I already feel my brain degrading. Why does this happen?

>>20628914
>>20628967
Already did ,fren

According to the Shroud of Turin, Jesus was somewhere between 5'11.5" and 6'2"?
Isn't that pretty tall for someone back then?

How is called if I make a drawing then write a basic 2 pages of text that describes what is happening in the drawing, then repeat this for 200-300 pages?

I doubt is a comic/manga or graphic novel.

I think we can all agree that all Lit-RPG's are the litterative equivalent of third-rate fast food? Am I right or am I right?

anyone wanna seed these for me? thanks
Fantasy Masterworks:
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SF Masterworks:
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pessimists come to the same conclusions as Buddhists, not Hinduism.
They both say the life is endless suffering.

Schopenhauer suggests the way around it is through ascetism, and the creation and consumption of art.

>He held that this wild and powerful drive to survive and reproduce is essentially what causes suffering and pain in the world, and that the only way to escape the suffering inherent in a world of Will was through art.
Often considered a gloomy and thoroughgoing pessimist, Schopenhauer was actually concerned with advocating ways (via artistic, moral and ascetic forms of awareness) to overcome a frustration-filled and fundamentally painful human condition. He believed that the "will-to-life" (the force driving man to survive and to reproduce) was the driving force of the world, and that the pursuit of happiness, love and intellectual satisfaction was essentially futile and anyway secondary to the innate imperative of procreation. Wagner was a strong believer in Schopenhauer's theory that great art was the only way to overcome the misery inherent in human existence.

>>19808325
Getting other books as well is an obstacle and I don't know if I will like him, but also want to fill my e-library and stare at their cover and imagine reading them some day once confirmed that they are potentially worthwhile. What is wrong with that?

>calling an older author’s writings his “works”

It's approaching the end of the second week without any kind of stimulants and I'm feeling relaxed after nine years of energy drinks and adderall. I'm learning how to stop over thinking and fix my body to therefore fix my mind, such as balancing the symbiotic relationship between my breathing and staying in the present and focused. I notice that whenever I have these maladaptive anxiety filled daydreams and I start to get anxious or angry in response my breathing goes shallow and rapid. This also occurs with other things such as if I'm talking to someone my speech grows more rapid. I believe that the way I've been breathing all these years has been completely wrong. It's not exactly meditation, I want to try it, but I'm becoming more aware of my body. I'm trying to slow down, learning how to lift again and this time I'm taking the movements nice and slow and trying to keep my mind quiet and absent of thought, only focusing on the feeling of my muscles. Feels good man.

on average, do you spend more time browsing 4chan or reading? be honest

>>19276553
I'm going to do this right now but I only have a laser black and white printer, will replace and laminate when I get the opportunity. Thank you anon, can't wait to get into a few awkward situations and find ways to win out, as a mental exercise and exposure therapy not for pussy or some gay shit.

What the fuck, Jesus? I'm not even a good soldier

New to /lit/ should I start with Eastern philosophers or Western philosphers? With the rise of China and India as global superpowers and the decline of the West doesn't this make Eastern philosophy a better investment?

Any career book worth reading? Preferably looking for something that'd help me figure what I'm good at/what'd make me happy.

How come theres no /lit/ comfy general just to shitpost and talk with other fellow /lit/bros?

>>18003302
>MOM I MADE IT IN THE MEME PIC

>>17990001
estudié espanol en colegio pero mi proffesor es un puta así no se mucho palabras
creo que mi proffesor de espanol es fallecido ahora
bueno

How do i know if i'm a pretentious cunt or what i wrote is actually worth a damn?

>>17905664
can someone post a vocaroo of this in an irish accent pls? I can't because i'll wake up my family

>>17891635
What are you currently reading anon? Also, what kind of books do you enjoy?

To whom does one allude?

>>17545308
Why don't you tell me; you should already know, right?

Books