/lit/ - Literature

>>19939239
You need to start at the beginning.

The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the odyssey, the Argonautica, and so on.
Get through the old and new testament.
Read accompanying texts from people like Augustine.
Work your way through the entirety of western philosophy from pre-Socratics to Camus, and read Russell or Coplestone to support those texts, then read secondary literature if some parts still seem illusive since most philosophers are fucking stupid and cannot write effectively or have purposefully written like a knob to hide the fact that they are talking from their bottom.
Read so much myth that you become invigorated by the heroic narrative to such an extent you don't need to read a hero with a thousand faces. This will undoubtedly include Beowulf and Arthurian legend, though if you are a true Englishman like me you know that Arthur will return in our hour of need.
Eventually you'll get to the 20th century, and everything will make sense. This should only take a couple years.

The most important thing you must do is do 5 push ups and 5 sit ups for every page you read.