/lit/ - Literature

Is it applicable today?

So the whole thing was him coping with his man boobs?

what do the Stoics mean when they are discussing freedom from desire? How would you ever accomplish anything if you had no desires? This passage was too accurate it hurt
>Is it not better to use your own power in freedom rather than show a servile and supine concern for what you cannot control? And who told you that the gods do not help us even to the ends which lie within our own power? At any rate, pray about these things, and you will see. One pan prays: "How can I sleep with that woman? Your prayer is: How can I lose the desire to sleep with her?... And so on ... Give all your prayers this turn, and observe what happens." (Meditations, Book 9.40)

Should I start with this particular version or another translation?

Nonsensical gibberish.

>>16548265
Try this
>>16548369
Also this

starting to study philosophy with this

what am i in for?

>>14756870
Yes.

What books would you recommend for a 20 year old guy who's going to be locked up for 2-3 years?
My girlfriends brother was in a car accident that killed one of his friends and he was deemed responsible due to dangerous driving.

This is next on my list.

>>13766621

>>13745098
theres playing the game and then theres winning the game.

>when u are sad, do not be
hmm they were actually on to something

Your favorite journals/diaries.

Besides your diary desu

Which journals are worth reading?

Books similar to this? Not what he believed but similar subject matter, work ethic, god, duty etc? Very interesting stuff

ITT: essential brainletcore

So do I live according to Reason or Nature?

Does anybody esle feel like this genuinely made you a less fun person?

Probably a stoic text like pic related.

How did you read this cover to cover?

>>11095304
Of course.

>>10953526