/lit/ - Literature

It's funny how after reading perennial philosophy all concepts and writings that are spiritual in nature just fit together, no matter how unrelated or geographically distant. Everything just falls right into place. Modernists (atheists) will never experience this delight. Instead they are fascinated by the gayest shit like 'existentialism', which is just so laughable how naive it is! No, they don't live rent-free in my mind, but you can't help but pity them and their funny little arguments. Here's one quote that I like:
>No religion can be judged by what the masses have made of its teachings. One has to look for its highest aspect in the lives and the writings of its wisest and most saintly adherents.
This is not a troll, this is just a simple acknowledgement; something I just wanted to get out there. It's interesting. It's just so easy not to be incorrect. And yet, there are some out there who are so stubborn in accepting the truth.

>>22142496
>the Donation of Constantine
If it was known to be a forgery, as is claimed by the critics, then bad bad bad. However, buttressing beliefs with documents that turn out to be forgeries does not invalidate the truth of those beliefs. The Orthodox Church has also been victim to the realization that documents that were previously relied upon are forgeries. Whatever was true in the Donation of Constantine is still true.

>filioque
Most debates between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church ultimately prove aimless. The filioque controversy is the epitome of such aimlessness; the discourse around the controversy hasn't progressed for centuries and the disagreement between the two churches on this issue will, seemingly, never be settled. The aimlessness of such debates results from the the opposing parties' inability to agree on the standard that should be used to evaluate, and therefore resolve, each particular issue.

When it comes to the filioque controversy in particular, the Orthodox Church demands *explicit* evidence and the Catholic Church is satisfied with *implicit* evidence. That is, the Orthodox Church will not concede unless the Catholic Church proves that filioque is taught explicitly in scripture. As long as Catholics fail to offer a verse that uses the phrase "proceeds from" to relate the Holy Spirit to the Son, then the debate will rage on. Catholics, on the other hand, don't require that the phrase "proceeds from" appear scripture for it to be true. That is, Catholics believe that "proceeds from" is taught implicitly in John 15 and 16. In any particular instance of a Catholic debating an Orthodox Christian on filioque, the discourse will bounce around like a pinball from the implications of John 15-16, to the alleged logical equivalence of "through" and "from," to the patristic witness that seems to support both sides, to the alleged mutability of creeds, and on and on. Yet these topics are all distractions because, after each has been thoroughly discussed, it becomes clear that the Orthodox debater will not accept filioque unless it is proved explicitly, word-for-word, from an authoritative text produced no later than AD 787, and it becomes clear that the Catholic debater cannot proffer a verse that says, word-for-word, that the Holy Spirit "proceeds from" the Son.

>the crusades
Very evil and regrettable things have been done. However, this is not evidence of which church is Jesus’ church. If we applied the same standard of judgment to the Israelites in OT times, then we’d conclude by their repeatedly awful behavior that there is no way they are the people of God and the stewards of his priesthood.

Today is the final book. Book 24. Achilles and Priam meet. Congratulations to all of you that finished before today or are finishing today.

For me, it's 600 pages.

>>22029565
That Muhammad was a war-mongering savage is a fallacy that simply shows your miseducation on the matter. Read his biography by Lings or don't speak of him at all.

I liked Jezal and thought Logen was cringe

I love Butterfly! I hope she's doing well

>>19333173
Thanks, anon, I really appreciate that.

Is there a book that deals with the idealization of childhood and the selectiveness of our fondest memories?
I've been conflicted lately upon realization that most of us shared the same experiences growing up and that none of them were anything out of the ordinary.
I remember running until my legs hurt and still keeping on running. I remember laughing and playing until it was dark and refusing to do any of those things as i grew older. I sort of resent my younger self for being ashamed of who i was. I resent others for not forcing me to do things i didn't wanted to do. I no longer remember who am i supposed to be anymore.
Books for any of those feelings, thank you very much.

>Heaven is other people

>>16180372
dear diary: anon was very based today

Finally had sex with an intelligent qt girl, talked about philosophy in bed
>feels good

>read book
>it's good

Books for this feel?

>book is over 1000 pages

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>>12808739
Just read it. Very beautiful anon, thank you for the recommendation.

If you want something similar, it reminded me of Hymn Before Sunrise by Coleridge.

>it's about one man's slow ascent into sanity

>heroic fantasy

>Someone likes my tweet
>Check out their profile and see they wrote a book I find interesting
>Pirate it immediately
Isn't the Information Age wonderful?

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>>8488352
well hey thanks guys pic related, obviously results are varied but I definitely want to keep reading and not lying it bed all day wondering why people don't just shut up and let me sleep

>>8488272
desu anon I've been working on a book since june and have been using personal/familial research with depression to help build its main character, so I've been a bit hesitant to take drugs to 'make it go away' but feel like that's better at least than wanting to kill myself

>>8239800
Topkek anon

If I upload my 500k word memoir to wikipedia despite having achieved nothing that would otherwise warrant such a page / article being created, are the moderators likely to ban me or remove the page?

It's taken me a very long time to write and the entire text is filled with hyperlinks to things like songs mentioned, photographs of myself, and so on. I don't want to waste my time here.

Thank you.

If I upload my 500k word autobiography onto wikipedia despite having achieved nothing that would otherwise warrant such a page / article being created, are the moderators likely to ban me or remove the page?

It's taken me a very long time to write and the entire text is filled with hyperlinks to things like songs mentioned, photographs of myself, and so on. I don't want to waste my time here.

Thank you.

>that book that makes you feel all fuzzy inside

What's her name, /lit/? Moby-Dick here.

>Call me Ishmael

hnnnnng

>tfw I have cut most expenditures from my life except for my car
>all I do is read pirated books and lift weights that are all paid for
>vidya has broken its hold on me
>savings and investments are rapidly increasing
>stability reached