/lit/ - Literature

The vices to which I and many others are enslaved- internet, pornography, and video games- are perversions of the natural impulse to greatness exemplified by the Priest, the Warrior, and the Poet.

The Priest desires to gain insight and deeper understanding of the world, but a would-be Priest's learning is perverted by the information overload of the Internet and the frivolous distractions it thrusts in front of its users.

The Warrior desires to surmount his limitations and gain victory, but video games provide cheap virtual thrills which tap into the competitive impulse and allow one to achieve wins by proxy while not having to face the difficulties of the the real world.

And finally the Poet desires to create, but this creative force is transmuted and destroyed by pornography, which warps the natural sexual impulse rooted life-creation and into a voyeuristic, disgusting compulsion.

I suggest the holy trinity of /lit/ self-actualization would be to take these three archetypes and embody them in activities of one's choosing: an intellectual pursuit (Priest), a competitive (or agonistic) hobby (Warrior), and a craft (Poet).

What will you choose to overcome distraction and unreality?

>>21701586

Is he right?

>>16870528
Not sure about Schopenhauer but you might want to read this based French dude

Where should I start with Baudelaire?

>>16418094

Post more based quotes like this

This is the only way forward

Based Baudelaire. BTFO STEMfags