/lit/ - Literature

>>14279756
J-Just a coincidence..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUpTJg2EBpw

>tfw TAing in History and all the essays are good and the biggest problem I have every week is whether my average for the weekly papers is too high
>tfw writing genuine compliments in the comments at the end

>not seeing history as a rich interwoven tapestry that you can spend a lifetime learning about and always be ascending to greater heights of insight
>not realizing that history only seems like "one damn fact after another" at first because you don't know anything
>not realizing that it is actually important to know who the major archaic age tyrants were, and that if you live a life of the mind, you will be hearing and learning about them and the historical currents with which they interacted for the rest of your life
>not realizing that every great author in history was steeped in this lingua franca of myths, symbols, and references
>not realizing that shakespeare read plutarch and other classics religiously before writing his plays
>not realizing that nescire quid antequam sis acciderit est semper esse puerum

>>13100277
You seem like a nice person anon

>>13100246
I like you too

put me in the gat damn screen cap