/lit/ - Literature

Haibane Renmei

>>13566768
>fags unironically having gfs and caring about 3d, blogposting
>fags posting shit gag memes
>fags no longer being fags ironically
>reddit and normality
esto es el fin

I have no background in academic philosophy which would help to read difficult books. My approach would be to read several secondary sources first while watching videos like sadlers. Then maybe I would start reading it. I am always afraid I wont get it right when I open philosophy and it makes me feel like there is no point in even trying if I cant know if I understand it or if I just think I do. It was one of few major problems I had to stop agonizing myself over to get things done.

The first of the two are that you are just mentally masturbating because you dont have time, intellectual capacity and other things to contribute to philosophical debate that matters. So you have to be content with never being in the present time and just see a reason for your own readings that has no special purpose outside or to anyone else. I solved this by accepting that being curious and interested is good enough. I dont need to invent or change anything in the world. The only way to get those ideas is to read them as my experience cant be otherwise moved by those ideas. The logical conclusion from this is to be a seeker of knowledge, not a sage, producer, writer, philosopher or anyone who creates or is in the heated debate of the century.

The second problem is how to know if you understand it correctly. The only way I was able to deal with this is to accept that I wont. I simply accepted the hermeneutic idea that every interpretation is different and a creation of a new truth and by long study of authors works from different angles I may get the picture that is a bit closer than I had before but I would still not get it right. Then I realized I read only for inspiration and getting things done, understanding more, broading horizons, and trying to seek out truth even though it is futile (a realization that makes absurdism easier to understand and feel).

The third problem I have is language limitation. It is better to read in original but I am not great at learning languages and it would take forever for me. My native language is a language of peasants and worker class that never left any philosophy so I have to read in english to be sure the translation is correct. My english is not good though so I have to accept I will miss a lot of important details. The way I solve this problem and feeling is to remind myself that I will still get more than if I did not even try and by accepting it will take longer and that I will require more help in form of more sources and videos.

You can regurgitate STEM and universities ranking, disciplines that pay shekels all day but not only most of them have no job prospects but there will come a time that unless you are literal genius with connections it wont help you at all. This system will devour the opportunities and leave you at best case scenario doing something less draining with a bit more coins but not much to enjoy your life anyway. Unless you are lucky or a superman, godlike expert in a field that is in demand right now. All this and the question still remaind, why bother? Do you want to do all the things you dont want to do just so you can potentially do things you want in your non existent free time as a slave or as a successful slave making it?

At this point in time there is nothing that can make anyone genuinely happy in this society. Just having an ok job with a bit more money still means it is slavery to someone richer. It doesnt matter because all the other people are still under and unless you live in a bubble your friends, if you have any, will suffer constantly. This system is devoid of all meaning and it is eroding anything that makes life worth living so I dont understand why someone is still afraid and wants to direct his every fiber of being into psychopathic system just to have more bananas.

At this point that no matter what, it is of no worth and you may even argue some homeless guy has better and freerer life for whatever time he can endure the streets. He is at least someone who can spend a bit of time on things that this society seems meaningless like pondering the questions which plague human life since its dawn. Might as well go all in and imitate socrates at this point, people need it more than ever to be questioned about things, not letting them "state my opinion, take it or leave it" stance.

>>12333595
>I want to be skilled at something, to have a creative outlet

Find something creative to do and keep doing it until you can be proud of your work.

>>12229282
>I have a beautiful easel in my room

You can do it anon. Paint something beautiful.

>>9060902
No, scientism is a part of secularism, and secularism is a new kind of esoterism.
It's a new mimetic framework in the same manner as greek mythology and paganism.
In reality Christianity was the next step in human evolution, and secularism is a regression.