/lit/ - Literature

>>21428097
I prefer German romantic poetry.

>>20952151
>The first who dispensed knowledge to the people from the gods were poets
>Should we not also strive today to dispense knowledge not sterilely but beautifully?

>A criminal cannot complain about injustice, when they treat him hard and inhumanely. His crime was an entry into the realm of violence, of tyranny. Measure and proportion don't exist in this world, so the disproportionality of the counteraction should not cause disconcertment.
t. novalis

Even the most mediocre of schoolchildren in 19th century Europe would have, by the age of 16, attained working proficiency in French, Latin, some Ancient Greek, and a little Hebrew; they would have a more advanced understanding of mathematics than today's students; they would know at least one instrument (likely two), and know a good deal of music theory. They would already know more about the history of their respective countries than the vast majority of you will know in your lives. They, at age 16, would have been more educated and informed than you could ever hope to be.

And yet, you live in the 21st century. You have the knowledge of the entire world for free at your fingertips. Never has it been easier to teach yourself about Plato and Aristotle; Leibniz and Newton. Virtually every great work of literature and music is FREE ONLINE, with all the notes and introductions you need. And yet you don't know any of these things. You don't know the difference between Solon and Solomon; you haven't read the Republic even in an "accessible" translation; you could not state even in briefest of terms the major formative events of your people. Why do you persist in this state, despite the benefits of the modern world? What the fuck is wrong with you?

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Someone do this one plox. My fap material is running low.

Please, leave this board if you...

>think it's wrong to have 'romantic' relationships with little girls
>if you read philosophy just for the sake of reading and doesn't apply any of your supposed knowledge in real life
>if you browse /pol/ or /r9k/
>if you spend more time discussing books than actually reading them
>if you're a socialist
>if you have a bookshelf just to show off your "intellectualism"
>if you worship any intellectual or any other individual but yourself
>if you follow blindly any ideology
>if you watch porn
>if you don't exercise
>if you don't meditate
>if you eat junk food
>if you know nothing about Eastern Philosophy
>if you're a monolingual
>if you put anyone's interests above your own
>if you see the world as black and white (aka good vs bad)
>if you have an ugly girlfriend
And most important of all:
>leave this board if you have fixed ideas

>>13542878
Go back to /pol/, brainlet.

Why aren't you studying a new language right now instead of wasting your time on 4chan?

>you're not fluent in Greek, Latin and German

>monolingual
(English doesn't count)

You're not an /int/ellectual if you don't speak AT LEAST German AND French.

>>10503332
>Spotted the pleb

>tfw no Novalis husbando