/lit/ - Literature

Greetings /lit/erati, it’s that time again. Grab a book, paper, and pen, and let's get a /comfy/ thread going while we talk about something to better us all.

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About a week ago, I saw a meme list circulating around for autodidacts, which was both inspiring but also irritating. While the list contained many good books, I felt it was presented in a haphazard way, with poor reading orders and extraneous works that would do a beginner no good without outside help. I promised an anon that I would make my own suggestions while maintaining the spirit of the all, which was to establish a core curriculum for autodidacts. I am not interested in circlejerking books; instead, I am interested in providing a concise but reasonably complete intellectual foundation that is accessible to anybody with at least the average high school background. It is my hope that, by completing this list, I would be able to pass on the good word and help passionate and determined autodidacts find a substitute for the liberal arts education they deserve but never received.

I will be posting my own version of the meme list and the accompanied reasoning shortly. Also on the docket are various “Renaissance Men” discussions: where to continue in literature, the humanities, and the sciences after the /autodidact/ core is completed; what type of lifestyle changes ought to be made for the pursuit of learning; how do artistic and practical skills fit into /autodidact/ general; do we have the resources to a build a community for this purpose, complete with compiling resources on Google Drive, fostering discussion on Discord, etc. Once again, I wish to thank all of the encouraging and productive posts from the last thread, and I hope we can continue the spirit of camaraderie here again.

Pic-Related: the flags of the Baltic nations, minus the 9gag watermark (thanks anon!)

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