/lit/ - Literature

Books about why and how the European Renaissance era invented the concept of the white Greek and Roman marble statue when they found sculptures with remnants of color and could read ancient authors who repeatedly referred to the fact that sculptures have been painted?

This is the ur-man, the absolute epitome of masculinity.
Our ancestors were closer towards the true being of man as man back then was reduced to substance.

>>19235077
>Is there any escape from this?
Yes, stop being a Christcuck and BoomerCon and become truly futuristic and revolutionary in your mindset

from /fit/ looking to expand my library and support my training through literature, looking for reads with philosophy I can apply to lifting.
Not looking for strictly fitness related books either, moreso those to do with arduous journeys and betterment through struggle.

Hey /lit/ i want to write a book about the historic, and traditions of masculinity and the applications in the modern day

Anyone want to point me in the direction of some great sources? Want to pull from numerous cultures, religions, and eras got some ideas off the top of my head but i figure that you guys might know some obscure hidden gems i might be missing.

>>16119262
>Plato wrote it so it must be true.

>Why, yes, I did stay up all night reciting the Catalogue of Ships, and am now ready to say my prayers to the day ahead.

>>14751513
People admired bodybuilding in the 4th century BC, deal with it.

>>14622982

>>12341687
>tfw learned rhetoric so I can win arguments on imageboards with my superior oratory skills and demolish my assailants with facts and logic

>>8630156
Ba ck to /leddit you fucking plebeian.

The ideal man uses every hour of his day in the pursuit of glory through the improvement of his soul and body.

>you will never get fucked by Hercules