/lit/ - Literature

>>13550159
find fun in it

>>13550692
how

Reading philosophy unironically made me find pleasure in a lot of things like math, logic, economics, politics, etc.

>>13550159
is that gigachads attack face?

>>13550703
by actually being interested in the thing for its own sake instead of the status you think it'll help you acquire you fucking dipshit

>>13550159
hurry up and delete this shit mods

>>13550739
>just magically make everything you don't want to do fun

>>13550707
Which books did you read specifically? I have zero interest in anything and want to change that

>>13550159

Shut your screen. Cancel your internet connection. Throw your smartphone in the bin. Eat oat gruel and spend a week meditating, reading philosophy and exercising. I guarantee that a week after implementing these methods you will not be able to contain your seed upon reaching Aristotle's categories.

>>13550739
status? what the fuck you're talking about, nigger? what status will i gain by learning the autisium?
>stacy, did you know anon learned THE TRIVIUM? yes! the liberal arts of logic, grammar and rhetoric taught by the scholastic middle ages! yes i know, i'm so wet too! i want his penis inside me so bad...

>>13550983
Not a bad idea. Too bad I’m literally addicted to my phone

>>13550159
i saw Trivium supporting Iron Maiden once
never really got into that screamo stuff though

>>13550707
Reading Anti-Oedipus got me through AI programming theory

>>13551122
>dadrocker still doesn't know skramz

>>13550976
I unironically started to become interested with the Ancient Greeks. Go into depth with philosophical texts from that era, really sink in the atmosphere and read on different historical books on that time period, which will lead to you wanting to read mathematical/scientific/medicinal books from that time period, listen to music from there, etc. Go to other eras too.

>>13550707
Recommend me some good philosophy of mathematics readings which will help me convert my froufrou phenomenology and epistemology and linguistics interests into a love of algebra and calculus

>>13551175
>reading a boring shitfest got me through another boring shitfest
That's like treating a coke addiction with heroin

>>13551280
that's honestly a terrible post anon, probably the worst i saw on /lit/ today

>>13551284
Oh dont worry, we can go lower

>>13551220
Yes but WHICH BOOKS anon?

>>13550739
There’s a lot of wisdom in this. In the end your own true fascination will help you expand your horizons and fields of interest. Not how good you look talking about it with others.

>>13550159
>Looking for a book on motivation
>Deciding to read philosophy, the least motivated subject
Just bite the bullet and read Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins already. You won't get points with the arthoes or philosophy nerds, but at least it will work

>>13552201
Why are you guys assuming OP is reading for art hoe points or pseudry? The man is literally claiming to read the Trivium so he "can improve as a thinker and writer". Is /lit/ so corrupt with pseuds that a genuine question gets filtered to retardation just because it's the norm? That's sad.

>>13552462
It's just projections all the way down anon
>>13550159
But yeah as other anons have said, you either find interest in the subject or you move on and read something else that is more appealing to you and could serve as a gateway to the harder subjects. Read with purpose. Read as if your personal success and glory in life (howsoever you define those terms for yourself) depend on it. Think about the fact that you are partaking in a system of education that has largely been lost these days due to complacency and easy gains. You have to have an element of narcissism in this, although remain humble by seeking to understand other people's opinions and frames of thinking. Good luck anon

>>13552462
Op can still read the Trivium, but he asked
specifically for a book on motivation to add, and everyone else gave totally unrelated answers that he should study economics or linguistics or some other abstract concept, as if that will help, which it probably won't. I'm just trying to answer the question he asked

>>13551344
Not the other anon, but I unironically became interested in the Roman Era by reading SPQR. Now, everyone's different, but maybe you could try some entry level pop history for Greeks (sorry I don't know any recs, in sure other anons would). Unironically, pop non fiction serves as a good gateway. Fuck any anons who claim that you should be reading Plato from the get go. It's your learning style not theirs

>>13551276
Or you could just hit him in the head with a hammer, that'll do the trick

>>13550159
love yourself, hold onto that energy, you can do anything from thereon

>>13552858