/lit/ - Literature

>>14668344
Recoomend history books

>>14668344
>mfw the future has already been written
>mfw everything that will happen has already happened and the entire universe is experiencing that all simultaneously

>>14668344
That is a bankrupt idealism. It is a fascination of mine to see what they did know and how they lived, but stop worshipping them.

>>14668344
>>14668350
History of Baltimore by Javius Williams

>>14668398
materialism is a sham.
new philosophy is always growing more and more decadent.
we must adopt the ways old the old and incorporate it to the way we live, and rid ourselves of our ego

>>14668344
The fact that so few people can understand the ancient world tells you that this cyclical stuff is trash. There are people who unironically think that Jesus turned water into wine (which isn't a criticism of the religion: we could alternatively say there are people who unironically think that others believed that) for example.

>>14668383
t. low iq determinist

>>14668423
except the ancient world is much much older than jesus
>>14668430
>low iq
wrong

This but unironically.

>>14668414
>out of nowhere
>materialism is a sham.
...
>he typed on a keyboard of material stuff
Epicureanism is an old tradition and as it turned out, the proper frame of mind.
“Ego”? We are ourselves alone, however you count the microorganisms, but exist and thrive collectively. A balance is called for there

Cringe

>>14668513
>>he typed on a keyboard of material stuff
that has nothing to do with philosophical materialism you fool.
>ego?
it is us as an animal

>>14668527
Not being a student of philosophy, what is your objection to “philosophical materialism”? That it excludes the imaginary world of the spiritual? Sometimes it ignores human emotion, but I think sometimes it’s chief concern if providing for the human space for such expressions.
The “id” is our animal, the ego/super ego is us. To silence it is to dumb ourselves down for some groups ideology's sake.

>>14668575
*is providing

>>14668575
>what is your objection to “philosophical materialism”?
there is a greater spirit we are all bound to
>That it excludes the imaginary world of the spiritual?
it's not imaginary
>the ego/super ego is us
they are separate

>>14668623
>there is a greater spirit we are all bound to and it is not imaginary
Could you please explain how you came to this insight? I'd like to understand you better.

>>14668344
Dubs of Gilgamesh checked.

>>14668949
no

>mfw philosophers are always untimely
>mfw philosophy can only ever be understood retroactively
>mfw you're thinking in the future

Wewad

>>14668575
>That it excludes the imaginary world of the spiritual?
Yes, that is my objection

>To silence it is to dumb ourselves down for some groups ideology's sake
Yes, that is what I am doing

Now what?

>>14668344
Anon, you do realize it is impossible to know how much you don't know? You really think we, an insignificant little bunch of creatures in the bum-fuck nowhere section of the universe have life all figured out somewhere? This kind of thinking is what kills empires. It's what causes the pipes to gum up and the torches to run out of fuel. You know why Plato taught students? So they could expand on it.

>>14670331