/lit/ - Literature

>>16582202
I tell myself this but really I'm just a coward

>>16582202
You're understanding this wrong, OP
You're not going to get a great soul by isolating yourself, if you have a great soul you'll be isolated.

>>16582279
This. Also if you live in a populated area it’s literally impossible to be “isolated”, and if you frequent the same places making acquaintances becomes inevitable. “Great Souls” live cozy lives nowadays.

>>16582202
>>16582206
>>16582279
>>16582325
all of you retards need to stop reading philosophy because you don't understand shit

>>16582202
If you feel like you have to go anything to be a great soul, you are not a great soul. Great souls don't contemplate how to be great, they just are.

>>16582328
Ok brainlet, tell us your wonderful take on the quote

I've always been a bit of a loner, but regardless of my general distaste for being around people most time, when I am alone I miss some company, and my best experiences were shared with friends. I think most lonely people are like this also

he didn't lived alone. he never believed one word of what he wrote and that's good. schopenhauer is literature and like all great lit the best is not within an abstract system or theme, but within the single remarks.

This guy agrees on that statement and another guy disagrees with that statement. He ain't right or wrong. Be careful grabbing everything in one quote, it can cause a lot of confusion especially if you look at multiple quotes.

>>16582328
ok genius

>>16582202
Oh, an argument from authority of the Poodle. Certainly, the Poodle said so, better change my whole life to become a shut-in outcast.

>>16582202
You got it backwards. I wish there was an intelligence restriction on reading Schopenhauer.

>>16582368
Perhaps do as I say instead. Kys immediately.

>>16582202
as much as I want to just say:
sounds like he was just trying to cope with why no one liked him

but it depends on what you mean by "alone"

A "great soul" should be capable of acquiring subordinates, family, children, etc.

But it is true that the more complicated an entity is, then the more rare it is.

And even with subordinates, family, children, fans, etc, you're still "alone" in that everyone else is a probabilistic/philosophical zombie

>>16582202


YOU ARE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHY NESCIENT INDIVIDUALS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DELVE INTO METAPHYSICAL SCIENCES.

>>16582202
Did he think he was a great soul himself?

>>16582202
cope if i ever heard one

>>16582328
>>16582523
Where is the lie? The man literally said you should break away from your human desires of wanting to reproduce, among other things including steering clear of women. Yes or no?

>>16582202
>great souls
pathetic prideful retards who are up themselves, but sure we can call them 'great souls'

>>16582544
he was

>>16582202
the FATE of great souls. not the prerequisite lmao. if you're even asking the quesiton - if life has not led you there already ... you miss the point...

>>16582202
You don't need to become anything, you already are

>>16582342
I think it counts as living alone if the only other sentient being in your home is a dog. he clearly was referring to human beings.

>>16582202
you guys are taking "live alone" too literally, dude was probably just talking about the human condition e.g. never being able to completely fit it with any group

>>16582459
>A "great soul" should be capable of acquiring subordinates, family, children, etc.
Assuming a great soul would be interested in such things.

Do you care about being atop the bug hierarchy when you're passing an anthill on the roadside?

I used to think it was cope as well, but over time I've come to appreciate the difficulty of making such bold conclusions.

>>16583575
>assuming a great soul would be interested in such things
do I need to be interested in gasoline to fuel up my car?
it's a utility, just like people

so you actually do sound like a cope

>>16583689
>utility
To what ends, brainlet? "But how else dost thou grow thine brood?!" hurls an ant towards the giant it can't even fully sense, let alone comprehend.

>>16583838
to what end did you reply to me, nigger?
kill yourself

It's not necessary literal, spastic. To be a genius is to by definition exist on another plane than normoids. This leads to a lonely life.

>>16583938
So to get on another plane than normoids, I need to stop replying to cashier greetings?

Emily Dickinson says yes