/lit/ - Literature

>>16900580
Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.

>>16900638
this is the essence of living in Russia perhaps

>>16900580
It is my bed chamber read at moment

Tolstoy wants you to quit pleasure and devote yourself to God

>>16900580
Is this what every dying person goes through?

>>16901713
>bed chamber

>>16902038
>man cave
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Watch Ikiru and you'll know

>>16902068
>gaming station

>>16900580
I read that book and I came to the conclusion that it was far too pessimistic. You can do plenty of things you regret and life will turn out fine.

But to answer your question, the real issue is that Ivan Ilych's life is all about appearances. His wife looks nice (but she's really not the right woman for him), his house looks nice (but it was decorating his house that killed him), his children look nice (and he ignores them), his job looks nice (but in fact the labour wherein he labours is the acme of human suffering).

Ivan's life is unexamined; he hadn't even considered the day of his death before he became terminally ill.

>>16901574
The quote is from Kierkegaard, so perhaps it is the essence of living in Denmark.

>>16900580
Read about any philosophical stance that contests christcuck obsession with death