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>philosophy
>extremely intellectually stimulating
>gives practical advice
>can calm the mind
>give purpose to life
>creates a system by which all knowledge is possible
>creates wisdom in men and allows them to live a meaningful life

>literature
>it passes the time xD lmao

Why the fuck is this not a /phi/ board first and foremost rather than a /lit/? Theres just no comparison between the two.

>> No.13604255

>>13604249
Sounds good, what philosophy would you recommend to someone who knows little about it?

>> No.13604256

>>13604255
Camus

>> No.13604258

Humans are inherently emotional, not logical. next.

>> No.13604264

>>13604249
>philosophy
>hurrrr durrrr me smart durrrr

>literature
>Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita

>> No.13604268

>>13604249
to avoid youtube

>> No.13604272

>>13604249
I 'understand' the world better through poetry than through philosophy because my mind is a jumbled chaos, and poems have this more instinctive sense of truth and meaning that I can use. Some prose narratives have a bit of this too. I always forget about a lot of this stuff until I go back to reading certain poems, and reading philosophy never puts me into that mindset, which is hard to describe.

I like philosophy and have read and attempted to write lots of it, but there is always something kind of sterile about it, like it's killing the thing it's trying to reach, and the more the system becomes elaborated, the more whatever central thing prompted its construction, which was maybe close to a truth, is kind of obscured and forgotten.

Im fully aware that I think this way because im dumb and my mind is a mess, but for some people literature does do the things you listed like giving practical advice, calming or elating the mind, helping understand the purpose of life, etc. it's just a lot more ambiguous about it.

>> No.13604279

>>13604264
now that's some based shit right here

>> No.13604284

>>13604258
Most of philosophy is not logical either. "You can't prove logic, your logical argument is therefore moot" is the maxim of a card carrying /lit/ pseud.

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#20190109 Psychotherapie-Studium: "Ich habe Rechte wie ein Schülerpraktikant und werde unterbezahlt" - Die Zeit
http://tridejur.uy/t123.php?id=287322&alta=2019-01-09%2016:30:41

>> No.13604295

>>13604255
Satre

>> No.13604296

Name a great philosopher who didn't value art.

>> No.13604299

>>13604264
Kek

>> No.13604541

>>13604272
Nice larp faggot read plato

>> No.13604567

>>13604249
>gives practical advice

haha good one

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13604597

>>13604272
>I 'understand' the world better through poetry than through philosophy
You're on the right track

>> No.13604640

>>13604249
Literature is just philosophy in motion

>> No.13604647

>>13604249
>>philosophy
>>extremely intellectually stimulating
>>gives practical advice
>>can calm the mind
>>give purpose to life
>>creates a system by which all knowledge is possible
>>creates wisdom in men and allows them to live a meaningful life
all false. no mental masturbation will make you asexual or stop having bad thoughts and feeling suicidal

>> No.13604657

>>13604249
Beauty is greater than truth

>> No.13605122

>>13604657
But beauty is truth desu

>> No.13605199

>>13604249
/phi/ would be a based board in 4chan

>> No.13605201

>>13604597
Truth is revealed through philosophy and the sciences (rationalism and empiricism). No one said those things were fun. Sure, literature can explore philosophical issues and express truths but if you really want the capital t truth you're looking in the wrong place. To claim otherwise is romanticism.

>> No.13605208

>>>/v/
stop this console war crap

>> No.13605365

>>13605201
I hope you consider philosophy the search for truth and not just what came after Plato and the Greeks. If so, wouldn't you say that mythological and mythical texts, such as the Vedas, Eridu, Mahabharata, and even the Old Testament, are prone to transmit philosophical ideas that couldn't be otherwise, as through reason, for example?

>> No.13605371

>>13604249
>off-topic post has been up for 8 hours
Do your job

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>>13604249
>>extremely intellectually stimulating
>>gives practical advice
>>can calm the mind
>>give purpose to life
>>creates a system by which all knowledge is possible
>>creates wisdom in men and allows them to live a meaningful life
Does this mean Aesop is a philosopher?