/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.14067352]

Books on how to become a modern day Renaissance man

[Anonymous No.14067454]

>>14067352
Pick two intellectual pursuits ie music and lit and become an expert in them. Be /fit/ or play a competitive sport —a cool one. Do some sort of public service in politics if you are rich. Otherwise, become rich.

[Anonymous No.14067926]

>>14067352

[Anonymous No.14068296]

>>14067454
What are the two easiest intellectual pursuits to become experts at

[Anonymous No.14068301]

>>14067352
Imitate their lifestyles.

>>"The greatest intellectual geniuses in both ancient and modern times led continent lives, and there is yet to be recorded one individual who freely expended seminal fluid who ever amounted to anything. In most cases, individuals who have achieved have been forced by necessity to abstain from sexual indulgence, as Cervantes, who wrote Don Quixote while in prison, or Dante who wrote his Divine Comedy while in exile. Milton wrote "Paradise Lost" when blind and when he did not indulge in sex. Sir Isaac Newton, active in intellect until the age of 80, led a continent life from birth, and so did Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, both of whom retained their creative genius [until] an advanced age.

[Anonymous No.14068317]

>>14068301
Picasso and Joyce were notorious coomers

[Anonymous No.14068337]

>>14067352
Nigger, just learn how to read, write, draw and do mathematics well and you can become an expert on literally fucking anything under the range of the Liberal Arts.
It's fucking nothing if you learn the principles on why they can be experts on many things, which is something that has been lost thanks to scientism and the glorification of being a specialist (read: an autist) in something niche.

[Anonymous No.14068344]

>>14068317
They were neither Renaissance men nor intellectual geniuses.

[Anonymous No.14068356]

>>14067352
Learn to breakdance, become a grafitti writer, make beats, learn how to scatch and write rhymes. Also, smoke weed everyday.

[Anonymous No.14068364]

>>14068344
big if true

[Anonymous No.14068377]

>>14068301
Don Quixote wasn’t written in prison. Also they fuck in prisons, if you’ve ever been there.

[Anonymous No.14068390]

>>14068296
Writing is the easiest
Perhaps painting or music afterwards

[Anonymous No.14068436]

>>14068377
You would know.

[Anonymous No.14068483]

>>14068344
>Joyce wasn’t a genius
LMAO

[Anonymous No.14068512]

>>14068483
138 IQ is not genius tier. Intelligence and time to write produces novel prose. No surprise there.

[Anonymous No.14068516]

>>14068356
Nigger

[Anonymous No.14068517]

>>14068512
Joyce never took an IQ test. You’re a troll. My IQ is higher than 138 and I know that I’ll never come close to producing work like Joyce.

[Anonymous No.14068542]

>>14068517
Joyce was not a genius and your IQ is lower than the online test you took indicates. There is nothing in his work that indicates genius; the only barometer for this label, is your relatively inferior writing skills, which is subjective and itself being an argument lends serious credence against your claim of being intelligent in the first place.

[Anonymous No.14068717]

>>14068542
Nice word salad faggot. I’ve never taken an online IQ test just like how you’ve never read a single page of Joyce. Now bugger off

[Anonymous No.14068788]

Read widely, be curious about everything, don't look down on others for living and thinking differently, pursue your passions, don't lie to yourself, don't ever be content with how you think, question yourself (productively), love other human beings, be kind to others, be genuinely interested in other lives and other ways of living, never think categorically, write often, think honestly, be open to new ideas and experiences, travel if you can, value life

[Anonymous No.14068887]

>>14068788
I'm starting to think that OP was referring to this instead of mastering multiple disciplines or so.
I guess I still haven't mastered reading completely.

[Anonymous No.14069645]

>>14068512
That is literally the mark considered for 'genius'

[Anonymous No.14069718]

>>14068356
BASED AND REDPILLED

[Anonymous No.14069732]

Read books about polymaths faggot

[Anonymous No.14069796]

>>14069732
What are some good books on polymaths, O my paragon of heterosexuality?

[Anonymous No.14069830]

>>14067352
>Literally be a sperglord but on useful stuff

[Anonymous No.14069851]

>>14068317
>>14068344
>>14068483
>>14068512
>>14068517
>>14068542
>>14068717
keep going, keep going

[Anonymous No.14069861]

>>14069732
Like what anon? Give us the reccs

[Anonymous No.14069875]

>>14067352
To be honest i think it is impossible due to the volume of information produced in every subject during these last 300 years, but for all means try, you would do the world a favor

[Anonymous No.14069945]

>>14068317
And it shows in the awful shit they made.

[Anonymous No.14070650]

>>14069875
I honestly think with literature, art, and music its doable. However when you wanna add STEM topics to it that's when it becomes really difficult.
>inb4 stemfag
Yes you retards literature, philosophy, and art are easier to grasp even children can excel in them

[Anonymous No.14070693]

>>14067352
Learn Latin

[Anonymous No.14070957]

>>14070650
>philosophy
>easier to grasp than STEM

[Anonymous No.14071314]

>>14067352
>learn at least two languages other than your own
>play an instrument and be able to read sheet music
>paint, draw, or photograph in your spare time but only as a hobby away from your chief intellectual pursuit
>read voraciously so that you can talk to any company
>do maths for fun and not because you're a STEMzombie
>have at least one patent to your name
>keep a garden
>collect bugs or rocks
>fuck lots of exotic women
It's that simple :>)

[Anonymous No.14071582]

>>14067352

[Anonymous No.14071594]

>>14070650
Literal retard. This is why people hate STEMs you edgy brainlets.