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I have decided i want to read some fiction. I have only read philosophy and history up to now. Is Goethe a good starting point? What should I read?

>> No.15389041

>>15389034
Read philosophical fiction.

>> No.15389051

If Faust or Werther interests you enough, sure. I started with Iphigenia in Taurus. A short sample.

>> No.15389054

>>15389034
Goethe isn't a good start. He is very subtle and most of his writings will go over your head. As always, start with the Greeks. Homer and Hesiod, the Tragedians and the rest

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>>15389051
Coward bitch. You think you will stop me? Why you still delete your posts dyke?

>> No.15389199

>>15389195
what's in that area?

>> No.15389203 [DELETED] 

>>15389195
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>> No.15389210 [DELETED] 

>>15389195
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>> No.15389247

>>15389210
That's fake butterfly schizo retard

>> No.15389250

>>15389210
Butterballs is insufferable but doxxing is below the belt. Don't "you have to go back" me, this site didn't generally mess with people who weren't stupid enough to disclose personal info right in their posts.

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>>15389034
I think this book would suit you.

>> No.15389257

>>15389034
Shogun James Clavell

>> No.15389259

read the sticky you retard

Recommended Literature
http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading

>> No.15389260

>>15389041
thus spoke zarathusta and art of motorcycle maintenance come to mind

>> No.15389310 [DELETED] 

>>15389247
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>> No.15389318

>>15389034
There is no one correct "starting point" for reading. If you are interested in Goethe, read Goethe.

>> No.15389366 [DELETED] 

>>15389310
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>> No.15389482

>>15389366
go to bed you autist stalker

>> No.15389487 [DELETED] 

>>15389482
No :)

>> No.15389530

>>15389487
>My autism is more important than YOU
Probably underage

>> No.15390329

>>15389530
>Probably underage
Meanwhile you're getting older, uglier, more bitter, and you have nothing to show for all of it.

>> No.15390494

Goethe is the GOAT, but you have to pay extremely close attention. Which you have probably been doing already.

>> No.15390531

>>15390494
Is Faust readable in translation? Can I grasp the full gravity of his work?
Everyone here says that he reads extremely poorly in English (I know a lot of people >translation meme, but I want to know if it's true or not)

>> No.15390552

>>15389054
>>15390494
can you expand on why you consider Goethe extremely subtle?

>> No.15390558

>>15390531
Well, it's written in verses and mostly in rhymes so all the ingenuity of his language is lost of course. However, the content is profound and also archetypical enough to still be of much worth. Once you read Faust you suddenly see Faust everywhere.

>> No.15390569

>>15390558
>verses and mostly in rhymes
Yeah I suspected this was the case.
>Once you read Faust you suddenly see Faust everywhere.
But this is still extremely interesting.
I know that most German philosophers were deeply respectful of Goethe.
What translation would you recommend?

>> No.15390607

>>15389034
Ah gee whiz OP, I dunno, maybe start with the Greeks?

>> No.15390644

>>15390569
>What translation would you recommend?
I'm afraid I can't comment on that as my mother tongue is German.

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>>15390644
>talking up Faust as amazing
>But he read it in the native language
English speaks are never gonna make it, eh?

>> No.15391829

>>15390686
I can't imagine German fiction sounding pleasant. The language itself is too crude compared to softness of, let's say, English. I do feel that it perfectly fits their philosophy, though. I dunno, might just be bad experience from elementary school, I always had good grades, but I never knew the language.