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I'm a NEET man child and want to grow up.

Any books with man children characters that make this journey?

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Crisis of the modern world

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>>15852694
Welcome to NHK.
Also, read Sirach, Wisdom, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes in the Bible and also Epictetus' Handbook/Discourses. maybe Seneca's Letters from a Stoic. Marcus Aurelius is a meme, but you might want to check him out as well along with St. Augustine's Confessions (which deals with a man much in your shoes, albeit in a different way).

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>>15852694
100% unironically ready 12 rules for life.

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>>15852694
>>15852820
Also, as an addendum, don't just read and do nothing with it. Use the knowledge you gained as a means to go out and act it out. Reading only makes you book smart. To get other types of intelligence, you have to be proactive in doing something.

>> No.15852873

>>15852694
Shogun is good

>> No.15852879

>>15852694
What movie is the background image from?

>> No.15852884

>>15852879
Brade runner

>> No.15852891

>>15852879
dude, really?

>> No.15852910 [DELETED] 

>>15852879
I thought the "Oh I see, you don't like real girls, huh?" part would be meme of the century on this shithole

>> No.15852938

>>15852879
Don't bother I fell asleep all four times I tried to watch it. The original was good though.

>> No.15852981

>>15852694
Rabbit run by Updike. Or at-swim-two-birds

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>> No.15853062

>>15852694
Escaping neetdom can't be taught in a book. You just have to spend a day or two outside the house. Baby steps, anon.

>> No.15853104

>>15852694
genesis. I think abraham was in his 90s before he finally moved out of the house.

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>>15852694
Pic VERY related

>> No.15853164

>>15852820
Didn't see this post before I responded

Is there any good discussion on the book of Ecclesiastes? I personally think it's one of the most profound books i've ever read. I get hard when I see people mention it.

Also which city was that photo taken in?

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>>15852879
You're kidding, right? How new are you?

>> No.15853199

>>15852820
>>15853116
Is Confessions worth it even if you're an atheist?

>> No.15853229

I’m a grown up with a job and family responsibilities and I want to be a neet.

>> No.15853246

>>15852694
My diary, desu

>> No.15853288

>>15853164
St. Jerome's commentary on Ecclesiastes is really good. It's a relatively short read but it goes into the meat and bones of Ecclesiastes and picks apart it's relationship not only with the Old Testament, but also with Christ in the NT:
https://sites.google.com/site/aquinasstudybible/home/ecclesiastes/jerome-commentary-on-ecclesiastes

Also, I have no idea what city this is. Reverse image search on Google only gives a link to /s/ and on Yandex it only returns more aesthetic cityscapes.

>>15853199
Yeah. Even if you don't believe in God, it's still the story of a man growing up and shedding all the comfortable and delightful ways of childhood and becoming a man and getting rid of said childlike ways and taking on responsibilities necessary for both his community and himself. You'd get a lot more out of it if you were Christian, but there is still a lot to get out of it regardless.

>> No.15853310

>>15853199
You'd get more out of it as a Christian, If you're into poetry i'd definitely recommend.

Disclaimer: I'm reading it right now, I haven't finished it

>> No.15853351

>>15853288
Thanks anon, might I ask which branch of Christianity you belong to? I'm still relatively new to Christianity (Converted 2.5 years ago). Which books do you recommend as essential (besides the bible obviously). I've read A lot of CS Lewis and some Chesterton, but not much outside of those two.

>> No.15853533

>>15853351
Anytime anon. I'm Catholic and I converted like 8 years ago. I'm not quite saint material yet but it's a work in progress, like any good thing. I'd recommend reading the Patristics to get not only a historical grounding in the faith, but to understand where a lot of Christian theology comes from in the first place. So, Justin Martyr, Clement of Rome, St, Augustine (especially Confessions and City of God since those are his greatest works, but his Handbook is very good as a basic catechism), St. Jerome's commentaries on the Biblical books, the Greek/Desert Fathers and John Damascus. Thomas Aquinas and the Scholastics are good if you like Aristotle (which I also recommend reading) and philosophy in general (the Summa Theologica is his greatest work but he does a lot of other things like homilies and commentaries on Biblical books as well which are pretty good). I'd also recommend The Last Superstition by Ed Feser if you want to go down the apologetics route, Theresa of Avila's Interior Castle and Edith Stein's Science of the Cross. The latter two are more spiritual in nature, but they really show one how to have a deep connection to the Cross by way of meditation upon it's mysteries. But I'd say the St. Augustine's Confessions and City of God, Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica and The Last Superstition are definitely essential in the development of one's faith. Also, meditate on what you read and pray about it right before going to bed. I find that it turns the theoretical knowledge gained into practical graces that lets me live out my faith everyday. It doesn't have to be a long prayer, just a heartfelt one.

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>> No.15853610

>>15853533
Thanks anon, I really find confessions relevant to myself, as I struggle with lust just as Augustine did. I don't consider myself a good person, but before conversion I was objectively depraved. I'm glad that God has helped me since then to live a purer life.

Thanks again anon

>> No.15853653

>>15852820
Is Welcome to NHK worth reading?
I'm slightly wary of light novel-stuff but it sounds kinda interesting.

>> No.15853727

>>15853610
Don't worry. It's a sin I'm pretty sure many people struggle with. God loves us despite our sinfulness. That's why he died for us on the Cross. The only think we need to do is accept his graces and carry our own crosses. Whenever we fall, we ask for forgiveness and for the grace to continue on the path to Calvary just like our Lord. God bless anon.

>>15853653
It's definitely one of those novels where you see the problems people face everyday and what led them to where they are. Every person in the novel feels like an actual human being versus and anime cutout, which I like a lot since it comes off as being more genuine instead of a power fantasy or otherwise overly emotional story. It shows both the highest highs and the lowest lows of life. It's really good. I'd recommend the anime if you can watch it as well.

>> No.15854384

>>15852694
The Tartar Steppe. My favorite book btw.

>> No.15855545

>>15852879
It's from Blade Runner 2049, which is the sequel to Blade Runner. The original is a masterpiece and the sequel is still very good.

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