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>life affirming!!!
Which book does this shit come from, what's the definition of it, and why should I care?

>> No.18759242

>>18759231
start with the greeks

>> No.18759268
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>>18759231
Reaction against Pessimism, there are historical antecedents but in the modern West it begins with Schopenhauer and Hartmann.

The reaction against pessimism begins with Nietzsche and Ludwig Klages Lebensphilosophie.

>> No.18759539

>>18759268
thanks

>> No.18759552

Are there any good death-affirming books?

>> No.18759556

life affirming is my least favorite descriptor for stuff. I usually see it used for music on like RYM or something, and its always about how some 20 minute Swans song is "life affirming". I think they use it instead of saying epic or something

>> No.18759561

>gripping
>steamy
>chilling
>won't let you go
yeah, I hate all this blurb-speak shit. I use to avoid any movies where trailers described them as 'sexy,' or an actor's performance as a 'tour-de-force,' but now I just don't watch movies altogether

>> No.18759600

>>18759231
nee-cha

>> No.18759608
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>>18759539
Start with that book by Beiser to get an introduction to it. Nietzsche is a field onto himself, but The Gay Science is good primary lit. For Klags there isn't much choice in English but I can recommend Paul Bishop.

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>>18759552
>Space echoes like an immense tomb, yet the stars still burn. Why does the sun take so long to die?

>> No.18759631

>>18759552
mainländer schopenhauer cioran?

>> No.18759655

>>18759561
Tour de force makes me so irrationally angry that it's best for me not to be in public when I come across it.

>> No.18759679

affirming life is based, you fags are all cringe

>> No.18759686
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>>18759231
"Of Human Bondage" by W. Somerset Maugham is the original "life affirming" book and i don't mean that in a cringey way.
Based on the author's own life it tells the story of a young man's struggle to find his place in the world. He experiences poverty, loneliness and dissapointments but eventually gets his "sort of" happy ever after.
You should read it.

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>The fundamental fact of the Hellenic instinct—its ‘will to life’—expresses itself only in the Dionysian mysteries, in the psychology of the Dionysian state. What did the Hellenes guarantee for themselves with these mysteries? Eternal life, the eternal recurrence of life; the future promised and consecrated in the past; the triumphant Yes to life beyond death and change; true life as collective continuation of life through procreation, through the mysteries of sexuality.

>> No.18759738

>>18759686
Isn't it a beta lament over becoming the plaything of a women who ruins his life?

>> No.18759742

>>18759679
>affirming life is based,
I agree

>>18759231
Read Dracula, it's life affirming in my eyes.

>> No.18759759

Most religions will tell you the world is a vale of tears and that life is suffering

Life affirming is for softies who just can’t face reality

>> No.18759791

>>18759231
eat pray love
basically telling women/niggers its ok to be useless pieces of shit

>> No.18759794

>>18759655
same

>> No.18759812

>>18759738
That's a vastly simplified take.
It's about the struggle to make something of one's life. The struggle to carve out your own slice of happiness. The search for meaning in it all. The reckless indulgence of appetites and desires and the effect this indulgence has on your life.
It's fucking layers deep man.
Read it.

>> No.18759965

>>18759759
just okay bait

>> No.18760029

Who gives a fuck if some douchebag affirms life or not?
What a gay thing to want.

>> No.18760050

>>18759738
Yes. I think that anon confused it with The Razor's Edge. One is about the danger of being used by women, the other is about life affirmation. Both good books.

>> No.18760171

>>18759812
Why didn't he take the Young Werther way out, the king of the sulking betas?

>> No.18760202

>>18759759
>*holds orgy in the Aventine Hill*
I'm sorry I couldn't hear you over all my sex-having, could you repeat that?

>> No.18761043

>>18759679
>affirming life is based, you fags are all cringe
Ya I don’t understand why people have a problem with this phrase. It just means that it inspires you to recognize and generate beauty in your life. It’s an overused phrase but the core theme is good.

>> No.18761101

This thread made me finally realize that most of /lit/ is literally retarded.

>> No.18761891

>>18759655
I feel the same way about describing le tv show as "cerebral"

>> No.18761899

>>18759231
>life affirming!!!
this is probably a valuable statement because vast majority of media today makes me want to kill myself

>> No.18761951

Nietzsche, but admittedly it does sound like trannyspeak.

>> No.18761973
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>>18761899
Yes. So much modern media is completely cynical whether that be in content or intent. To find something that actually uplifts or inspires you in a way that remains with you long after you close the book (or finish the movie or whatever) is pretty rare these days.

>> No.18762196

>>18759552
Cioran's short history of decay
Blanchot's works

>> No.18763598

>>18759812

Don't you know that everyone and everything nowadays are all about oversimplified takes and inane one liners?