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so basically the author wrote this book 60 years ago to mock me from beyond the grave

>> No.20419633

He predicted the modern phenomenon of delusional right-wing losers who are obsessed with meme authors yes, he just chose the wrong writer. Should have been Evola, Guenon or Spengler instead of Boethius. Boethius is too high brow/philosophical for these people.

>> No.20419648

>>20419633
I'm pretty sure it's just one autist on /lit/ shilling evola.

>> No.20419697

>>20419633
evola is some of the biggest trash i have ever attempted to read

>> No.20419719

>>20419633
He didn't predict anything, it was in existence at the time just like it is now.

>> No.20419869

>>20419633
You clearly know nothing of theology and geometry.

>> No.20419875

>>20419528
Wasn't he writing about himself?

>> No.20419901

>>20419633
What do normal people do?

>> No.20419996

>>20419901
Become slaves/wagies.

>> No.20420004

Anyone read Toole's other book? Almost done with this, and I wanna read the Neon Bible after, but I've never heard anyone talk about it. Is it any good?

>> No.20420745

>>20419869
and you know nothing of the perennial hyberborean tradition

>> No.20421988

>>20419996
>hehe I'm not like you wagie drones, I rely entirely on my parents who despise me

>> No.20422014

>>20419633
Honestly why don't we have Boethius shills? That'd be funny as hell

>> No.20422029

>>20422014
I really liked his treatise on music, but it is pretty niche.

>> No.20422040

>>20422014
Everyone would accuse you of larping as Ignatius. But we are overdue for real and true medieval shills. Surely there's an autist out there dying to spread the word of Abelard or Anselm.

>> No.20422098

>>20422014
Either him or Hrotsvitha

>> No.20422139

>>20421988
Stop posting my inner monologue.

>> No.20422840

>>20420004
Toole's Neon Bible is a solid 3/5, which is impressive considering that he was like 16 when he wrote it.

I really prefer Burnish's Neon Bible. It's a completely different work, but it really helped me course-correct from becoming a degenerate homo sapien.

>> No.20422901

>>20422014
i shill boethius and aquinas from time to time

>> No.20422917

>>20420004
It's very good, but it's a lot sadder than A Confederacy of Dunces. It's also written in an easier style (that of a first-person narrator who isn't very smart, rather than an omniscient third-person narrator) but it's understandable since Toole was 16 when he wrote it. The style also makes it a very quick read, I think I finished in 2 or 3 days without much sweat.