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6652619 No.6652619 [Reply] [Original]

After I've read the Greeks can I read what I like /lit/? I want to read War and Peace but feel I won't appreciate it without reading every other bit of the western canon before it. Would I also need to read a history of Russia first aswell; what about a biography of Tolstoy? Do I need to read his other works before it?

>> No.6652630

You must also read the Bible. After that you are free.

>> No.6652633

You need to:

Read every part of the western canon up to that point

Learn Russian

Visit Russia and become knowledgeable about the place and culture

Read all of Tolstoy published before War and Peace

You will need to read the history of Russia from ancient times up to Tolstoy's time (and beyond if you want, although not necessary)

That's it really. Good luck.

>> No.6652634

>>6652619
No no, just read what you want my child. Just have fun.

>> No.6652635

>>6652619
You can read anything and find enjoyment in it

You'll just get more of it with the big picture

>> No.6652645

>>6652633
He also needs to fight in a war, become an aristocrat and find God.

>> No.6652672

>>6652633
>>6652645
Would converting to Orthodox Christianity help? If so, would they convert a hellenist? (I wanted to fully appreciate homer)

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>>6652619
fixed*

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>>6652687
Is it possible that the guy to the right of Aquinas is John of Damascus? He was a Byzantine monk, priest, philosopher and a polymath. He's always represented with that kind of headgear; he was from Syria, so that might account for complexion and maybe he was put there with Augustine and Aquinas to represent the Byzantine side of Christian philosophy.

>> No.6653248

>>6652619
What is Aristotle doing?

>> No.6653266

>>6653248
Doing the famous hand gesture from the Michelangelo painting. Plato as well.