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16584828 No.16584828 [Reply] [Original]

>be me
>like reading prose fiction ever since my childhood
>start to get into history since it provides context and illuminates on things/people/events referenced in books I've read
>start to get into comics that are sort of related to history (like Tintin and Asterix)
>then get into manga because it's related to comics
>then get into anime because it's related to manga
>after that start reading up on Greek philosophy and Christian theology because of Neon Genesis Evangelion
>start getting sucked into Modern philosophy (especially Kant) since they naturally come after the Greeks
>start thinking of studying German to read Fichte and Hegel in their original form
>end up stuffing myself into the language learning hole instead
>study Japanese
>realize there's nothing good written in Japanese except for porn comics
>end up coming back to reading about history, except in German
>still haven't thought of how I could get back into reading literature
>inb4 "You're hopeless" or "STFU".

>> No.16585253

Jesus fuck I want to be this productive

>> No.16585301

>>>/blogpostsforidiotswhocan'tfocusononething/

>> No.16585611

>>16584828
Posts like that just prove that starting with the Greeks first hand is NOT a meme. Read, Alexander by Klaus Mann or Iphigenie auf Tauris by Goethe, OP.