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He wrote the divine comedy

>Dante's life's work is fanfiction of him meeting his favorite historical figures
Makes you thinkity thinkity thunk

>>9320855
He had a press pass

Idk...not literature

>>9320677
It is literature though

A reasonable starter kit would be the Iliad, the Bible, Paradife Loft, and the Divine Comedy. Arguably Le Morte D'Arthur and Beowulf would also help your appreciation.

Samatha:

Chasing sunset’s last embrace

I paddled hard to cleave the sea

Your heart was of Eastern rays

You were never meant for me


>Don't fall in love guys, its a meme

Submit a request ask if I may
Ponder what I'm about to say
What is truth but what you believe?
The question I ask tends to deceive

Wander through dreamland aimlessly
Purposeless is your path to be
Blinded by veils, weighed down by chains
Unknowing god of your domain.

Take it all in unquestioning
Care not what truth blasphemy brings
Knowing inside you have no name
Turbulent thinking it does tame

A pitcher of reason does convince
sip; think that god does not exist.
Finish the drink and you will see
He's not where you thought him to be.

Behind the curtain does he lie
To cross the curtain you must die
Lifting the curtain brings to view
The stage where it rests was built by you

Be it not oak or willow tree
Metaphor forgoes clarity
Ponder once more what I may mean
When I profess that life's a dream

every moment a round marble
expanding or contracting in size and clarity
in proportion to a sense of wonder
which I occasionally recall
through a long forgotten smell
gleaming letters on a book spine
sunlit luminescence of page corners
echo of a soft voice in empty stairwell
shadow of swaying branches on the wall
electrified fingertips on sympathetic fabric
the sudden voice of a crow breaking a nostalgic reverie
paths trod in decade old dreams brought into focus at the edge of a pier
the candle flame's tiny window into the sun
unexpected approximations of eden dancing just beyond our daily periphery
coaxing each other to appear amid our confusion, giggling at the seams

Why do you think your German would ever reach a point that its a benefit to you to read it in the original language over a professional translation?

I know japanese, German, Spanish, Norwegian, and English, and I still don't think translations are all too bad.

Not to say japanese is beautifully written (I'm a lit weab)

My Norwegian sucks though. I don't know what to read

>>9320610
>why would you bother having ambition?

Yes, just learn Latin.

>>9320125
*spanish

>>9320144
*German

>>9320065
The Flynn effect is evidence that IQ is not the best indicator of intelligence.

So the most intelligent and talented person alive right now must be a philosopher?

Nice thread, OP

The Anglos are literally goot at nothing

>greatest philosopher was actually Anglo
>greatest English writer wasn't even British, was an Anglo
>token faggot and greatest playwright was Anglo
>greatest female writer is Anglo
>Rutlandbaconsouthamptonshakespeare wasn't even a good Englishman since he was a Anglo
Sorry, what?

>>9320005
Learn to spell, retard.

I was raised evangelical and but then fucked off because >lel proddies
Right now I don't quite fit into any church but I'm thinking of either catholic or orthodox, I don't particularly like much of the doctrine surrounding the papacy, especially ex cathedra infallibility and the temporal power he has

>>9319867
Revelation. You read the Bible and it's just manifestly superior to non-inspired literature.

Marriage is a useful social construct, this is why I am personally tempted to return to the church. I find it difficult to imagine loving another human being without an adequate social contract. I feel like without those rigid structures there's nothing stopping me or my potential partner from fucking around, abandoning the child and emotionally abusing eachother. There has to be a consensus on how both parties are to act within a relationship. I know a lot of that comes from common sense and learned behaviour but it's nice to have foundations that stop us from being hyper self-aware all the time(might be bullshutting here, not sure if that makes sense)

Anyway I have a suspicion that the true reason most people consider "pragmatic christianity" or organised religion in general is the sexual morality. I think refusing to murder people and respecting property rigths is common sense, but interacting with the opposite sex is a fucking mind field. I'm pretty sure most people are relying on Disney movies and TV shows at this point.

Anything on this board

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>>9319865
there are some Love Live! fanfictions that brought me to the brink of suicide

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>>9319769
No. In writing these works, the authors intended for you to gather nothing but a sense of time wasted from reading them

>>9319769
Replace St Augustclowne with Anon'S My Diary Desu and you're ready to go.

>>9319784
hello mr. alt-woke, why are you so mad about the diary meme all of a sudden?

>>9319574
Yes.

i too, wonder this.

>>9319574

eyes-ears-mind

ears-mind

One is more engaging and takes more focus. But audiobooks don't detract from the story being told, and I'd say theres an intellectual difference between reading and listening, although listening can free the mind to focus on the story.

Audiobooks should not be a replacement for reading, but they both give different benefits.

btw op is cute

she so cute <3

>>9319532
Experience will make your writing richer. But as a literary genius, you already knew this.

>>9319532
qt

my balls they itch

I breathe so I think

>>9319438
Uhhh... oh god... oh Jesus, uhhh HURR DURR HURR *farts*

>>9319409

Lord of the flies?

The Naked and the Dead.

OP: Memoirs of a Faggot

>>9319404

Philosophers deal more with the 'why' and not with the 'what'.

Yes, pasta man, you've become Clear.

See you at the sanctuary.

>ofcourse the Sun orbits Earth, just look at the sky, idiot!