mental gains thread what have you been reading, /fit/

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>>42310718
>The "classical lit is mentally stimulating and not old and irrelevant" meme
>pretending that nothing relevant has happened between then and now

>>42310839
>pretending nothing relevant happened back then
typical meathead

>>42310718
I read meditations and loved it. Now I'm reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra. It's pretty strange but I'm going to finish it regardless.

>>42310839
OP didn't imply that anywhere you pozzed faggot

>>42310860
Thousands of years ago. We've had thousands of years of thinkers and history since then. If you want "mental gains", get a feel for how ideas have developed since then. Don't just recycle the same ideas over and over.

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>>42310839
>mfw a /lit/cuck tries posting on my board

Anyway, I'm reading Treasure Island

It's a lot of fun lads

I'm currently going for my series 7 license, so I'm reading class books.

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>>42310718
Just finished up The Plague by Albert Camus. As someone heading for med school I found Rieux incredibly inspiring.

>tfw you'll never solidify your friendship with your idealist best bud by swimming in the Med at night

>>42310891
But a lot of the new stuff is either influenced by or based on the old stuff, so why not start from the beginning?

>>42310891
>he doesn't think new ideas are shaped on context of old ones
>he doesn't realize reading old ideas aid in understanding new ones
just straight dumb, you are

Currently reading Arnolds autobiography, really enjoying it.

Man has had an incredibly interesting life.

I went back and brushed up on some math texts I enjoyed back when I was still in uni but never actually applied in the workplace.

I'm also looking into the works of Greg Egan.