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Literature that made you rethink your life philosophy, doesn't matter if you acted on it -- what matters is that it prompted you to think about your life, the after life or anything in between.
Whats her name /lit?
I grew up in a christian household. I knew all about what Dante was discussing. My dad was catholic and my mom was christian. Hell was never a topic that was taboo. They instilled in us a sense that if we were not to build good habits early in life then we'd be destined to a life of sinning. By that I mean, sinning without trying to become better -- sinning because we want to and not trying to live for something bigger in life.
I never really thought about it much until I hit college. I never realized how quickly life do a 180 turn. It was a shock. I read this and I started to make a bit of an effort again, step by step, not much, but it's enough for me to post this.
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Shame on me, but during a rather long period of dicking around in airports I became very convinced of gnosticism after reading VALIS.
That wore off after finally getting some sleep, but it did put the final nail in the coffin for my anti-theist stance.
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>>9050834
Starship Troopers.
Not because of the philosophy itself (spoiler: its fascist garbage), but that's the book that got me back into reading after a long hiatus in high school and the first few years of college. Once I started to read again, my life started to change.
Mostly by making me more unhappy but self-aware. But hey, at least I stopped being a philosophical zombie.
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>>9050834
crime and punishment is the only acceptable answer
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Gravity's Rainbow made me a leftist for about a year
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>>9051569
desu it was the the TBK
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