books that changed your life

>>9158125
Schopenhauer's 'On Women'

>>9158125
count of monte cristo

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>>9158125
I know it's a pleb book but it got me reading.

Not sure it changed my life though, other than going from being a non-reader to a reader.

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>>9158125
I have nightmares about this book

The Phenomenology of Spirit.

>>9158194
Explain

>>9158194
>>9158125
elaborate

>>9158198
I'm a Hegelian ever since. I'm reading the Greeks according to his guidelines in the lectures on the history of philosophy. All of my life decisions involve some element of that book.

>>9158141
>"books"
>posts essay

>>9158208
What has he taught you about life though?

>le reddit man
>omg changed my life brb i have to feed my wife's son

>>9158215
It's more about method than any kind of immediate teaching. The chapter "Conscience" is the most striking for me, you can read it online if you want.

>>9158226
Once I get through Schelling, Aristotle and Fichte I will.

>>9158210
pseuds don't know about the Parerga and Paralipomena

>>9158240
It's just a chapter and it's one of the most straight forward in the book.

>>9158245
Alright fine anon

my diary desu

>>9158125
Mein Kampf

>>9158125

Montaigne.

>>9158308
It changed a lot of lives eh

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The last book I read that I'd describe in those terms: <<

>>9158125
divine comedy

>be hardcore atheist in high school
>after finishing school be agnostic (started realizing how superficial atheism is [or at least how atheists are] and how it is a weapon of the cultural marxism)
>read divine comedy
>first /lit/ book I've read
>strongly curious/inclined to becoming christian
>want to read philosophy and theology because of it
>4chan.org/lit/how_do_i_into_philosophy.jpeg
>made me start with the greeks and start reading the bible (after a while)

currently need to read the greek plays and history plus plato and aristotle and started Job today.

Infinite Jest. It got me into /lit/ books and reading for pleasure. Thank you, /lit/-/v/ crossposter, for meme-ing about it

>>9158462
that is one bigass picture

>>9158125
What should I read beforehand to understand this better?

>>9158462
on of the best reads in high school among 'Master and Margarita' and 'Tango'.

>>9158802

nothing, it's pretty straightforward if you approach it with an open mind

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Read it when when I was in middle school and it got the little noggin joggin on the relationship between the individual and the state and made me interested in political philosophy in general.

>>9158245
Jesus dude

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>>9158468
>he read the Divine Comedy with no prior context

>>9159888
what

>>9159892
yes, I did. as I said, it was the first /lit/ book I've read. how would I get any context not even knowing who virgil was back then?

and thats not such a big problem, since you can, you know, just sit and read it again...

evey once in a while I would look at the divine comedy 'summary' and I would get more and more references as I advanced with literature, first the greeks, then romans etc

>>9158468

Reminds me of myself.

I used to be a super hardcore atheist before reading the Quran.

>>9158152
>>9159881
yes

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Brothers Karamazov took me a year to read. This was back when I didn't read much. I would read very spread out, like a chapter or two a week. It wasn't until the crime was commited when I was glued to the pages. I finished the second half of the book in a couple weeks. I wouldn't say it was a total life changing book, but it did give me some serious thoughts on christianity and it got me into reading daily.

>>9158462
I remember reading an excerpt from Heart of Darkness for a standardized test and instantly fell in love with the prose and that's what really started my reading. Though now I'm keenly aware that Conrad's books aren't all "just about the prose". The penguin covers for his books are unironically the GOAT

>>9160779
Either this or Within a Budding Grove are the best in the Recherche i m o

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>>9160998
this desu
Brothers Karamazov was a huge turning point in my life as well, truly made me understand Christianity and turned me into less of a fedora atheist. Would recommend.