What are some books that had an impact on the way you live your life?

The Phenomenology of Spirit.

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>>9779466
>inb4 The Bible

>>9779466
I was a stoic before I even knew what it was.

But reading Napoleon a life taught me, everything is just luck and circumstance. Even a degenerate manlet like Napoleon can succeed.

>>9779466
The Republic

>>9779466
Enchiridion

>>9779466
>>9779621
anything Walter Kaufmann has ever wrote. also, the Bible and the Ethics. The Catcher in the Rye unironically because it was the first book that made me realize i enjoyed reading.

>>9780432
Why did u kill Jon lemon tho???

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>>9779466

>>9779616
the man was a genius, you stupid idiot

Unironically, Infinite Jest.

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>>9779466

Seconded always having been a stoic

>be kid
>why are these people freaking out over nothing, stop crying over spilt milk, stop screeching like monkeys when something doesn't go your way, being loud and angry won't make your arguments any more convincing

>be older kid
>wait are they being serious or is this a social game I wasn't aware of

>be a teen
>Ok I'm pretty sure it's all a game, everyone's acting and I'm feeling left out
>fuck em

>be early 20s
>Oh I get it now, they are serious about their acting, people are actors through and through and emotional expression is cathartic
>I must be missing something essential if my role is reduced to that of an anal retentive bystander
>better play along before I turn into harold bloom

>be mid 20s
>Well that was silly
>hello epictetus