You need to read this, it’s pure medicine for troubled souls.
My soul is not troubled.
WTF IS A SOUL?
>>24696515Keep telling yourself that.
i've read it. no it isn't. it's like a 1000 pages of tedious religious slop.
I love this guy so much.As an actual contribution to the thread: anyone in interested in knowing anything about anything should also read his Confessions, urgently. It's not as exciting, but it's great to know what PURE HONESTY in prose sounds and feels like.
>>24696527Nah, it’s about 300 pages of interesting late Roman history, 300 pages of interesting philosophical attempts to update neo-platonism and Aristotle, and yes 300 pages of religious slop where he tries to get the Old Testament timelines to fit what he knows about the age of the earth
>>24696510No, thanks. I’ll stick to Tauler and Eckhart to nourish my soul.
>>24696538ok i liked it as a primary source for roman history but that's not exactly "pure medicine for troubled souls"
>You need to read this, it’s pure medicine for troubled souls.
>>24696607So have you ever thought about the possibility, that there are people out there who really believe and want to follow Christ without larping as a meme?
>>24696770Those people don't post on imageboards.
>>24696519The thing inside of you, that keeps you in motion and lets you have perceptions, thoughts and feelings. Pro tip: It’s not your brain.
>>24696783jej
>>24696510>CathlocultistMiss me with that shit, statue-worshipper.
>One of the most influential philosophers of the Western tradition - Christian: "Lol, who reads this absolute garbage. It is just ridiculous superstition and terrible reason. Slop!>One of the most influential philosophers of the Western tradition - Pagan: "It's very deep. Just make sure you keep in mind that "science" (i.e., empiricist metaphysical dogmatism) comes first!>>One of the most influential philosophers of the Eastern tradition - religious and mystical: "Wow, so true! No, you cannot just apply Western scientific categories to this!"It's funny how the dogmas of empiricism and liberal "tolerance" play out sometimes.
>>24696510>See guilt become theology I rather read something else right now
