I'm hoarding all these books way faster than I can read them and I fear one of these days I will notice some persistent cough or an awkward lump in a place it shouldn't be and the doctors will tell me I have three months left to live and I will spend those three months in physical pain and absolute disappointment in myself as I stare mindlessly at the bookshelf in my room, alone
>>24732238You'll be able to confront death while reading Aquinas for the rest of this miserable existence. Also kek.
Don't try to make a "study" of western thought/literature. If you're naturally curious, you're mind will gravitate to certain questions or ideas, and you'll discover that someone has written a book about it: read it THEN.If you read with some intention in mind (ie, understanding some idea or issue), it'll stick with you. Just going through the motions of "reading an important work" isn't worth shit.
>>24733333>quintsChecked. >If you read with some intention in mind (ie, understanding some idea or issue), it'll stick with you. Just going through the motions of "reading an important work" isn't worth shit.Very wise. OP listen to this anon
>getting into WW1>want to read through the long 19th century to see the rise before the fall>makes sense to read goethe since hes right there on the cusp >one of the footnotes in faust told me to read and understand hamlet before reading wilhelm meister>now im reading all of shakespeares plays so I can read goethe so I can read about the french revolution so I can read about the 19th century so I can read a book where a French guy tells me how miserable it is to live in a muddy hole while people shoot bullets and artillery at you
>>24732238I remember that thread.
