Dear Retards,What have you read that truly lifted your spirits, gave you hope?Let’s skip the obvious ones like the Bible.
No book truly did that for me, but somewhat ironically, reading Cioran manages to lift me up a bit from time to time, like a good small dose of poison. I don't know why so many people fail to see the bastard smirk behind the works.
>>25188402Thus Spoke Zarathustra, for sure
>>25188477Fuck Hesse. Vonnegut was completely right. He's nothing more than Paulo Coelho with fake prestige. Read Sirens of Titan instead. Accept the universe as absurd and cruel. Find the space to recognize others and be recognize by them.
>>25188402Anything by Nietzsche. Beyond Good and Evil will save your mental state and make you say YES to life in its entirety and all that it entails. Also, Schopenhauer is pretty good.
>>25188402The Mind Illuminated because at the time my "dark place" was not being able to focus (which it helped with directly...) or act rationally (...and indirectly).I've found new reasons to feel like shit since then though, might need another handful of books. I need to improve my life and that's really hard.
>>25188402BotNS. I read it when I was 19 without thinking too deep about it but the ideas it implanted in my life flowered years later, after I had left then returned to Christianity.Also I read The Imitation of Christ when I'm freaking out from PTSD stuff, it helps me get out of my head.
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>>25188402i turn to these for a vision of a non communist future
>>25189154>was a German, and later a SwissUnrelated to your point but the idealistic American stance of civic nationalism has been cancerous to the world. Truly the most moronic concept that has been normalised by modernity.
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>>25189466turn to your birthday cake so you can blow out the candles
Ulysses for sure. Last year on my second read actually. Though i find it surprisingly more depressing and alienating because of my mental state at the time. But it’s still a very life affirming book despite how lonely it feels at times.
>>25189813>maturity is when you're a leftist Please die
>>25189537Belonging to a place based on citizenship instead of blood was not invented by Americans, is as old as Rome itself. But of course some stupid /pol/shitter Epstein friend knows nothing about history. Next time please spare us your stupid attempt at racism.
>>25189831NTA but no, being so politics brained like you is immature though.
>>25189831>strawmanning is le GOODdont forget to make a wish!
very cliche but TBK proved to me that there was a level of character complexity and introspection most authors dont/cant go to, and the meme trilogy revived my desire to learn as much as i can and to be as eclectic as possible, which public school squashed out of me. im just happy to be alive with a book and a brain these days
>>25188411>reading Cioran manages to lift me up a bit from time to timeSame. I actually find it consoling
