/lit/ - Literature

>>17630535

I've bought the book maybe two years ago cuz I saw it in a book store and wanted to know if it encompasses anything I didn't already practice which was the case for everything active/visible but maybe not all passive things, the things that depend on your state of mind/personality/world view (which can be altered, albeit not by force & not in a short time)..
Still haven't finished it desu, but I agree on everything this anon says, except that I don't find it *that* superficial, not any more superficial than any other book of this genre, in any case.
Also, I'd like to know what exactly you meant by that or what you were implying would be the more "in depth" reading experience cuz I've spent hours reading Kant, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Voltaire, Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus... and also many books on psychology (admittedly, those were mostly popular scientific books, since I find psychology papers very boring and exhausting to read (I'm a STEM guy), but as a ""young scientist"" I'd say ain't no shame in reading popular science to get a solid grasp of the topic)

my point being, I read philosophy and psychology since my mid teens (I'm 23 now) in genuine hope to find all answers for a fullfilled life - but what did I get? clinically confirmed severe depression F32.2 -- yay! <3

I kinda digressed.. hard.. but welp, I'm on 4chan so who cares.

And yes, it *is* regurgitation, but gotta love a rough summary, hm?


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On another note:
>>17629744
I wouldn't say I agree 100%, but I know there is a high chance I would like you irl, very much in contrast to
>>17629721
(>provokingly assumes OP's way of life &/or deliberately misinterprets his intention from one comment -- especially idiotic, since craving to understand why a book ignites a controversy is a sign of reflectiveness or intellectual curiosity, at least)

>>17629782
>>17629960
>>17630639
>>17630644

>>17630792
(>implying smth like inherent incompetence of the underaged? my teenage self would have challenged you to a duel to the death)
>>17632094

If all of the above are the same person then there is a probabilty close to certainty that I would hate your guts irl

ppl faking the pseudo-deep, happy-go-lucky, well-adjusted good guy make me think of murder

As a nihilistic edgelord, spite & cynicism are what keeps me from ending it all (& video games + music); my failure to find meaning or worse: having discovered the inescapable philosophical dead end that is nihilism makes me angry abt ppl who blindly go on & are obliviously happy..

Kinda not my point too, but this made me remember a quote somewhere from the internet that I found very resonating w/ me:
"I utterly hate myself, thinking I'm better than everyone else at the same time."