/lit/ - Literature

>>9714118
>tfw you will never be alexander or napoleon
>tfw will never be a random patrician in Florence around the time of the Renaissance

>>9364047
>history lecture
>it's about Alexander
>professor implies Alexander was mentally ill, his quest for power and unbridled conquest was a sign of his mental instability
>some smug cunt raises his hand and continues, asking if it wasn't true that psychologists of today would have "diagnosed" him with various conditions
>room erupts in laughter as they call him a ravaging megalomaniacal monster with delusions of grandeur who believed he was a god because of all he had accomplished
>the reality is he was right in his actions, and beliefs, and perfectly sane considering his surroundings: he had done what the Greeks had thought impossible and curbed the Persian empire, and had been undefeated in battle whilst doing so, therefore him believing himself to either be a god or demi-god was perfectly plausible given the views of the Greek world at the time i.e. socially, culturally, religiously, e.g. the question of whether or not the gods existed wasn't even a question: of course they did
>Alexander had done the impossible so naturally he must have been more than a mere mortal man
>mfw couldn't say anything or else I'd get shunned by normies for implying he wasn't a heinous evil warlord who like literally murdered innocent people and stuff

>>9355229
>tfw when you will never unironically ironically be wearing a "philosopher's sweater"™ while pretend-smoking a vintage ornate pipe(smoking is unhealthy) you got off Etsy and lurk on /lit/, not post, because you're too lazy to read and too stupid to understand literature and philosophy and therefore cannot actively contribute to any meaningful thread