Is it normal to stop liking fiction after delving deep into philosophy ?

Is it normal to stop liking fiction after delving deep into philosophy ?

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I delved pretty deep into your mom's philosophy last night

No. If anything it shows the way in which you’ve deadened your capacity for aesthetic appreciation by not varying your reading habits enough.

Congratulations, you became a true intellectual and can now fully appreciate true critical thinking.

Living in other people's fantasies is pathetic.

Why do you keep making this thread

>congratulations, you became a true intellectual and can now appreciate only a very narrow slice of all the literature ever written
FTFY. Imagine being this wilfully ignorant of the ways in which the philosophical and literary traditions intersect

For a while but your appreciation for it will return once your philosophy phase passes

Philosophy is fiction

Fiction literature is nothing more than applied philosophy, every single bit of truth you'll find in fiction you'll also find in non-fiction.

And your reluctance to read fiction reflects your closed-minded refusal to “apply” the knowledge you’ve gleaned from your philosophical readings. A philosophical text is not “applied” philosophy, and in fact neither is fiction- the application is in using the text to model various philosophical ideas and concepts, not that those ideas are imminent to the work itself. Your approach to philosophy is incredibly static, no wonder you don’t see the value in fiction, you lack the poetic imagination required to invest it with greater significance than originally intended by the author, which is what philosophical enquiry SHOULD do to a text.

Youre wrong though. Its not that there even is a fundamental and essential difference between fiction and philosophy. Much of it is unfounded and in some ways both intersect, but philosophy is so much more condensed and filled to the brim with questions and ideas that directly stimulate the intellect that it warrants being read tenfold than fiction does. Think of it like this, philosophy and fiction are like two drinks that belong to the same type, like alcoholic beverages. Philosophy is whisky or a shot of vodka, fiction is idk, that very soft beer that you have to take 3 to get properly drunk. If you are looking to get drunk, With a shot of vodka you get everything yo need in a single gulp, its easier, faster, more condensed and goes straight to the point, while drinking beer takes a shitton longer and isn't nearly as condensed. If we get the analogy that being drunk is getting knowledge anyone who understands drinking will choose whisky or vodka because it goes straight to the point.

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Here's your come back.

There is, obviously, a fundamental difference between fiction and philosophy, and should be read and interpreted differently. This is evident to anyone who hasn’t philosophised themselves into a whole, like a Lacanian who can only see everything in terms of language, or a deconstructionist who can only see everything in terms of textuality/discourse. The mistake you’re making is to assume fiction ONLY communicates philosophical ideas and is therefore a pale imitation of the real thing, whereas I’m arguing that good fiction allows you to model a variety of different concepts through the text without ever contradicting the logic or continuity of the text itself. Good fiction doesn’t literally tell you its ideas (as per a philosophical text), rather it forces you to grapple with your own underlying interpretative framework that decides which ideas can rise to the surface of your awareness, and those which are lost on you.

It's normal to stop liking trash written by sodomites, and get more respect for good stuff, and the rare recent good stuff like the movie Fight Club.

have sex

It's definitely not normal to keep posting anti fiction threads

You probably caught autism like the other guy ITT.

cringe , pseud alert

if you're a pseud, then yes

This

>congratulations, you became a new intellectual and have blunted your ability to enjoy things

Yes. The best feeling though is going so fully through that tunnel that you come out on the other side appreciating philosophy AND fiction. Then you are almost a true aristocrat.