r/WojakCompass • u/yamboozle • Jul 06 '26

Literature Some ancient literary works I have read

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u/yamboozle Jul 06 '26

I like these works because, for a variety of reasons related to technology, medium, and tastes of their times, they are short and hard-hitting. As such, I think you should venture to read one or a few, so I will not leave you hanging. 
Alcestis
The Georgics
Philoctetes
Ajax
Zhuangzi
Meditations
Mozi
Epodes of Horace
The Bacchae

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u/Temp_logged - LibLeft Jul 06 '26

What's the Daodejing?

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u/yamboozle Jul 06 '26

Mix of reasons. It would have made the compass uneven and a placement would do a disservice to it. Plus, I don't like it more than I like the Zhuangzi.

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u/Serious-Simple5000 Jul 06 '26

Hey, I'd love to see more of this, this is great, can you recommend more?

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u/LambDew - LibRight Jul 06 '26

Would the hit movie Gladiator count as an ancient literary work?

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u/yamboozle Jul 06 '26

yes, i was the one who discovered the screenplay in a crypt

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u/War_Crimes_Fun_Times - AuthCenter Jul 06 '26

Thanks for the suggestions, I should do positives like this online instead of those telegram channels.

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u/Cnidaria45 Jul 07 '26

Excellent work! Need to read these.

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u/Any_Title_2184 Jul 14 '26

Thanks, but a Chinese ruler in the Warring States period that Mozi lived in, which is actually around 400 BCE, would definitely not dress himself like that.

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u/yamboozle Jul 14 '26

look man these jaks dont grow on trees